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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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Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 6583810)

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Words Containing 旦

危在旦夕
wēi zài dàn xī

in imminent peril (idiom)

元旦
yuán dàn

New Year's Day

武旦
wǔ dàn

female military role in a Chinese opera

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

信誓旦旦
xìn shì dàn dàn

to make a solemn vow

通宵达旦
tōng xiāo dá dàn

overnight until daybreak (idiom); all night long

文旦
wén dàn

pomelo

撒旦
sā dàn

Satan or Shaitan

男旦
nán dàn

male actor playing the female role (Chinese opera)

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

魔王撒旦
mó wáng sā dàn

Satan, Devil king

只争旦夕
zhǐ zhēng dàn xī

see 只爭朝夕|只争朝夕[zhǐ zhēng zhāo xī]

闺门旦
guī mén dàn

young unmarried lady role in Chinese opera

平旦
píng dàn

(literary) daybreak

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

贴旦
tiē dàn

female supporting actress in a Chinese opera

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

命在旦夕
mìng zài dàn xī

to be at death's door (idiom)

一旦
yī dàn

in case (sth happens)

花旦
huā dàn

role of vivacious young female in Chinese opera

忘八旦
wàng bā dàn

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

巴旦杏
bā dàn xìng

almond (loanword)

约旦河
yuē dàn hé

Jordan River

旦角
dàn jué

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

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

震旦鸦雀
zhèn dàn yā què

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

昧旦
mèi dàn

the time just before daybreak

枕戈待旦
zhěn gē dài dàn

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

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

复旦大学
fù dàn dà xué

Fudan University, Shanghai

双旦
shuāng dàn

Christmas and New Year's Day

正旦
zhèng dàn

starring female role in a Chinese opera

震旦纪
zhèn dàn jì

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

巴旦木
bā dàn mù

almond (loanword)

刀马旦
dāo mǎ dàn

female warrior role in Chinese opera

震旦
zhèn dàn

ancient Indian name for China

约旦
yuē dàn

Jordan

乾旦
qián dàn

male actor playing the female role (Chinese opera)