淡妆
dàn zhuāng
Pinyin

Definition

淡妆
 - 
dàn zhuāng
  1. light makeup

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

平淡
píng dàn
  1. 1 flat
  2. 2 dull
  3. 3 ordinary
  4. 4 nothing special
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
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
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
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
寡淡
guǎ dàn
  1. 1 insipid
  2. 2 bland
  3. 3 indifferent
性冷淡
xìng lěng dàn
  1. 1 frigidity
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

Idioms (8)

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)
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)
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)

Sample Sentences

停止意淫吧你，他如果有品味，才没有兴趣透过你邋遢的外在探讨你丰富的内心，好吗？出门洗个头，换件正常衣服，化个淡妆，不是为了要取悦别人，是取悦你自己，也是尊重你自己。
tíngzhǐ yìyín ba nǐ ，tā rúguǒ yǒu pǐnwèi ，cái méiyǒu xìngqù tòuguò nǐ lātà de wàizài tàntǎo nǐ fēngfù de nèixīn ，hǎo ma ？chūmén xǐ gè tóu ，huàn jiàn zhèngcháng yīfu ，huà gè dànzhuāng ，bùshì wèile yào qǔyuè biérén ，shì qǔyuè nǐzìjǐ ，yě shì zūnzhòng nǐzìjǐ 。
You need to stop all this fantasizing! If he has taste, he won't be interested in looking through your disheveled appearance to explore the rich beauty inside, you understand? Washing your hair before you go out, changing into some normal clothes and wearing some make-up is not to make other people happy, it's also out of respect for yourself.
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苏轼的那首诗估计更是耳熟能详了。最经典的几句是：欲把西湖比西子，淡妆浓抹总相宜。
Sū Shì de nà shǒu shī gūjì gèng shì ěrshúnéngxiáng le 。zuì jīngdiǎn de jǐjù shì ：yù bǎ xīhú bǐ xīzǐ ，dànzhuāngnóngmǒ zǒng xiāngyí 。
The poem by Su Shi is even more etched into our memory. The most classic lines are: "The West Lake is like the Chinese beauty Xi Shi, Always looking quite natural whether in light or heavy makeup."
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