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旦
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Definitions
- 1. (literary) dawn; daybreak
- 2. dan, female role in Chinese opera (traditionally played by specialized male actors)
Example Sentences
1 shown元 旦 快樂!
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Words Containing 旦
in imminent peril (idiom)
New Year's Day
female military role in a Chinese opera
Li Dan, personal name of sixth Tang emperor Ruizong 唐睿宗[táng ruì zōng] (662-716), reigned 684-690 and 710-712
to make a solemn vow
overnight until daybreak (idiom); all night long
pomelo
Satan or Shaitan
male actor playing the female role (Chinese opera)
Da Qaidam county level subdivision of Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海西蒙古族藏族自治州, Qinghai
Satan, Devil king
see 只爭朝夕|只争朝夕[zhǐ zhēng zhāo xī]
young unmarried lady role in Chinese opera
(literary) daybreak
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
female supporting actress in a Chinese opera
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
to be at death's door (idiom)
in case (sth happens)
role of vivacious young female in Chinese opera
turtle's egg (highly offensive when directed at sb)
almond (loanword)
Jordan River
dan, female roles in Chinese opera (traditionally played by specialized male actors)
fortune as unpredictable as the weather, every day may bring fortune or calamity (idiom); sth unexpected may happen at any moment
(bird species of China) reed parrotbill (Paradoxornis heudei)
the time just before daybreak
to wait for dawn, one's head resting on a spear (idiom)
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
Fudan University, Shanghai
Christmas and New Year's Day
starring female role in a Chinese opera
Sinian (c. 800-542 million years ago), late phase of pre-Cambrian geological era
almond (loanword)
female warrior role in Chinese opera
ancient Indian name for China
Jordan
male actor playing the female role (Chinese opera)