厌 - yàn - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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14 strokes
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厭 (厌)

yàn

Definition

to loathe
to hate
(to be) disgusted (with)
to dislike
to detest
(to be) sick of
(to be) fed up (with)
(to be) bored (with)
(to be) tired of

Character Decomposition

Compounds (6)

壓

yā

to press; to push down; to keep under (control); pressure

壓

yà

see see 壓根兒|压根儿[ya4 gen1 r5]

see 懨懨

dimple

to press down

black spots on body

Related words (31)

厭世

yàn shì

world-weary; pessimistic

厭倦

yàn juàn

to be weary of; to be fed up with; tedious

to spurn; to reject

to hate; to detest

to loathe; to hate; disgusted with sth

厭氣

yàn qì

fed up with; loathsome

anaerobic

bored; fed up with sth; sick of sth

to detest; to abhor

to despise; to look down upon sth

anorexia

anaerobic bacteria

anorexia

misanthrope

not to tire of; not to object to

epiglottis

to loathe

to loathe

to disgust; to pall; fed up; tedious; cloying; boring; irritating

討厭

tǎo yàn

troublesome; nuisance; to dislike; to loathe; to hate (doing something)

epiglottitis

annoying; disgusting

horrid

disgusting person; slob

兵不厭詐

bīng bù yàn zhà

there can never be too much deception in war; in war nothing is too deceitful; all's fair in war

misogyny

study tirelessly (idiom, from Analects)

misandry

worth hearing a hundred times

誅求無厭

zhū qiú wú yàn

incessant exorbitant demands

精神性厭食症

jīng shén xìng yàn shí zhèng

anorexia nervosa

Idioms (8)

不厭其煩

bù yàn qí fán

not to mind taking all the trouble (idiom); to take great pains; to be very patient

喜新厭舊

xǐ xīn yàn jiù

(lit.) to like the new, and hate the old (idiom); fig. enamored with new people (e.g. new girlfriend), bored with the old

百讀不厭

bǎi dú bù yàn

to be worth reading a hundred times (idiom)

裒斂無厭

póu liǎn wú yàn

to accumulate wealth without satisfaction; to continually plunder (idiom)

貪婪無厭

tān lán wú yàn

avaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied

貪得無厭

tān dé wú yàn

avaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied

貪求無厭

tān qiú wú yàn

insatiably greedy (idiom)

貪猥無厭

tān wěi wú yàn

avaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied

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