贱 - jiàn - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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賤 (贱)

jiàn

Definition

cheap
inexpensive
low-priced
lowly
humble
low-down
base
despicable

Character Decomposition

Compounds (1)

濺

jiàn

to splash

Related words (20)

賤人

jiàn rén

lowlife; bitch; slut; cheap person

my wife (humble)

to sell cheaply; sacrifice; low price; discount sale

despicable

social stratum below the level of ordinary people; untouchable; dalit (India caste)

contemptuous term

bitch; slut

miserable wretch; contemptible individual

下賤

xià jiàn

humble; lowly; depraved; contemptible

lowly; mean and low

humble; lowly

base; worthless

morally loose, lewd and low, lascivious and mean; wanton

poor and lowly

noble and lowly; high versus low social hierarchy of ruler to people, father to son, husband to wife in Confucianism

鄙賤

bǐ jiàn

lowly; despicable; to despise

大賤賣

dà jiàn mài

to sell at a big discount

slut; tramp (old)

orders weightier than life

貧賤不能移

pín jiàn bù néng yí

not shaken by poverty; to preserve one's ambitions although destitute

Idioms (3)

親疏貴賤

qīn shū guì jiàn

close and distant, rich and poor (idiom); everyone; all possible relations

貴古賤今

guì gǔ jiàn jīn

to revere the past and despise the present (idiom)

貴遠賤近

guì yuǎn jiàn jìn

to revere the past and despise the present (idiom)

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