陈 chén

exhibit, display; plead; a surname

HSK 6 #525

DEFINITIONS

  • exhibit, display
  • plead
  • a surname
  • surname Chen
  • Chen (c. 1045 - 479 BC), a Zhou dynasty state
  • Chen (557-589), one of the Southern Dynasties 南朝[Nan2 Chao2]
  • to lay out
  • to exhibit
  • to display
  • to narrate
  • to state
  • to explain
  • to tell
  • old
  • stale

STROKES

陈 stroke order diagram
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WORDS

陈迹 chén jì past events; relics from a former age; ruins
乏善可陈 fá shàn kě chén to be nothing to write home about (idiom)
五味杂陈 wǔ wèi zá chén with complex feelings (idiom)
六陈 liù chén food grains (rice, wheat, barley, beans, soybeans, sesame)
南朝陈 nán cháo chén Chen of the Southern dynasties (557-589)
推陈布新 tuī chén bù xīn to push out the old and bring in the new (idiom); to innovate; to go beyond old ideas; advancing all the time
推陈致新 tuī chén zhì xīn see 推陳出新|推陈出新[tui1 chen2 chu1 xin1]
敷陈 fū chén to give an orderly account; a thorough narrative
明修栈道，暗渡陈仓 míng xiū zhàn dào ， àn dù chén cāng lit. repair the plank road by day while secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河[Wei4 He2] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3] of Chu); fig. to feign one thing while doing another; to cheat under cover of a diversion
条陈 tiáo chén to lay out (an argument) item by item; memorandum to a superior
横陈 héng chén to lie in disarray; to cut across; to traverse
沥陈鄙见 lì chén bǐ jiàn to state one's humble opinion (idiom)
直陈 zhí chén to say straight out; to point out bluntly; to give a straightforward account; to disclose
菌陈蒿 jūn chén hāo tarragon
陈仲琳 chén zhòng lín Xu Zhonglin or Xu Zhonglin 許仲琳|许仲琳 (c. 1567-c. 1620), Ming novelist, to whom the fantasy novel Investure of the Gods 封神演義|封神演义 is attributed, together with Lu Xixing 陸西星|陆西星
陈伯达 chén bó dá Chen Boda (1904-1989), communist party theorist, interpreter of Maoism
陈仓 chén cāng ancient name of Baoji City 寶雞市|宝鸡市[Bao3 ji1 Shi4], Shaanxi; Chencang district of Baoji City
陈仓区 chén cāng qū Chencang District of Baoji City 寶雞市|宝鸡市[Bao3 ji1 Shi4], Shaanxi
陈元光 chén yuán guāng Chen Yuanguang (657-711), Tang dynasty general with posthumous title 開漳聖王|开漳圣王[Kai1 zhang1 sheng4 wang2], i.e. Sacred King, founder of Zhangzhou 漳州[Zhang1 zhou1], Fujian
陈其迈 chén qí mài Chen Chi-mai (1964-), Taiwanese DPP politician, vice premier of the Republic of China (2019-)
陈再道 chén zài dào Chen Zaidao (1909-1993), general in the People's Liberation Army
陈凯歌 chén kǎi gē Chen Kaige (1952-), Chinese movie director
陈列台 chén liè tái stall
陈化 chén huà to age; to mature (wine, timber etc)
陈厚 chén hòu Peter Chen Ho (1931-1970), Chinese actor
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