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to be willing to / to resign oneself to
HSK 7-9
cabbage / Chinese broccoli / gai larn
glycerine / glycerol
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surname Gan / abbr. for Gansu Province 甘肅省|甘肃省
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(bound form) sweet; pleasant (contrasted with : bitter, unpleasant) / to be willing (to do sth)
unreconciled to / not resigned to / unwilling
good times and hardships / joys and tribulations / for better or for worse
sweet
licorice root
not reconciled to / not resigned to
chamomile
Ganquan county in Yan'an 延安, Shaanxi
willingly
delighted to (do sth, idiom) / perfectly happy to do / most willing to do
Gambia (Tw)
Gansu Province, capital Lanzhou 蘭州市|兰州市 (abbr. to or 隴|陇)
(idiom) to let the matter rest; to just let it go; to take it lying down (usu. used in the negative)
to be willing to / to be ready to / to be content with / accepting (of restriction, sacrifice, risk etc)
triglyceride
Kennedy (name) (Tw)
to abandon oneself (idiom) / to let oneself go
to step down gracefully (humble expression) / to concede defeat / to play second fiddle
Brussels sprouts (Brassica oleracea L. var. gemmifera)
Ganjingzi district of Dalian 大連市|大连市, Liaoning
Gadê or Gande county (Tibetan: dga' bde rdzong) in Golog Tibetan autonomous prefecture 果洛州, Qinghai
willingly and gladly (idiom)
Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia provinces
bagasse
cabbage
Garzê county (Tibetan: dkar mdzes rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州, Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)
kale
Ganluo County in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture 涼山彝族自治州|凉山彝族自治州, southern Sichuan
Bagan (Pagan), ancient capital of Myanmar (Burma)
Gangu county in Tianshui 天水, Gansu
Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, in Sichuan Province 四川省
bitterness finishes, sweetness begins (idiom); the hard times are over, the good times just beginning
Gannan, a county in Qiqihar 齊齊哈爾市|齐齐哈尔市, Heilongjiang
(idiom) not to be outdone
Ganquan county in Yan'an 延安, Shaanxi
cabbage
(idiom) not want to be outdone / not content to lag behind
sugar cane / CL: 節|节
Gantok, capital of Sikkim, India
amanattō, traditional Japanese sweets made from azuki or other beans
shared delights and common hardships (idiom); to share life's joys and sorrows / for better or for worse
to be willing / to be satisfied
unwilling to remain lonely or idle / unwilling to be left out
sweet potato / Ipomoea batatas
(Mahatma) Gandhi
Gangu county in Tianshui 天水, Gansu
lit. as sweet as syrup (idiom, from Book of Songs); to endure hardship gladly / a glutton for punishment
nitroglycerine
fine foods
Gadê or Gande county (Tibetan: dga' bde rdzong) in Golog Tibetan autonomous prefecture 果洛州, Qinghai
Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, in Gansu Province 甘肅省|甘肃省
sweetness; sweet taste
to live off the fat of the land (idiom) / to have a luxurious lifestyle
to have a sweet aftertaste
calomel or mercurous chloride (Hg2Cl2)
glycine (Gly), an amino acid
mannitol C6H14O6, a sugar alcohol
to share joys and sorrows / sharing good times and hard times / same as 同甘共苦
nitroglycerine
Indian gooseberry (Phyllanthus emblica)
Ganden monastery, Tibetan: dGa' ldan rNam rgyal gling, Dagzê county 達孜縣|达孜县, Lhasa, Tibet
sweetener
glyceraldehyde (CH2O)3
diethylene glycol / glycerin (used in antifreeze)
Matricaria recutita / chamomile
triglyceride
red cabbage / purple cabbage
(idiom) not want to be outdone / not content to lag behind
unwilling to accept / not content with (a subservient role, a mediocre result etc)
Ramat Gan, city in Israel, location of Bar-Ilan University
sweetener
Ganzhou district of Zhangye city 張掖市|张掖市, Gansu
Ganzhou district of Zhangye city 張掖市|张掖市, Gansu
Ibrahim Gambari (1944-), Nigerian diplomat and academic
kampong (loanword) / also pr. gānbōng, imitating Malay
triglyceride
glycerine suppository
mannitol C6H14O6, a sugar alcohol
ganache (loanword)
(bird species of China) Gansu leaf warbler (Phylloscopus kansuensis)
oilseed rape (Brassica napus)
(idiom) sweet words / sweet talk / cajolery
mannitol C6H14O6, a sugar alcohol
bitter sweet
Bagan (Pagan) Dynasty of Myanmar (Burma), 1044-1287
rutabaga (vegetable)
European wild cabbage (Brassica oleracea)
Forrest Gump
Shaanxi and Gansu provinces


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