陈 - chén - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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陈 (陳)

chén

Definition

to lay out
to exhibit
to display
to narrate
to state
to explain
to tell
old
stale

Character Decomposition

Related words (41)

陈兵

chén bīng

to deploy troops; to mass troops

陈列

chén liè

to display; to exhibit

陈化

chén huà

to age; to mature (wine, timber etc)

陈奏

chén zòu

to present a memorial (to the Emperor)

陈套

chén tào

set pattern; old habit

陈尸

chén shī

to lay out the corpse

陈年

chén nián

old; stored for many years

陈情

chén qíng

to give a full account

to display

old-fashioned

orange peel; tangerine peel; dried orange peel used in Chinese medicine

陈米

chén mǐ

old rice; rice kept for many years

陈腐

chén fǔ

trite; clichéd; empty and trite; banality; platitude

陈规

chén guī

outmoded conventions; old-fashioned ways

陈设

chén shè

to display; to set out; furnishings

to state; to assert

speech; statement; plea

to state; to assert

old debt

shop-worn goods; remnants

陈述

chén shù

an assertion; to declare; to state

陈迹

chén jì

past events; relics from a former age; ruins

old wine

mature vinegar

stall

display room

representation letter (law); a brief; written statement; declaration

declarative sentence

old rules and customs

陈规陋习

chén guī lòu xí

outmoded conventions; old-fashioned ways

陈词滥调

chén cí làn diào

cliché; commonplace; truism; stereotype

陈陈相因

chén chén xiāng yīn

to follow a set routine

六陈

liù chén

food grains (rice, wheat, barley, beans, soybeans, sesame)

坦陈

tǎn chén

to reveal; to confess

敷陈

fū chén

to give an orderly account; a thorough narrative

条陈

tiáo chén

to lay out (an argument) item by item; memorandum to a superior

横陈

héng chén

to lie in disarray; to cut across; to traverse

直陈

zhí chén

to say straight out; to point out bluntly; to give a straightforward account; to disclose

铺陈

pū chén

to arrange; to spread out; to narrate in detail; to describe at great length; to elaborate

tarragon

see 推陈出新

Idioms (7)

陈谷子烂芝麻

chén gǔ zi làn zhī ma

(lit.) stale grain, overcooked sesame (idiom); fig. the same boring old gossip

乏善可陈

fá shàn kě chén

to be nothing to write home about (idiom)

五味杂陈

wǔ wèi zá chén

with complex feelings (idiom)

推陈出新

tuī chén chū xīn

to push out the old and bring in the new (idiom); to innovate

推陈布新

tuī chén bù xīn

to push out the old and bring in the new (idiom); to innovate; to go beyond old ideas; advancing all the time

新陈代谢

xīn chén dài xiè

metabolism (biology); the new replaces the old (idiom)

沥陈鄙见

lì chén bǐ jiàn

to state one's humble opinion (idiom)

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