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zhān
HSK 3.0 Level 7

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Definitions

  1. 1. to moisten
  2. 2. to be infected by
  3. 3. to receive benefit or advantage through a contact
  4. 4. to touch

Example Sentences

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我滴酒不
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 1761558)

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Words Containing 沾

沾染
zhān rǎn

to pollute (often fig.)

两手不沾阳春水
liǎng shǒu bù zhān yáng chūn shuǐ

see 十指不沾陽春水|十指不沾阳春水[shí zhǐ bù zhān yáng chūn shuǐ]

沾酱
zhān jiàng

dip (cookery)

烟酒不沾
yān jiǔ bù zhān

abstaining from liquor and tobacco

沾黏
zhān nián

adhesion (medicine)

沾化县
zhān huà xiàn

Zhanhu county in Binzhou 濱州|滨州[bīn zhōu], Shandong

放射性沾染物
fàng shè xìng zhān rǎn wù

radioactive contaminant

均沾
jūn zhān

to share (profits)

滴酒不沾
dī jiǔ bù zhān

never to touch a drop of alcohol

惹草沾花
rě cǎo zhān huā

see 沾花惹草[zhān huā rě cǎo]

三不沾
sān bù zhān

air ball (basketball)

沾濡
zhān rú

to moisten

残余沾染
cán yú zhān rǎn

residual contamination

十指不沾阳春水
shí zhǐ bù zhān yáng chūn shuǐ

to have no need to fend for oneself (idiom)

沾边
zhān biān

to have a connection with

沾染控制
zhān rǎn kòng zhì

contamination control

沾唇
zhān chún

to moisten one's lips

放射性沾染
fàng shè xìng zhān rǎn

radioactive contamination

除沾染
chú zhān rǎn

decontamination

沾满
zhān mǎn

muddy

沾花惹草
zhān huā rě cǎo

to fondle the flowers and trample the grass (idiom)

脚不沾地
jiǎo bù zhān dì

feet not touching the ground (idiom)

沾染程度检查仪
zhān rǎn chéng dù jiǎn chá yí

contamination meter

沾化
zhān huà

Zhanhu county in Binzhou 濱州|滨州[bīn zhōu], Shandong

沾光
zhān guāng

to bask in the light

沾益县
zhān yì xiàn

Zhanyi county in Qujing 曲靖[qǔ jìng], Yunnan

沾益
zhān yì

Zhanyi county in Qujing 曲靖[qǔ jìng], Yunnan

沾湿
zhān shī

to moisten

沾沾自喜
zhān zhān zì xǐ

immeasurably self-satisfied

沾染世俗
zhān rǎn shì sú

to be corrupted by the ways of the world (idiom)