dàn

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Definitions

  1. 1. (literary) dawn; daybreak
  2. 2. dan, female role in Chinese opera (traditionally played by specialized male actors)

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Words Containing 旦

一旦
yī dàn

in case (sth happens)

元旦
yuán dàn

New Year's Day

乾旦
qián dàn

male actor playing the female role (Chinese opera)

信誓旦旦
xìn shì dàn dàn

to make a solemn vow

刀马旦
dāo mǎ dàn

female warrior role in Chinese opera

危在旦夕
wēi zài dàn xī

in imminent peril (idiom)

只争旦夕
zhǐ zhēng dàn xī

see 只爭朝夕|只争朝夕[zhǐ zhēng zhāo xī]

命在旦夕
mìng zài dàn xī

to be at death's door (idiom)

大柴旦
dà chái dàn

Da Qaidam county level subdivision of Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海西蒙古族藏族自治州[hǎi xī měng gǔ zú zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], Qinghai

大柴旦行政区
dà chái dàn xíng zhèng qū

Da Qaidam county level subdivision of Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海西蒙古族藏族自治州[hǎi xī měng gǔ zú zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], Qinghai

大柴旦行政委员会
dà chái dàn xíng zhèng wěi yuán huì

Da Qaidam county level subdivision of Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海西蒙古族藏族自治州, Qinghai

大柴旦镇
dà chái dàn zhèn

Da Qaidam town in Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海西蒙古族藏族自治州[hǎi xī měng gǔ zú zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], Qinghai

天有不测风云,人有旦夕祸福
tiān yǒu bù cè fēng yún , rén yǒu dàn xī huò fú

fortune as unpredictable as the weather, every day may bring fortune or calamity (idiom); sth unexpected may happen at any moment

巴旦木
bā dàn mù

almond (loanword)

巴旦杏
bā dàn xìng

almond (loanword)

平旦
píng dàn

(literary) daybreak

复旦大学
fù dàn dà xué

Fudan University, Shanghai

忘八旦
wàng bā dàn

turtle's egg (highly offensive when directed at sb)

撒旦
sā dàn

Satan or Shaitan

文旦
wén dàn

pomelo

旦角
dàn jué

dan, female roles in Chinese opera (traditionally played by specialized male actors)

昧旦
mèi dàn

the time just before daybreak

李旦
lǐ dàn

Li Dan, personal name of sixth Tang emperor Ruizong 唐睿宗[táng ruì zōng] (662-716), reigned 684-690 and 710-712

枕戈待旦
zhěn gē dài dàn

to wait for dawn, one's head resting on a spear (idiom)

正旦
zhèng dàn

starring female role in a Chinese opera

武旦
wǔ dàn

female military role in a Chinese opera

男旦
nán dàn

male actor playing the female role (Chinese opera)

约旦
yuē dàn

Jordan

约旦河
yuē dàn hé

Jordan River

花旦
huā dàn

role of vivacious young female in Chinese opera

贴旦
tiē dàn

female supporting actress in a Chinese opera

通宵达旦
tōng xiāo dá dàn

overnight until daybreak (idiom); all night long

闺门旦
guī mén dàn

young unmarried lady role in Chinese opera

双旦
shuāng dàn

Christmas and New Year's Day

震旦
zhèn dàn

ancient Indian name for China

震旦纪
zhèn dàn jì

Sinian (c. 800-542 million years ago), late phase of pre-Cambrian geological era

震旦鸦雀
zhèn dàn yā què

(bird species of China) reed parrotbill (Paradoxornis heudei)

魔王撒旦
mó wáng sā dàn

Satan, Devil king