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

文 cháo xiǎn wén Korean written language
族 cháo xiǎn zú Korean ethnic group in China (mainly in northeast China); the Koreans (major ethnic group on the Korean Peninsula)
日報 cháo xiǎn rì bào Chosun Ilbo, a South Korean newspaper
核談 cháo xiǎn hé tán talks on North Korea's nuclear program
民主主義人民共和國 cháo xiǎn mín zhǔ zhǔ yì rén mín gòng hé guó People's Democratic Republic of Korea (North Korea)
海峽 cháo xiǎn hǎi xiá Korea Strait; Tsushima Strait (between Japan and Korea)
箏 cháo xiǎn zhēng gayageum; Korean 12-stringed zither
總督府 cháo xiǎn zǒng dū fǔ Japanese colonial administration of Korea 1910-1945
語 cháo xiǎn yǔ Korean language
李氏朝 lǐ shì cháo xiǎn Joseon, last Korean dynasty (1392-1910)
毛澤東・為人知的故事 máo zé dōng ・ xiān wéi rén zhī de gù shi Mao: The Unknown Story by Jung Chang 張戎|张戎 and Jon Halliday
治大國若烹小 zhì dà guó ruò pēng xiǎo xiān ruling a large nation is like cooking a small delicacy (idiom); effective government requires minimal intervention
hǎi xiān seafood
醬 hǎi xiān jiàng hoisin sauce (barbecue sauce); seafood sauce
qiǎn xiǎn meager; slight
shēng xiān fresh produce and freshly prepared foods
féi xiān fresh and tender (of food); delicious
衛氏朝 wèi shì cháo xiǎn Wiman Korea (195-108 BC), historical kingdom in Manchuria, Liaoning and North Korea
衛滿朝 wèi mǎn cháo xiǎn Wiman Korea (195-108 BC), historical kingdom in Manchuria, Liaoning and North Korea
輪廓明 lún kuò xiān míng sharp image; clear-cut; in bold outline; in sharp relief
長白朝族自治縣 cháng bái cháo xiǎn zú zì zhì xiàn Changbai Korean autonomous county in Baishan 白山[Bai2 shan1], Jilin
靡不有初,克有終 mǐ bù yǒu chū , xiǎn kè yǒu zhōng almost everything has a start, but not many things have an end (idiom); don't start sth you can't handle
亮 xiān liang bright (color); vivid
卑 xiān bēi Xianbei or Xianbi, group of northern nomadic peoples
卑族 xiān bēi zú Xianbei or Xianbi, historic ethnic group of northern nomads