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)
gān bēi
to drink a toast
Cheers! (proposing a toast)
Here's to you!
Bottoms up!
lit. dry cup
Qián Lóng
Qianlong or Ch'ien-lung, emperor of the Qing dynasty, reigned sixty years (1735-1796)
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)
gān bīng
dry ice (i.e. frozen CO2)
CL:塊|块[kuai4]
Qián líng
Qianling at Xianyang 咸陽市|咸阳市 in Shaanxi, burial site of third Tang emperor 高宗 and empress Wuzetian 武則天|武则天
bèi gān
to dry over a fire
to roast
gān shòu
wizened
skinny and shriveled
kāng qián shèng shì
booming and golden age of Qing dynasty (from Kang Xi to Qian Long emperors)
Qián ān
Qian'an county in Songyuan 松原, Jilin
gān liú
to carbonize
dry distillation
carbonization
gān jìng lì luò
clean and efficient
neat and tidy
rǔ xiù wèi gān
smell of mother's milk not yet dried (idiom); immature and inexperienced
still wet behind the ears
bù gān bù jìng
unclean
filthy
foul-mouthed
Qián ān xiàn
Qian'an county in Songyuan 松原, Jilin
Xiāo Qián
Xiao Qian (1910-1999), Mongolian-born, Cambridge-educated journalist active during Second World War in Europe, subsequently famous author and translator
gān háo
to cry out loud without tears
tài yáng zhào zài sāng gān hé shàng
The Sun Shines over the Sanggan River, proletarian novel by Ding Ling, winner of 1951 Stalin prize
tuò miàn zì gān
to be spat on in the face and let it dry by itself, not wiping it off (idiom); to turn the other cheek
to drain the cup of humiliation
xuán qián zhuǎn kūn
lit. overturning heaven and earth (idiom); earth-shattering
a radical change
gàn liáng dài
knapsack (for provisions)
haversack
gān biān tǔ dòu sī
dry-fried potato slices (Chinese dish)
gān háo
to cry out loud without tears
liè huǒ gān chái
lit. intense fire to dry wood (idiom); inferno in a woodpile
fig. consuming passion between lovers
bái gān r
alcoholic spirit
strong white rice wine
Zhú qián
Buddha (archaic)
Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha)
yǎn gān zhèng
xeropthalmia (medicine)
dry eye syndrome
bāo gān r
erhua variant of 包乾|包干[bao1 gan1]
Ā lā gān shān mài
Arakan Yoma, mountain range in western Myanmar (Burma)
Qián Jiā sān dà jiā
Three great poets of the Qianlong and Jiaqing era (1735-1820), namely: Yuan Mei 袁枚, Jiang Shiquan 蔣士銓|蒋士铨 and Zhao Yi 趙翼|赵翼
Kāng qián zōng jiā fēng
Kachenjunga (Himalayan peak)
chī gān fàn
(coll.) to be incompetent
useless
good-for-nothing
bāo gān zhì
a system of payment partly in kind and partly in cash
bāo gān
to have the full responsibility of a job
allocated task
Qián lóng
Qianlong Emperor (1711-1799), sixth Qing emperor, princely title 寶親王|宝亲王[Bao3 Qin1 wang2], personal name 弘曆|弘历[Hong2 li4], reigned 1735-1799
gān huò
dry goods
dried fruit, nuts etc
gān liè
(of dry soil, skin etc) to crack
to chap
wài qiáng zhōng gān
strong in appearance but weak in reality (idiom)
dà xī dòu gān
Tahsi or Dasi dried dofu, Taiwanese Taoyuan speciality
zhāo qián xī tì
cautious and diligent all day long (idiom)
shǒu jiǎo bù gān jìng
thieving
light-fingered
prone to stealing
jiā xīn bǐng gān
sandwich cookie
(jocularly) sb who is caught between two opposing parties
sb who is between the hammer and the anvil
Tài yáng Zhào Zài Sāng gān Hé Shàng
The Sun Shines over the Sanggan River, proletarian novel by Ding Ling, winner of 1951 Stalin prize
gān cuì lì luo
(of speech or actions) direct and efficient
without fooling around
gān cuì lì suo
see 乾脆利落|干脆利落[gan1 cui4 li4 luo5]
gān ér zi
(nominally) adopted son
godson
gān nǚ ér
(nominally) adopted daughter
goddaughter
qián dàn
male actor playing the female role (Chinese opera)
Gān hàn tǔ
Aridosols (Chinese Soil Taxonomy)
gān jìng lì luo
squeaky clean
neat and tidy
efficient
gān biān
to stir-fry with oil only (no addition of water)
gān biān sì jì dòu
fried beans, Sichuan style
gān xiào
to give a hollow laugh
to force a smile
forced laugh
CL:聲|声[sheng1]
gān děng
to wait in vain
to sit around waiting
Qián Xiàn
Qian County in Xianyang 咸陽|咸阳[Xian2 yang2], Shaanxi
bù gān bù jìng , chī le méi bìng
a little dirt never killed anybody (proverb)
a couple of germs won't do you any harm