gān
dry
clean
in vain
dried food
foster
adoptive
to ignore
gān sè
dry and rough (skin)
hoarse (voice)
dry and heavy (style)
gān cuì
straightforward
clear-cut
blunt (e.g. statement)
you might as well
simply
gān zào
to dry (of weather, paint, cement etc)
desiccation
dull
uninteresting
arid
qián
one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing heaven
male principle
☰
ancient Chinese compass point: 315° (northwest)
Qián Lóng
Qianlong or Ch'ien-lung, emperor of the Qing dynasty, reigned sixty years (1735-1796)
gān bēi
to drink a toast
Cheers! (proposing a toast)
Here's to you!
Bottoms up!
lit. dry cup
gān shuǎng
dry and clean
clear and fresh
fēng gān
to air-dry
to season (timber etc)
air-dried
air-drying
gān liáng
rations (to take on expedition)
qián kūn
Heaven and earth
Yin and Yang
The Universe
gān xǐ
to dry clean
dry cleaning
gān guǒ
dried fruit
dry fruits (nuts etc)
bǐng gān
biscuit
cracker
cookie
CL:片[pian4],塊|块[kuai4]
Jiāng gān
Jianggan district of Hangzhou city 杭州市[Hang2 zhou1 shi4], Zhejiang
Jiāng gān qū
Jianggan district of Hangzhou city 杭州市[Hang2 zhou1 shi4], Zhejiang
gān biě
dried out
wizened
shriveled
yī gān èr jìng
thoroughly (idiom)
completely
one and all
very clean
Qián xiàn
Qian county in Xiányáng 咸陽|咸阳[Xián yáng], Shǎnxī 陝西|陕西
kǒu gān shé zào
lit. dry mouth and tongue (idiom); to talk too much
gān tòu
to dry out
to dry completely
gān yǎn zhèng
dry eye
xerophthalmia (drying of the tear glands, often due to lack of vitamin A)
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