鲜

xiǎn

HSK 3.0 Level 4

Definitions

1. few
2. rare

Words Containing 鲜

• 朝鲜日报 cháo xiǎn rì bào: Chosun Ilbo, a South Korean newspaper
• 朝鲜劳动党 cháo xiǎn láo dòng dǎng: Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), the ruling party of North Korea
• 鲜明个性 xiān míng gè xìng: individuality
• 治大国若烹小鲜 zhì dà guó ruò pēng xiǎo xiān: ruling a large nation is like cooking a small delicacy (idiom)
• 鲜奶 xiān nǎi: fresh milk
• 屡见不鲜 lǚ jiàn bù xiān: a common occurrence (idiom)
• 朝鲜民主主义人民共和国 cháo xiǎn mín zhǔ zhǔ yì rén mín gòng hé guó: People's Democratic Republic of Korea (North Korea)
• 尝鲜 cháng xiān: to taste (fresh food or a delicacy)
• 鲜奶油 xiān nǎi yóu: cream
• 鲜花 xiān huā: flower
• 鲜美 xiān měi: delicious
• 鲜亮 xiān liang: bright (color)
• 浅鲜 qiǎn xiǎn: meager
• 鲜血淋漓 xiān xuè lín lí: to be drenched with blood
• 李氏朝鲜 lǐ shì cháo xiǎn: Joseon, last Korean dynasty (1392-1910)
• 鲜橙多 xiān chéng duō: Xianchengduo, Chinese brand of orange-flavored soft drink
• 海鲜酱 hǎi xiān jiàng: hoisin sauce (barbecue sauce)
• 鲜艳 xiān yàn: bright-colored; gaily-colored
• 鲜卑族 xiān bēi zú: Xianbei or Xianbi, historic ethnic group of northern nomads
• 朝鲜筝 cháo xiǎn zhēng: gayageum (Korean 12-stringed zither)
• 鲜货 xiān huò: produce
• 德薄能鲜 dé bó néng xiǎn: little virtue and meager abilities (idiom); I'm a humble person and not much use at anything (Song writer Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修|欧阳修[ōu yáng xiū])
• 卫满朝鲜 wèi mǎn cháo xiǎn: Wiman Korea (195-108 BC), historical kingdom in Manchuria, Liaoning and North Korea
• 毛泽东·鲜为人知的故事 máo zé dōng · xiān wéi rén zhī de gù shi: Mao: The Unknown Story by Jung Chang 張戎|张戎 and Jon Halliday
• 鲜烈 xiān liè: fresh and intense
• 朝鲜核谈 cháo xiǎn hé tán: talks on North Korea's nuclear program
• 靡不有初，鲜克有终 mǐ bù yǒu chū , xiǎn kè yǒu zhōng: almost everything has a start, but not many things have an end (idiom); don't start sth you can't handle
• 鲜为人知 xiǎn wéi rén zhī: rarely known to anyone (idiom); almost unknown
• 朝鲜太宗 cháo xiǎn tài zōng: King Taejong of Joseon Korea (1367-1422), reigned 1400-1418
• 长白朝鲜族自治县 cháng bái cháo xiǎn zú zì zhì xiàn: Changbai Korean autonomous county in Baishan 白山[bái shān], Jilin
• 南朝鲜 nán cháo xiǎn: South Korea
• 海鲜 hǎi xiān: seafood
• 小鲜肉 xiǎo xiān ròu: (coll.) teen idol (male)
• 不新鲜 bù xīn xiān: stale
• 数见不鲜 shuò jiàn bù xiān: a common occurrence (idiom)
• 鲜血 xiān xuè: blood
• 三鲜 sān xiān: three fresh ingredients (in cooking)
• 鲜花插在牛粪上 xiān huā chā zài niú fèn shàng: lit. a bunch of flowers poked into a pile of manure
• 鲜菜 xiān cài: fresh vegetable
• 鲜活 xiān huó: vivid
• 延边朝鲜族自治州 yán biān cháo xiǎn zú zì zhì zhōu: Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in Jilin province 吉林省[jí lín shěng] in northeast China, capital Yanji City 延吉市[yán jí shì]
• 鲜红 xiān hóng: scarlet
• 鲜活货物 xiān huó huò wù: live cargo
• 生鲜 shēng xiān: fresh produce and freshly prepared foods
• 鲜少 xiǎn shǎo: very few
• 北朝鲜 běi cháo xiǎn: North Korea
• 朝鲜八道 cháo xiǎn bā dào: the eight provinces of Yi dynasty Korea
• 朝鲜族 cháo xiǎn zú: Korean ethnic group in China (mainly in northeast China)
• 保鲜 bǎo xiān: to keep fresh
• 轮廓鲜明 lún kuò xiān míng: sharp image
• 朝鲜总督府 cháo xiǎn zǒng dū fǔ: Japanese colonial administration of Korea 1910-1945
• 肥鲜 féi xiān: fresh and tender (of food)
• 鲜卑 xiān bēi: Xianbei or Xianbi, group of northern nomadic peoples
• 保鲜膜 bǎo xiān mó: plastic wrap
• 朝鲜人 cháo xiǎn rén: North Korean (person)
• 鲜啤酒 xiān pí jiǔ: draft beer
• 朝鲜半岛 cháo xiǎn bàn dǎo: Korean Peninsula
• 朝鲜中央通讯社 cháo xiǎn zhōng yāng tōng xùn shè: North Korean Central News Agency (KCNA)
• 朝鲜 cháo xiǎn: North Korea
• 朝鲜海峡 cháo xiǎn hǎi xiá: Korea Strait
• 朝鲜战争 cháo xiǎn zhàn zhēng: Korean War (1950-1953)
• 光鲜 guāng xiān: bright and neat
• 地三鲜 dì sān xiān: dish consisting of stir-fried potato, eggplant and green pepper
• 保鲜纸 bǎo xiān zhǐ: plastic wrap
• 朝鲜语 cháo xiǎn yǔ: Korean language
• 保鲜期 bǎo xiān qī: shelf life
• 鲜味 xiān wèi: umami, one of the five basic tastes (cookery)
• 卫氏朝鲜 wèi shì cháo xiǎn: Wiman Korea (195-108 BC), historical kingdom in Manchuria, Liaoning and North Korea
• 朝鲜文 cháo xiǎn wén: Korean written language
• 新鲜 xīn xiān: fresh (experience, food etc)
• 朝鲜字母 cháo xiǎn zì mǔ: hangul, Korean phonetic alphabet
• 旗帜鲜明 qí zhì xiān míng: to show one's colors
• 鲜明 xiān míng: bright