寡淡
寡淡 guǎ dàn ㄍㄨㄚˇ ㄉㄢˋ gwaa2 daam6
- insipid
- bland
- indifferent
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More words with these characters
寡
- 多寡 duō guǎ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄍㄨㄚˇ do1 gwaa2 number; amount
- 寡妇寡婦 guǎ fu ㄍㄨㄚˇ ˙ㄈㄨ gwaa2 fu5 widow
- 孤陋寡闻孤陋寡聞 gū lòu guǎ wén ㄍㄨ ㄌㄡˋ ㄍㄨㄚˇ ㄨㄣˊ gu1 lau6 gwaa2 man4 ignorant and inexperienced
- 孤寡 gū guǎ ㄍㄨ ㄍㄨㄚˇ gu1 gwaa2 orphans and widows
- 守寡 shǒu guǎ ㄕㄡˇ ㄍㄨㄚˇ sau2 gwaa2 to live as widow
- 寡人 guǎ rén ㄍㄨㄚˇ ㄖㄣˊ gwaa2 jan4 I (first person pronoun used by royalty or nobility)
Idioms with these characters
- 沉默寡言 chén mò guǎ yán ㄔㄣˊ ㄇㄛˋ ㄍㄨㄚˇ ㄧㄢˊ cam4 mak6 gwaa2 jin4 habitually silent (idiom)
- 敌众我寡敵眾我寡 dí zhòng wǒ guǎ ㄉㄧˊ ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄨㄛˇ ㄍㄨㄚˇ dik6 zung3 ngo5 gwaa2 multitude of enemies, few friends (idiom from Mencius)
- 寡不敌众寡不敵眾 guǎ bù dí zhòng ㄍㄨㄚˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄧˊ ㄓㄨㄥˋ gwaa2 bat1 dik6 zung3 the few are no match for the many
- 寡二少双寡二少雙 guǎ èr shǎo shuāng ㄍㄨㄚˇ ㄦˋ ㄕㄠˇ ㄕㄨㄤ gwaa2 ji6 siu3 soeng1 peerless
- 鳏寡孤独鰥寡孤獨 guān guǎ gū dú ㄍㄨㄢ ㄍㄨㄚˇ ㄍㄨ ㄉㄨˊ gwaan1 gwaa2 gu1 duk6 lit. widowers, widows, orphans and the childless (idiom)
- 惨淡经营慘淡經營 cǎn dàn jīng yíng ㄘㄢˇ ㄉㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄧㄥˊ caam2 daam6 ging1 jing4 to manage by painstaking effort (idiom)
- 淡泊名利 dàn bó míng lì ㄉㄢˋ ㄅㄛˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄌㄧˋ daam6 bok6 ming4 lei6 not caring about fame and fortune (idiom)
- 淡泊明志 dàn bó míng zhì ㄉㄢˋ ㄅㄛˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄓˋ daam6 bok6 ming4 zi3 living a simple life as one's ideal (idiom)
- 淡妆浓抹淡妝濃抹 dàn zhuāng nóng mǒ ㄉㄢˋ ㄓㄨㄤ ㄋㄨㄥˊ ㄇㄛˇ daam6 zong1 nung4 mut3 in light or heavy makeup (idiom)
- 平淡无奇平淡無奇 píng dàn wú qí ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄉㄢˋ ㄨˊ ㄑㄧˊ ping4 daam6 mou4 kei4 ordinary and mediocre (idiom); nothing to write home about