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dàn
HSK 3.0 Level 7

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Definitions

  1. 1. picul (100 catties, 50 kg)
  2. 2. two buckets full
  3. 3. carrying pole and its load
  4. 4. classifier for loads carried on a shoulder pole

Example Sentences

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Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 5558522)

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Words Containing 担

牵羊担酒
qiān yáng dān jiǔ

pulling a lamb and bringing wine on a carrying pole (idiom); fig. to offer elaborate congratulations

重担
zhòng dàn

heavy burden; difficult task; great responsibility

担待
dān dài

to pardon

担荷
dān hè

to shoulder a burden

担忧
dān yōu

to worry

担心
dān xīn

anxious

资产担保证券
zī chǎn dān bǎo zhèng quàn

asset-backed security

担担面
dàn dàn miàn

Sichuan noodles with a spicy and numbing sauce

担纲
dān gāng

to play the leading role

担保
dān bǎo

to guarantee

市担
shì dàn

Chinese unit of weight equal to 100 jin (or 50 kg)

负担
fù dān

to bear (an expense, a responsibility etc)

担负
dān fù

to shoulder

担架床
dān jià chuáng

stretcher

担仔面
dàn zǎi miàn

ta-a noodles or danzai noodles, popular snack originating from Tainan

公担
gōng dàn

quintal (100 kg)

分担
fēn dān

to share (a burden, a cost, a responsibility)

担承
dān chéng

to undertake

担惊受怕
dān jīng shòu pà

to feel apprehensive

担子
dàn zi

carrying pole and the loads on it

承担
chéng dān

to undertake

担当
dān dāng

to take upon oneself

负担者
fù dān zhě

bearer

担架抬
dān jià tái

stretcher (for the injured)

零担
líng dān

less-than-truck-load freight (LTL) (transportation)

负担不起
fù dān bu qǐ

cannot afford

担架
dān jià

stretcher

担任
dān rèn

to assume office of

担架兵
dān jià bīng

stretcher bearer (military)

债务担保证券
zhài wù dān bǎo zhèng quàn

collateralized debt obligation (CDO), type of bond

替古人担忧
tì gǔ rén dān yōu

to fret over the worries of long-departed people (idiom); to worry unnecessarily

扁担星
biǎn dan xīng

Altair and its two adjacent stars

扁担
biǎn dan

carrying pole

担懮
dān yōu

worry