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陈
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Definitions
- 1. to lay out; to exhibit; to display
- 2. to narrate; to state; to explain; to tell
Words Containing 陈
to display
mature vinegar
Benny Chan (Hong Kong film director)
lit. secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河[wèi hé] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[liú bāng] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[xiàng yǔ] of Chu)
Chen Jiao, first wife of emperor 漢武帝|汉武帝[hàn wǔ dì], died c. 110 BC
cliché
to lay out the corpse
Chen Xiangmei (1925-2018), a.k.a. Anna Chennault, born in Beijing, US Republican Party politician, wife of Claire Lee Chennault 陳納德|陈纳德[chén nà dé]
to give an orderly account
Chen Tuan (871-989), a legendary Daoist sage
to be nothing to write home about (idiom)
Chen Chen (1613-1670), novelist and poet at the Ming-Qing transition, author of Water Margin sequel 水滸後傳|水浒后传
past events
to age
to say straight out
the military revolt of 960 that led Zhao Kuangyin 趙匡胤|赵匡胤 to found the Song dynasty
Chencang District of Baoji City 寶雞市|宝鸡市[bǎo jī shì], Shaanxi
to arrange
Tran Duc Luong (1937-), former president of Vietnam
Chen Renxi (1581-1636), late Ming scholar and prolific author
Chen Kexiong (1950-), novelist
display room
orange peel
an assertion
to display
stall
Chen Xitong (1930-), mayor of Beijing at the time of 4th Jun 1989 Tiananmen incident
Chen Sheng (died 208 BC), Qin dynasty rebel, leader of the Chen Sheng Wu Guang Uprising 陳勝吳廣起義|陈胜吴广起义[chén shèng wú guǎng qǐ yì]
to reveal
trite
to give a full account
Chen Yuanguang (657-711), Tang dynasty general with posthumous title 開漳聖王|开漳圣王[kāi zhāng shèng wáng], i.e. Sacred King, founder of Zhangzhou 漳州[zhāng zhōu], Fujian
Peter Chen Ho (1931-1970), Chinese actor
tarragon
representation letter (law)
Shiing-Shen Chern (1911-2004), Chinese-American mathematician
Chen Shui-Bian (1950-), Taiwanese DPP 民進黨|民进党 politician, president of the Republic of China 2000-2008
advancing all the time
outmoded conventions
(of wine) aged
Chen Shou (233-297), Western Jin dynasty 西晉|西晋[xī jìn] historian, author of History of the Three Kingdoms 三國志|三国志[sān guó zhì]
Chen Yunlin (1941-), chairman of PRC Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) 海峽兩岸關係協會|海峡两岸关系协会[hǎi xiá liǎng àn guān xi xié huì] (2008-2013)
set pattern
to state
declarative sentence
Chen Tianhua (1875-1905), anti-Qing revolutionary from Hunan, drowned himself in Japan in 1905
Chen Gongyin (1631-1700), early Qing dynasty poet
to deploy troops
Chen Boda (1904-1989), communist party theorist, interpreter of Maoism
Chen of the Southern dynasties (557-589)
Chen Chien-jen (1951-), Taiwanese politician, vice president of the Republic of China 2016-2020
lit. repair the plank road by day while secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河[wèi hé] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[liú bāng] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[xiàng yǔ] of Chu)
ancient name of Baoji City 寶雞市|宝鸡市[bǎo jī shì], Shaanxi
to follow a set routine
with complex feelings (idiom)
Tony Tan (1940-), president of Singapore 2011-2017
History of Chen of the Southern Dynasties, ninth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[èr shí sì shǐ], compiled by Yao Silian 姚思廉[yáo sī lián] in 636 during Tang dynasty, 36 scrolls
to display; to exhibit
to state; to assert
Anson Chan (1940-), chief secretary for administration, Hong Kong (1997-2001)
Chen Zi'ang (c. 661-702), Tang dynasty poet
Lu Chen (1976-), PRC figure skater, 1995 world champion
Chen Jiongming (1878-1933), a leading warlord of Guangdong faction, defeated in 1925 and fled to Hong Kong
old-fashioned
Eason Chan (1974-), Hong Kong pop singer and actor
Chen Kaige (1952-), Chinese movie director
Vanessa-Mae (1978-), Singaporean-born British violinist and skier
to state one's humble opinion (idiom)
to lay out (an argument) item by item
Chen Yi (1901-1972), communist general and politician, Marshal of PLA from 1955, Mayor of Shanghai in 1950s, PRC foreign minister 1958-1972
to present a memorial (to the Emperor)
Chen Yun (1905-1995), communist leader and economist
Chen Duxiu (1879-1942), co-founder of the Chinese Communist Party in 1921
Chen Zhonglin or Xu Zhonglin 許仲琳|许仲琳[xǔ zhòng lín] (c. 1567-c. 1620), Ming novelist, to whom the fantasy novel Investiture of the Gods 封神演義|封神演义[fēng shén yǎn yì] is attributed, together with Lu Xixing 陸西星|陆西星[lù xī xīng]
to lie in disarray
food grains (rice, wheat, barley, beans, soybeans, sesame)
to state one's views
Chen Zaidao (1909-1993), general in the People's Liberation Army
see 推陳出新|推陈出新[tuī chén chū xīn]
metabolism (biology)
Chen Sheng Wu Guang Uprising (209 BC), near the end of the Qin dynasty
Chen Chi-mai (1964-), Taiwanese DPP politician, vice premier of the Republic of China (2019-)
rice kept for many years
(Claire) Chennault, commander of Flying Tigers during World War II
Chen Jingrun (1933-1996) Chinese number theorist
shop-worn goods
Edison Chen (1980-), Hong Kong singer and actor
Joan Chen (1961-), Chinese born American actress