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dry / dried food / empty; hollow / taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster / futile; in vain / (dialect) rude; blunt / (dialect) to cold-shoulder
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clean / neat
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to drink a toast / Cheers! (proposing a toast) / Here's to you! / Bottoms up! / lit. dry cup
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biscuit; cracker; cookie / CL: , 塊|块
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candid / direct and to the point / simply / just / might as well
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drought / arid / dry
HSK 7-9
to dry over a stove
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(of weather, climate, soil etc) dry; arid / (of skin, mouth etc) dry / (fig.) dull; dry; boring / (of timber etc) to dry out; to season; to cure
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thoroughly (idiom) / completely / one and all / very clean
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  *干* | 干* | *干
surname Gan
(medicine) xerophthalmia; dry eye syndrome
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surname Qian
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one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦, symbolizing heaven / male principle // ancient Chinese compass point: 315° (northwest)
dry / parched / dull / insipid
the Qianlong era / Qianlong Emperor (1711-1799), sixth Qing emperor, princely title 寶親王|宝亲王, personal name 弘曆|弘历, reigned 1735-1799
Qian County in Xianyang 咸陽|咸阳, Shaanxi
smoked bean curd
to blow-dry
dried fruit / dry fruits (nuts etc)
dried food (including dried fruits, mushrooms and seafoods such as shrimp and abalone) / (fig.) (coll.) knowledge presented in readily assimilable form; just what you want to know: no more, no less (no padding 水分)
yin and yang; heaven and earth; the universe
to dry (sth) by airing
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  *乾* | 乾* | *乾
old variant of
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variant of
dry ice (i.e. frozen CO2) / CL: 塊|块
hay
to give a hollow laugh / to force a smile / forced laugh / CL: 聲|声
withered; shriveled; dried-up
adoptive father (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
plain cooked rice (as opposed to rice porridge)
to dry up
dried vegetable
adoptive mother (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
dry powder
(of dry soil etc) to crack; (of skin) to chap
to cough without phlegm / a dry cough
to air-dry / to season (timber etc) / air-dried / air-drying
dried out / wizened / shriveled
to have the full responsibility of a job / allocated task
lit. dry mouth and tongue (idiom); to talk too much
(of speech or actions) direct and efficient / without fooling around
desiccated corpse; mummified body
noodles mixed with a sauce and served with toppings (not in a soup) / (dialect) flour
rations (to take on expedition)
cheese
dry and clean / clear and fresh
to dry in the sun
conpoy; dried scallop (dried adductor muscle of a scallop)
to dry in the shade
Qian'an county in Songyuan 松原, Jilin
dry and rough (skin) / hoarse (voice) / dry and heavy (style)
wizened / skinny and shriveled
parched / dry mouth
lit. to upend heaven and earth (idiom) / fig. to change the course of events / to turn things around
Qianling at Xianyang 咸陽市|咸阳市 in Shaanxi, burial site of third Tang emperor 高宗 and empress Wuzetian 武則天|武则天
strong in appearance but weak in reality (idiom)
to dry clean / dry cleaning
unclean / filthy / foul-mouthed
lit. smell of breast milk not yet dried (idiom) / fig. immature and inexperienced; still wet behind the ears
dried up; shriveled; withered
adoptive mother (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
to cry out loud without tears
squeaky clean / neat and tidy / efficient
cautious and diligent all day long (idiom)
to dry over a fire / to roast
rammed earth / adobe house
to carbonize / dry distillation / carbonization
to be spat on in the face and let it dry by itself, not wiping it off (idiom); to turn the other cheek / to drain the cup of humiliation
to wipe dry
to freeze-dry / freeze-dried food (such as meat or fruit)
low tide / low water
to drain
to remove excess moisture by spinning; to put (clothes) through the spin cycle; to spin-dry
fried beans, Sichuan style
dried shrimps
dried ginger
Xiao Qian (1910-1999), Mongolian-born, Cambridge-educated journalist active during Second World War in Europe, subsequently famous author and translator
raisin / dried grape
see 豆干
sandwich cookie / (jocular) sb who is caught between two opposing parties; sb who is between the hammer and the anvil
adopted daughter (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
The Sun Shines over the Sanggan River, proletarian novel by Ding Ling, winner of 1951 Stalin prize
clothes dryer
fortune cookie
a drier
dried leaf
to drain / to run dry
a system of payment partly in kind and partly in cash
to watch helplessly
booming and golden age of Qing dynasty (from Kang Xi to Qian Long emperors)
to worry helplessly
lit. overturning heaven and earth (idiom); earth-shattering / a radical change
(idiom) to devour (food) / (idiom) to shamelessly take advantage; to ruthlessly exploit
a little dirt never killed anybody (proverb) / a couple of germs won't do you any harm
to dry out / to dry completely
Qian'an county in Songyuan 松原, Jilin
dried sweet potato slices
to stir-fry with oil only (no addition of water)
to wait in vain; to sit around waiting
dried beef / jerky / charqui

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