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HSK
clean / neat
HSK 1
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  *乾* | 乾* | *乾
dry / dried food / empty; hollow / taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster / futile; in vain / (dialect) rude; blunt / (dialect) to cold-shoulder
HSK 1
to drink a toast / Cheers! (proposing a toast) / Here's to you! / Bottoms up! / lit. dry cup
HSK 2
biscuit; cracker; cookie / CL: , 塊|块
HSK 5
candid / direct and to the point / simply / just / might as well
HSK 5
to dry over a stove
HSK 7-9
drought / arid / dry
HSK 7-9
(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
HSK 7-9
thoroughly (idiom) / completely / one and all / very clean
HSK 7-9
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
withered; shriveled; dried-up
desiccant
Qian'an county in Songyuan 松原, Jilin
a drier
yin and yang; heaven and earth; the universe
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  *乾* | 乾* | *乾
surname Qian
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  *乾* | 乾* | *乾
one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦, symbolizing heaven / male principle // ancient Chinese compass point: 315° (northwest)
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  *乾* | 乾* | *乾
surname Gan
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)
noodles mixed with a sauce and served with toppings (not in a soup) / (dialect) flour
to dry clean / dry cleaning
rations (to take on expedition)
adopted son (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
to dry in the shade
clothes dryer
plain cooked rice (as opposed to rice porridge)
dry and clean / clear and fresh
adoptive father (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
adopted daughter (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
to dry up
to dry (sth) by airing
to dry in the sun
dried fruit / dry fruits (nuts etc)
raisin / dried grape
sandwich cookie / (jocular) sb who is caught between two opposing parties; sb who is between the hammer and the anvil
squeaky clean / neat and tidy / efficient
lit. dry mouth and tongue (idiom); to talk too much
dried out / wizened / shriveled
dry and rough (skin) / hoarse (voice) / dry and heavy (style)
soda biscuit; soda cracker; saltine
dry powder
dry ice (i.e. frozen CO2) / CL: 塊|块
to retch
lit. to upend heaven and earth (idiom) / fig. to change the course of events / to turn things around
to wait in vain; to sit around waiting
smoked bean curd
adoptive mother (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
parched / dry mouth
(coll.) to be incompetent / useless / good-for-nothing
Qian County in Xianyang 咸陽|咸阳, Shaanxi
to worry helplessly
dried vegetable
desiccated corpse; mummified body
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
strong in appearance but weak in reality (idiom)
dried shrimps
lit. smell of breast milk not yet dried (idiom) / fig. immature and inexperienced; still wet behind the ears
to carbonize / dry distillation / carbonization
dried ginger
unclean / filthy / foul-mouthed
cheese
see 豆干
thieving / light-fingered / prone to stealing
adopted son (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
dried food
to give a hollow laugh / to force a smile / forced laugh / CL: 聲|声
to dry over a fire / to roast
(medicine) xerophthalmia; dry eye syndrome
Qian'an county in Songyuan 松原, Jilin
to air-dry / to season (timber etc) / air-dried / air-drying
to cough without phlegm / a dry cough
adoptive mother (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
to cry out loud without tears
dry / parched / dull / insipid
(of dry soil etc) to crack; (of skin) to chap
male actor playing the female role (Chinese opera)
lit. overturning heaven and earth (idiom); earth-shattering / a radical change
to watch helplessly
dried up; shriveled; withered
hay
lit. intense fire to dry wood (idiom); inferno in a woodpile / fig. consuming passion between lovers
wizened / skinny and shriveled
to cry out loud without tears
variant of 豆干
to dry-heave / to retch
to wipe dry
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
cautious and diligent all day long (idiom)
rammed earth / adobe house
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  *乹* | 乹* | *乹
old variant of
noodles served hot, with toppings including sesame paste and soy sauce – popular in Wuhan as a breakfast dish or late-night snack
income provided by a sinecure
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  *亁* | 亁* | *亁
variant of
psoriasis
to remove excess moisture by spinning; to put (clothes) through the spin cycle; to spin-dry
erhua variant of 包乾|包干
dried leaf
dried beef / jerky / charqui
to blow-dry

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