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淡

dàn

weak, watery; insipid, tasteless

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Strokes
11
Radical
水
HSK
4
Tone
4

Stroke order

Example sentences

  • 这太淡了。

    Zhè tài dàn le

    This is tasteless.

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  • 我对她很冷淡。

    Wǒ duì tā hěn lěng dàn

    I was very cold towards her.

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  • 我肯定这是淡水鱼。

    Wǒ kěn dìng zhè shì dàn shuǐ yú

    I'm sure that this is a fresh water fish.

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  • 他不久就把事情淡忘了。

    Tā bù jiǔ jiù bǎ shì qing dàn wàng le

    By and by he forgot that affair.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 淡

  • 淡dàn 4insipid; diluted; weak; mild; light in color; tasteless; indifferent; (variant of 氮) nitrogen
  • 清淡qīng dàn 1–4 light (of food, not greasy or strongly flavored); insipid; slack (sales)
  • 冷淡lěng dàn 3–4 cold; indifferent
  • 淡水dàn shuǐ 4–3 potable water (water with low salt content); fresh water
  • 淡季dàn jì 4–4 off season; slow business season; see also 季
  • 平淡píng dàn 2–4 flat; dull; ordinary; nothing special
  • 淡化dàn huà 4–4 to water down; to play down; to trivialize; to weaken; to become dull with time; to desalinate; desalination