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淡
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Definitions
- 1. insipid
- 2. diluted
- 3. weak
- 4. mild
- 5. light in color
- 6. tasteless
- 7. fresh
- 8. indifferent
- 9. nitrogen
Example Sentences
1 shown淡 淡 地愛我，長久地愛我。
Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.
Words Containing 淡
to gradually forget as time passes; to have (sth) fade from one's memory
to dilute
indifferent
light (color)
plain tea and simple food
a gentleman's friendship, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[zhuāng zǐ])
(bird species of China) pale-chinned flycatcher (Cyornis poliogenys)
dark; dim (light); dull (color); drab
to fade out (cinema)
(bird species of China) lemon-rumped warbler (Phylloscopus chloronotus)
simple and elegant
apathetic
calm and collected
frigidity
to fade in (cinema)
(idiom) to treat sth as no big deal
light yellow
thin
(bird species of China) pale martin (Riparia diluta)
to regard as unimportant
ordinary and mediocre (idiom); nothing to write home about
to manage by painstaking effort (idiom)
nonsense
(coll.) to talk rubbish
to water down
tranquil and calm
light makeup
faint
living a simple life
shimmer
dark
freshwater lake
simple and elegant
flat
insipid
(bird species of China) yellow-billed nuthatch (Sitta solangiae)
quiet and contented
see 好記性不如爛筆頭|好记性不如烂笔头[hǎo jì xìng bù rú làn bǐ tóu]
not caring about fame and fortune (idiom)
(bird species of China) green shrike-babbler (Pteruthius xanthochlorus)
sparse
Tamsui or Danshui District, New Taipei City 新北市[xīn běi shì], Taiwan
in light or heavy makeup (idiom)
light blue
(bird species of China) Alström's warbler (Seicercus soror)
shade (of a color, i.e. light or dark)
light beer
insipid and tasteless (idiom)
(bird species of China) Hume's leaf warbler (Phylloscopus humei)
living a simple life as one's ideal (idiom)
(bird species of China) pale-throated wren-babbler (Spelaeornis kinneari)
light (of food, not greasy or strongly flavored)
(bird species of China) pale-footed bush warbler (Urosphena pallidipes)
Tamsui or Danshui, district of New Taipei City 新北市[xīn běi shì], Taiwan
waves
freshwater fish
(bird species of China) rock bunting (Emberiza cia)
salty and unsalty (flavors)
off season
to talk nonsense