寡淡
guǎ dàn
Pinyin

Definition

寡淡
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guǎ dàn
  1. insipid
  2. bland
  3. indifferent

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

寡妇
guǎ fu
  1. 1 widow
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
冷淡
lěng dàn
  1. 1 cold
  2. 2 indifferent
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
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
冲淡
chōng dàn
  1. 1 to dilute
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
淡忘
dàn wàng
  1. 1 to be forgotten
  2. 2 to fade from memory
淡泊
dàn bó
  1. 1 living a simple life
淡漠
dàn mò
  1. 1 apathetic
  2. 2 indifferent
  3. 3 unsympathetic
淡然
dàn rán
  1. 1 tranquil and calm
  2. 2 indifferent
淡雅
dàn yǎ
  1. 1 simple and elegant
清淡
qīng dàn
  1. 1 light (of food, not greasy or strongly flavored)
  2. 2 insipid
  3. 3 slack (sales)
看淡
kàn dàn
  1. 1 to regard as unimportant
  2. 2 to be indifferent to (fame, wealth etc)
  3. 3 (of an economy or a market) to slacken
黯淡
àn dàn
  1. 1 variant of 暗淡[àn dàn]

Idioms (20)

不患寡而患不均
bù huàn guǎ ér huàn bù jūn
  1. 1 do not worry about scarcity, but rather about uneven distribution (idiom, from Analects)
刻薄寡恩
kè bó guǎ ēn
  1. 1 harsh and merciless (idiom)
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])
失道寡助
shī dào guǎ zhù
  1. 1 an unjust cause finds little support (idiom, from Mencius)
  2. 2 cf 得道多助[dé dào duō zhù] a just cause attracts much support
孤家寡人
gū jiā guǎ rén
  1. 1 one who is cut off from others (idiom)
  2. 2 one who has chosen to follow a solitary path
  3. 3 (can also be an indirect way of referring to an unmarried person)
寡不敌众
guǎ bù dí zhòng
  1. 1 the few are no match for the many
  2. 2 heavily outnumbered
  3. 3 facing impossible odds (idiom)
寡二少双
guǎ èr shǎo shuāng
  1. 1 peerless
  2. 2 second to none (idiom)
平淡无奇
píng dàn wú qí
  1. 1 ordinary and mediocre (idiom); nothing to write home about
得道多助，失道寡助
dé dào duō zhù , shī dào guǎ zhù
  1. 1 A just cause attracts much support, an unjust one finds little (idiom, from Mencius)
惨淡经营
cǎn dàn jīng yíng
  1. 1 to manage by painstaking effort (idiom)
敌众我寡
dí zhòng wǒ guǎ
  1. 1 multitude of enemies, few friends (idiom from Mencius)
  2. 2 heavily outnumbered
  3. 3 beaten by the weight of numbers
曲高和寡
qǔ gāo hè guǎ
  1. 1 difficult songs find few singers (idiom)
  2. 2 highbrow
木讷寡言
mù nè guǎ yán
  1. 1 honest and unaffected but not talkative (idiom)
沉默寡言
chén mò guǎ yán
  1. 1 habitually silent (idiom)
  2. 2 reticent
  3. 3 uncommunicative
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)
众寡悬殊
zhòng guǎ xuán shū
  1. 1 the multitude against the few, a wide disparity (idiom from Mencius); heavily outnumbered
  2. 2 unequally matched
  3. 3 overwhelmed by weight of numbers
落落寡交
luò luò guǎ jiāo
  1. 1 aloof and as a result friendless (idiom)

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