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乏善可陳
fá shàn kě chén
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to be nothing to write home about (idiom)
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五味雜陳
wǔ wèi zá chén
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with complex feelings (idiom)
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六陳
liù chén
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food grains (rice, wheat, barley, beans, soybeans, sesame)
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南朝陳
nán cháo chén
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Chen of the Southern dynasties (557-589)
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坦陳
tǎn chén
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to reveal;
to confess
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推陳佈新
tuī chén bù xīn
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to push out the old and bring in the new (idiom); to innovate;
to go beyond old ideas;
advancing all the time
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推陳出新
tuī chén chū xīn
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to push out the old and bring in the new (idiom); to innovate
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推陳致新
tuī chén zhì xīn
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see 推陳出新|推陈出新[tui1 chen2 chu1 xin1]
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敷陳
fū chén
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to give an orderly account;
a thorough narrative
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新陳代謝
xīn chén dài xiè
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metabolism (biology);
the new replaces the old (idiom)
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明修棧道，暗渡陳倉
míng xiū zhàn dào ， àn dù chén cāng
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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
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暗渡陳倉
àn dù chén cāng
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lit. 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
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條陳
tiáo chén
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to lay out (an argument) item by item;
memorandum to a superior
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橫陳
héng chén
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to lie in disarray;
to cut across;
to traverse
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瀝陳鄙見
lì chén bǐ jiàn
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to state one's humble opinion (idiom)
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直陳
zhí chén
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to say straight out;
to point out bluntly;
to give a straightforward account;
to disclose
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菌陳蒿
jūn chén hāo
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tarragon
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鋪陳
pū chén
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to arrange;
to spread out;
to narrate in detail;
to describe at great length;
to elaborate
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陳仁錫
chén rén xī
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Chen Renxi (1581-1636), late Ming scholar and prolific author
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陳仲琳
chén zhòng lín
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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
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陳伯達
chén bó dá
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Chen Boda (1904-1989), communist party theorist, interpreter of Maoism
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陳倉
chén cāng
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ancient name of Baoji City 寶雞市|宝鸡市[Bao3 ji1 Shi4], Shaanxi;
Chencang district of Baoji City
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陳倉區
chén cāng qū
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Chencang District of Baoji City 寶雞市|宝鸡市[Bao3 ji1 Shi4], Shaanxi
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陳元光
chén yuán guāng
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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
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陳兵
chén bīng
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to deploy troops;
to mass troops
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