chén

surname Chen; to display; to lay out

Character data

Radical ⾩ (170.8)
Strokes 10
SIMPLIFIED

Definitions

陳 chén
  1. 1. surname Chen
  2. 2. to display
  3. 3. to lay out
  4. 4. to exhibit
  5. 5. to state
  6. 6. to explain
  7. 7. to tell
  8. 8. to narrate
  9. 9. old
  10. 10. stale
  11. 11. Chen (c. 1045 - 479 BC), a Zhou dynasty state
  12. 12. Chen (557-589), one of the Southern Dynasties nán cháo

Words containing 陳

Word Meaning
to be nothing to write home about (idiom)
with complex feelings (idiom)
food grains (rice, wheat, barley, beans, soybeans, sesame)
Chen of the Southern dynasties (557-589)
to confess; to reveal
replace old with new; innovate
replace old with new; innovate
to give an orderly account; a thorough narrative
metabolism (biology); the new replaces the old (idiom)
fig. to feign one thing while doing another
fig. to feign one thing while doing another
to lay out (an argument) item by item
to lie in disarray; to cut across; to traverse
to state one's humble opinion (idiom)
to give a straightforward account; to say straight out
tarragon
to arrange; to spread out; to narrate in detail
Chen Renxi, late Ming scholar and writer
Chen Zhonglin, Ming writer of Investiture of Gods
Chen Boda, Chinese Communist theorist
ancient name of Baoji City bǎo jī shì, Shaanxi
Chencang District, Baoji, Shaanxi
Chen Yuanguang, Tang general; opened Zhangzhou
to deploy troops; to mass troops
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