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jiān
HSK 3.0 Level 4

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Definitions

  1. 1. sound of moving water

Words Containing 浅

浅易
qiǎn yì

easy

浅见
qiǎn jiàn

shallow opinion

浅海
qiǎn hǎi

shallow sea

浅陋
qiǎn lòu

shallow and crude

目光短浅
mù guāng duǎn qiǎn

to be shortsighted

浅学
qiǎn xué

shallow study

眼皮子浅
yǎn pí zi qiǎn

short-sighted

浅滩
qiǎn tān

shallows

浅黄色
qiǎn huáng sè

buff

浅鲜
qiǎn xiǎn

meager

浅淡
qiǎn dàn

light (color)

受益匪浅
shòu yì fěi qiǎn

to benefit (from)

才疏学浅
cái shū xué qiǎn

(humble expr.) of humble talent and shallow learning (idiom); Pray forgive my ignorance,...

浅耕
qiǎn gēng

to scratch

浅尝
qiǎn cháng

to merely have a sip or a bite (of one's food or drink)

资浅
zī qiǎn

inexperienced

中途搁浅
zhōng tú gē qiǎn

to run aground in mid-course

脱浅
tuō qiǎn

to refloat (a boat that has run aground)

浅深
qiǎn shēn

depth (archaic)

浅浮雕
qiǎn fú diāo

bas-relief

浅析
qiǎn xī

primary, elementary or coarse analysis

大浅盘
dà qiǎn pán

platter

浅礁
qiǎn jiāo

shallow reef

浅露
qiǎn lù

blunt

浅层文字
qiǎn céng wén zì

shallow orthography (governed by simple rules)

浅水
qiǎn shuǐ

shallow water

短浅
duǎn qiǎn

narrow and shallow

浅说
qiǎn shuō

simple introduction

浅黑
qiǎn hēi

dark

浮浅
fú qiǎn

skin-deep; superficial; shallow

粗浅
cū qiǎn

shallow

肤浅
fū qiǎn

skin-deep

浅近
qiǎn jìn

simple

水浅养不住大鱼
shuǐ qiǎn yǎng bù zhù dà yú

lit. shallow waters cannot harbor big fish (idiom)

浅源地震
qiǎn yuán dì zhèn

shallow earthquake (with epicenter less than 70 km deep)

淤浅
yū qiǎn

to silt up

见识浅
jiàn shi qiǎn

short-sighted

浅希近求
qiǎn xī jìn qiú

to aim low

害人不浅
hài rén bù qiǎn

to cause a lot of trouble

浅短
qiǎn duǎn

narrow and shallow (knowledge or skill)

搁浅
gē qiǎn

to be stranded (of ship)

浅色
qiǎn sè

light color

浅白
qiǎn bái

simple

深浅
shēn qiǎn

deep or shallow

深入浅出
shēn rù qiǎn chū

to explain a complicated subject matter in simple terms (idiom)

浅滩指示浮标
qiǎn tān zhǐ shì fú biāo

bar buoy

交浅言深
jiāo qiǎn yán shēn

to talk intimately while being comparative strangers (idiom)

交情匪浅
jiāo qíng fěi qiǎn

to be very close

浅显
qiǎn xiǎn

(of written or spoken material) easy to understand; accessible

浅尝辄止
qiǎn cháng zhé zhǐ

lit. to stop after taking just a sip (idiom); fig. to gain only a superficial knowledge of sth and then stop

浅薄
qiǎn bó

superficial