chén 
		to lay out
to exhibit
to display
to narrate
to state
to explain
to tell
old
stale
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Chén 
		surname Chen
vassal state during the Spring and Autumn Period 770-475 BC
Chen of the Southern dynasties (557-589)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Chén Shuǐ biǎn 
		Chen Shui-Bian (1950-), Taiwanese DPP 民進黨|民进党 politician, President of the Republic of China 2000-2008
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			tuī chén chū xīn 
		to push out the old and bring in the new (idiom); to innovate
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			chén shè 
		to display
to set out
furnishings
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			xīn chén dài xiè 
		metabolism (biology)
the new replaces the old (idiom)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			chén shù 
		an assertion
to declare
to state
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Chén yì 
		Chen Yi (1901-1972), communist general and politician, Marshal of PLA from 1955, Mayor of Shanghai in 1950s, PRC foreign minister 1958-1972
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			chén pí 
		orange peel
tangerine peel
dried orange peel used in Chinese medicine
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Chén Yì xùn 
		Eason Chan (1974-), Hong Kong pop singer and actor
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Chén Guān xī 
		Edison Chen (1980-), Hong Kong singer and actor
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Chén Dú xiù 
		Chen Duxiu (1879-1942), Chinese Marxist and leading communist, blamed for the failures of Chinese communism from 1927, posthumously rehabilitated
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Chén Kǎi gē 
		Chen Kaige (1952-), Chinese movie director
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			chén nián 
		old
stored for many years
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Chén Yún 
		Chen Yun (1905-1995), communist leader and economist
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Chén Yún lín 
		Chen Yunlin (1941-), Chairman of PRC Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) 海峽兩岸關係協會|海峡两岸关系协会[hai3 xia2 liang3 an4 guan1 xi5 xie2 hui4]
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			chén bīng 
		to deploy troops
to mass troops
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			pū chén 
		to arrange
to spread out
to narrate in detail
to describe at great length
to elaborate
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Chén Chōng 
		Joan Chen (1961-), Chinese born American actress
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			héng chén 
		to lie in disarray
to cut across
to traverse
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			chén guī 
		outmoded conventions
old-fashioned ways
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			chén fǔ 
		trite
clichéd
empty and trite
banality
platitude
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Chén cāng 
		ancient name of Baoji City 寶雞市|宝鸡市[Bao3 ji1 Shi4], Shaanxi
Chencang district of Baoji City
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			àn dù Chén cāng 
		lit. secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河[Wei4 He2] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3] of Chu)
fig. to feign one thing while doing another
to cheat under cover of a diversion
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Chén Shòu 
		Western Jin dynasty 西晋 historian, author of History of the Three Kingdoms 三國志|三国志
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Chén mù shèng 
		Benny Chan (Hong Kong film director)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			chén cí làn diào 
		cliché
commonplace
truism
stereotype
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			chén jì 
		past events
relics from a former age
ruins
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Chén Jǐng rùn 
		Chen Jingrun (1933-1996) Chinese number theorist
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			chén shù shū 
		representation letter (law)
a brief
written statement
declaration
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Chén cāng qū 
		Chencang district of Bǎojī city 寶雞市|宝鸡市[Bǎo jī shì], Shǎnxī
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Chén Bó dá 
		Chen Boda (1904-1989), communist party theorist, interpreter of Maoism
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Chén Xǐng shēn 
		Shiing-Shen Chern (1911-2004), Chinese-American mathematician
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Chén Lù 
		Lu Chen (1976-), PRC figure skater, 1995 world champion
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			chén mǐ 
		old rice
rice kept for many years
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Chén Měi 
		Vanessa-Mae (1978-), Singaporean-born British violinist and skier
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			chén guī lòu xí 
		outmoded conventions
old-fashioned ways