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丹
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Definitions
- 1. red
- 2. pellet
- 3. powder
- 4. cinnabar
Example Sentences
1 shown丹 萬歲！
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Words Containing 丹
Stanley (name)
Dandong prefecture-level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省[liáo níng shěng] in northeast China
panacea
Danxia landform (red conglomerate and sandstone)
painting
Mt Danxia in Shaoguan 韶關|韶关[sháo guān], Guangdong
panacea
Jintan mouth refresher lozenge, produced by Morishita Jintan company from 1905
cinnabar
Dennis (name)
(bird species of China) red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis)
Mount Geladaindong or Geladandong in Qinghai (6621 m), the main peak of the Tanggula mountain range 唐古拉山脈|唐古拉山脉[táng gǔ lā shān mài]
Ramadan (loanword)
Kelantan River of Malaysia, near Thai border
Danjiangkou, county-level city in Shiyan 十堰[shí yàn], Hubei
Danish pastry
Danleng County in Meishan 眉山市[méi shān shì], Sichuan
Rotterdam, port city in the Netherlands
Danny (name)
Kelantan (state of Malaysia)
Danba county (Tibetan: rong brag rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州[gān zī zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)
Jordan (name)
red phoenix eyes (eyes whose outer corners incline upwards)
Amsterdam, capital of Netherlands
Peony Card (credit card issued by Industrial and Commercial Bank of China)
Dandong prefecture-level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省[liáo níng shěng] in northeast China
(botany) red sage (Salvia miltiorrhiza)
(geology) yardang (loanword)
Adam (name)
Kalimantan island (Indonesian name for Borneo island)
Morgan Stanley (financial services company)
Danfeng County in Shangluo 商洛[shāng luò], Shaanxi
folk remedy
Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.
Daniel (name)
Dantu district of Zhenjiang city 鎮江市|镇江市[zhèn jiāng shì], Jiangsu
Danyang, county-level city in Zhenjiang 鎮江|镇江[zhèn jiāng], Jiangsu
Denmark
amber
rambutan or rumbutan (tropical fruit) (Nephelium lappaceum)
pubic region
Than Shwe (1933-), Myanmar general and politician, president of Myanmar 1992-2011
Zaandam (town in Netherlands)
eight trigrams furnace to cook pills of immortality
Taoist internal alchemy
Prince Dan of Yan (-226 BC), commissioned the attempted assassination of King Ying Zheng of Qin 秦嬴政[qín yíng zhèng] (later the First Emperor 秦始皇[qín shǐ huáng]) by Jing Ke 荊軻|荆轲[jīng kē] in 227 BC
maker of immortality pill
Danjiangkou, county-level city in Shiyan 十堰[shí yàn], Hubei
Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.
Wantan township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[píng dōng xiàn], Taiwan
to concoct pills of immortality
Stanford University
Mt Danxia in Shaoguan 韶關|韶关[sháo guān], Guangdong
Bhutan
eight-to-two powder (TCM)
Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.
Isetan, Japanese department store
Ganden monastery, Tibetan: dGa' ldan rNam rgyal gling, Dagzê county 達孜縣|达孜县[dá zī xiàn], Lhasa, Tibet
Wantan township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[píng dōng xiàn], Taiwan
vermilion
see 天貝|天贝[tiān bèi]
Kalimantan (Indonesian part of the island of Borneo)
lunar caustic (fused silver nitrate, shaped into a stick and used as a cauterizing agent)
The Peony Pavilion (1598), play by Tang Xianzu 湯顯祖|汤显祖[tāng xiǎn zǔ]
Danfeng County in Shangluo 商洛[shāng luò], Shaanxi
Shandan county in Zhangye 張掖|张掖[zhāng yè], Gansu
orange osmanthus
Zhidan county in Yan'an 延安[yán ān], Shaanxi
Zhidan county in Yan'an 延安[yán ān], Shaanxi
Giordano (brand)
Great Dane (dog breed)
Danyang, county-level city in Zhenjiang 鎮江|镇江[zhèn jiāng], Jiangsu
Dan Brown (American novelist)
Ramadan (loanword)
Mudanjiang, prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江[hēi lóng jiāng] in northeast China
effective cure, miracle medicine (idiom); fig. wonder-cure for all problems
Denisovan, an extinct species of human
loyal heart
Stanford (University)
General Than Shwe (1933-), Myanmar army officer and politician, leader of the military junta 1992-2011
Shandan county in Zhangye 張掖|张掖[zhāng yè], Gansu
Mudan District of Heze City 菏澤市|菏泽市[hé zé shì], Shandong
eight-jewel elixir (TCM)
nail polish (loanword, from \Cutex\)
Nandan county in Hezhou 賀州|贺州[hè zhōu], Guangxi
the root bark of the peony tree
Yu Dan (1965-), female scholar, writer, educator and TV presenter
Mudanjiang prefecture in Heilongjiang
Zhang Dan (1985-), Chinese figure skater
Danba county (Tibetan: rong brag rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州, Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)
Peony Lane
Bloemfontein
Taoist external alchemy
lantana (botany)
Danzhai county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州|黔东南州[qián dōng nán zhōu], Guizhou
erysipelas (medicine)
Kelantan sultanate of Malaysia, near Thai border, capital Kota Baharu 哥打巴魯|哥打巴鲁[gē dǎ bā lǔ]
Mount Geladaindong or Geladandong in Qinghai (6621 m), the main peak of the Tanggula mountain range 唐古拉山脈|唐古拉山脉[táng gǔ lā shān mài]
Qidan or Khitan, ethnic group in ancient China, a branch of the Eastern Hu people inhabiting the valley of the Xar Murun River in the upper reaches of the Liao River 遼河|辽河[liáo hé]
Danleng County in Meishan 眉山市[méi shān shì], Sichuan
(loanword) denim
Michael Jordan (1963-) US basketball player
see 山丹[shān dān]
South Sudan
Prince Dan of Yan (-226 BC), commissioned the attempted assassination of King Ying Zheng of Qin 秦嬴政 (later the First Emperor 秦始皇[qín shǐ huáng]) by Jing Ke 荊軻|荆轲[jīng kē] in 227 BC
Denver, Colorado
Wang Dan (1969-), Chinese dissident, one of the leaders of the Beijing student democracy movement of 1989
elixir
Mutan township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[píng dōng xiàn], Taiwan
Mudanjiang, prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江[hēi lóng jiāng] in northeast China
Danzhai county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州|黔东南州[qián dōng nán zhōu], Guizhou
Staten Island, borough of New York City
Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.
Dantu district of Zhenjiang city 鎮江市|镇江市[zhèn jiāng shì], Jiangsu
Nandan county in Hezhou 賀州|贺州[hè zhōu], Guangxi
dahlia
Sudan
real sincerity
Mudan District of Heze City 菏澤市|菏泽市[hé zé shì], Shandong