xiān xian

fresh, new, delicious; rare, few

DEFINITIONS

鮮 xiān
  • fresh
  • bright (in color)
  • delicious
  • tasty
  • delicacy
  • aquatic foods
  • fish
  • old variant of 鮮|鲜[xian1]
鮮 xiǎn
  • variant of 鮮|鲜[xian3]
  • variant of 尟|鲜[xian3]
  • few
  • rare
  • old variant of 鮮|鲜[xian3]

WORDS

sān xiān three fresh ingredients (in cooking)
不新 bù xīn xiān stale
期 bǎo xiān qī shelf life; freshness date
紙 bǎo xiān zhǐ plastic wrap; cling wrap; cling film
膜 bǎo xiān mó plastic wrap; preservative film; cling film
guāng xiān bright and neat
北朝 běi cháo xiǎn North Korea
南朝 nán cháo xiǎn South Korea
地三 dì sān xiān dish consisting of stir-fried potato, eggplant and green pepper
肉 xiǎo xiān ròu (coll.) teen idol (male)
屢見不 lǚ jiàn bù xiān a common occurrence (idiom)
延邊朝族自治州 yán biān cháo xiǎn zú zì zhì zhōu Yanbian Korean autonomous prefecture in Jilin province 吉林省[Ji2 lin2 Sheng3] in northeast China, capital Yanji city 延吉市[Yan2 ji2 Shi4]
德薄能 dé bó néng xiǎn little virtue and meager abilities (idiom); I'm a humble person and not much use at anything (Song writer Ouyang Xiu 欧阳修)
數見不 shuò jiàn bù xiān a common occurrence (idiom)
xīn xiān fresh (experience, food etc); freshness; novel; uncommon
旗幟明 qí zhì xiān míng to show one's colors; to have a clear-cut stand (idiom)
cháo xiǎn North Korea; Korea as geographic term; Taiwan pr. [Chao2 xian1]
中央通訊社 cháo xiǎn zhōng yāng tōng xùn shè North Korean Central News Agency (KCNA); abbr. to 朝中社[Chao2 zhong1 she4]
人 cháo xiǎn rén North Korean (person)
八道 cháo xiǎn bā dào the eight provinces of Yi dynasty Korea
勞動黨 cháo xiǎn láo dòng dǎng Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), the ruling party of North Korea
半島 cháo xiǎn bàn dǎo Korean Peninsula
太宗 cháo xiǎn tài zōng King Taejong of Joseon Korea (1367-1422), reigned 1400-1418
字母 cháo xiǎn zì mǔ hangul, Korean phonetic alphabet; Korean letters
戰爭 cháo xiǎn zhàn zhēng Korean War (1950-1953)
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