陈炯明
陈炯明陳炯明 Chén Jiǒng míng ㄔㄣˊ ㄐㄩㄥˇ ㄇㄧㄥˊ can4 gwing2 ming4
- Chen Jiongming (1878-1933), a leading warlord of Guangdong faction, defeated in 1925 and fled to Hong Kong
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陈
- 陈列陳列 chén liè ㄔㄣˊ ㄌㄧㄝˋ can4 lit6 to display; to exhibit
- 陈旧陳舊 chén jiù ㄔㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄡˋ can4 gau6 old-fashioned; out of date; obsolete; antiquated
- 陈述陳述 chén shù ㄔㄣˊ ㄕㄨˋ can4 seot6 to state; to declare
- 新陈代谢新陳代謝 xīn chén dài xiè ㄒㄧㄣ ㄔㄣˊ ㄉㄞˋ ㄒㄧㄝˋ san1 can4 doi6 ze6 metabolism (biology)
- 六陈六陳 liù chén ㄌㄧㄡˋ ㄔㄣˊ luk6 can4 food grains (rice, wheat, barley, beans, soybeans, sesame)
- 坦陈坦陳 tǎn chén ㄊㄢˇ ㄔㄣˊ taan2 can4 to reveal
炯
- 杨炯楊炯 Yáng Jiǒng ㄧㄤˊ ㄐㄩㄥˇ joeng4 gwing2 Yang Jiong (650-693?), one of the Four Great Poets of the Early Tang 初唐四傑|初唐四杰[Chu1 Tang2 Si4 jie2]
- 炯炯 jiǒng jiǒng ㄐㄩㄥˇ ㄐㄩㄥˇ gwing2 gwing2 (literary) (of eyes) bright; shining
- 炯炯有神 jiǒng jiǒng yǒu shén ㄐㄩㄥˇ ㄐㄩㄥˇ ㄧㄡˇ ㄕㄣˊ gwing2 gwing2 jau5 san4 (idiom) (of eyes) bright and full of spirit; shining with vitality and presence
Idioms with these characters
- 暗渡陈仓暗渡陳倉 àn dù Chén cāng ㄢˋ ㄉㄨˋ ㄔㄣˊ ㄘㄤ am3 dou6 can4 cong1 lit. secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河[Wei4 He2] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3] of Chu)
- 陈陈相因陳陳相因 chén chén xiāng yīn ㄔㄣˊ ㄔㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄧㄣ can4 can4 soeng1 jan1 (idiom) to slavishly follow old patterns; to stick to outdated conventions
- 陈规陋习陳規陋習 chén guī lòu xí ㄔㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄌㄡˋ ㄒㄧˊ can4 kwai1 lau6 zaap6 (idiom) outmoded conventions; old-fashioned ways
- 乏善可陈乏善可陳 fá shàn kě chén ㄈㄚˊ ㄕㄢˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄔㄣˊ fat6 sin6 ho2 can4 (idiom) to be nothing to write home about
- 推陈布新推陳佈新 tuī chén bù xīn ㄊㄨㄟ ㄔㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄣ teoi1 can4 bou3 san1 to push out the old and bring in the new (idiom); to innovate
- 冰雪聪明冰雪聰明 bīng xuě cōng ming ㄅㄧㄥ ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄘㄨㄥ ˙ㄇㄧㄥ bing1 syut3 cung1 ming4 (idiom) exceptionally intelligent
- 不明不白 bù míng bù bái ㄅㄨˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄞˊ bat1 ming4 bat1 baak6 (idiom) obscure; dubious; shady
- 不明事理 bù míng shì lǐ ㄅㄨˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄕˋ ㄌㄧˇ bat1 ming4 si6 lei5 not understanding things (idiom); devoid of sense
- 不言自明 bù yán zì míng ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄢˊ ㄗˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ bat1 jin4 zi6 ming4 self-evident; needing no explanation (idiom)
- 长夜难明長夜難明 cháng yè nán míng ㄔㄤˊ ㄧㄝˋ ㄋㄢˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ coeng4 je6 naan4 ming4 lit. many nights under a harsh moon