淡雅
dàn yǎ
Pinyin

Definition

淡雅
 - 
dàn yǎ
  1. simple and elegant

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

优雅
yōu yǎ
  1. 1 grace
  2. 2 graceful
平淡
píng dàn
  1. 1 flat
  2. 2 dull
  3. 3 ordinary
  4. 4 nothing special
淡
dàn
  1. 1 insipid
  2. 2 diluted
  3. 3 weak
  4. 4 mild
  5. 5 light in color
  6. 6 tasteless
  7. 7 indifferent
  8. 8 (variant of 氮[dàn]) nitrogen
淡定
dàn dìng
  1. 1 calm and collected
  2. 2 unperturbed
淡淡
dàn dàn
  1. 1 faint
  2. 2 dim
  3. 3 dull
  4. 4 insipid
  5. 5 unenthusiastic
  6. 6 indifferent
儒雅
rú yǎ
  1. 1 scholarly
  2. 2 refined
  3. 3 cultured
  4. 4 courteous
典雅
diǎn yǎ
  1. 1 refined
  2. 2 elegant
冷淡
lěng dàn
  1. 1 cold
  2. 2 indifferent
恬淡
tián dàn
  1. 1 quiet and contented
  2. 2 indifferent to fame or gain
惨淡
cǎn dàn
  1. 1 dark
  2. 2 gloomy
  3. 3 dismal
  4. 4 by painstaking effort
扯淡
chě dàn
  1. 1 to talk nonsense
文雅
wén yǎ
  1. 1 elegant
  2. 2 refined
暗淡
àn dàn
  1. 1 dark
  2. 2 dim (light)
  3. 3 dull (color)
  4. 4 drab
  5. 5 (fig.) gloomy
  6. 6 bleak
欧莱雅
Ōu lái yǎ
  1. 1 L'Oréal (French cosmetics company)
冲淡
chōng dàn
  1. 1 to dilute
淡入
dàn rù
  1. 1 to fade in (cinema)
淡出
dàn chū
  1. 1 to fade out (cinema)
  2. 2 to withdraw from (politics, acting etc)
  3. 3 to fade from (memory)
淡化
dàn huà
  1. 1 to water down
  2. 2 to play down
  3. 3 to trivialize
  4. 4 to weaken
  5. 5 to become dull with time
  6. 6 to desalinate
  7. 7 desalination
淡妆
dàn zhuāng
  1. 1 light makeup
淡忘
dàn wàng
  1. 1 to be forgotten
  2. 2 to fade from memory

Idioms (13)

一日之雅
yī rì zhī yǎ
  1. 1 lit. friends for a day (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. casual acquaintance
君子之交淡如水
jūn zǐ zhī jiāo dàn rú shuǐ
  1. 1 a gentleman's friendship, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuāng zǐ])
平淡无奇
píng dàn wú qí
  1. 1 ordinary and mediocre (idiom); nothing to write home about
惨淡经营
cǎn dàn jīng yíng
  1. 1 to manage by painstaking effort (idiom)
曲终奏雅
qǔ zhōng zòu yǎ
  1. 1 perfect finish (idiom)
淡妆浓抹
dàn zhuāng nóng mǒ
  1. 1 in light or heavy makeup (idiom)
淡泊名利
dàn bó míng lì
  1. 1 not caring about fame and fortune (idiom)
  2. 2 indifferent to worldly rewards
淡泊寡味
dàn bó guǎ wèi
  1. 1 insipid and tasteless (idiom)
淡泊明志
dàn bó míng zhì
  1. 1 living a simple life as one's ideal (idiom)
温文尔雅
wēn wén ěr yǎ
  1. 1 cultured and refined (idiom); gentle and cultivated
无伤大雅
wú shāng dà yǎ
  1. 1 (of a defect etc) to be of no great matter (idiom)
  2. 2 harmless
轻描淡写
qīng miáo dàn xiě
  1. 1 to sketch in light shades
  2. 2 to play down
  3. 3 to deemphasize (idiom)
雅俗共赏
yǎ sú gòng shǎng
  1. 1 can be enjoyed by scholars and lay-people alike (idiom)

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