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

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陳 (陈)

chén

Definition

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

Character Decomposition

Compounds (1)

蔯

chén

a variety of artemisia

Related words (41)

陳兵

chén bīng

to deploy troops; to mass troops

陳列

chén liè

to display; to exhibit

陳化

chén huà

to age; to mature (wine, timber etc)

陳奏

chén zòu

to present a memorial (to the Emperor)

陳套

chén tào

set pattern; old habit

陳屍

chén shī

to lay out the corpse

陳年

chén nián

old; stored for many years

陳情

chén qíng

to give a full account

to display

old-fashioned

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

陳米

chén mǐ

old rice; rice kept for many years

陳腐

chén fǔ

trite; clichéd; empty and trite; banality; platitude

陳規

chén guī

outmoded conventions; old-fashioned ways

陳設

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

陳述

chén shù

an assertion; to declare; to state

陳跡

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

陳規陋習

chén guī lòu xí

outmoded conventions; old-fashioned ways

陳詞濫調

chén cí làn diào

cliché; commonplace; truism; stereotype

陳陳相因

chén chén xiāng yīn

to follow a set routine

六陳

liù chén

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

坦陳

tǎn chén

to reveal; to confess

敷陳

fū chén

to give an orderly account; a thorough narrative

條陳

tiáo chén

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

橫陳

héng chén

to lie in disarray; to cut across; to traverse

直陳

zhí chén

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

鋪陳

pū chén

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

tarragon

see 推陳出新

Idioms (7)

陳谷子爛芝麻

chén gǔ zi làn zhī ma

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

乏善可陳

fá shàn kě chén

to be nothing to write home about (idiom)

五味雜陳

wǔ wèi zá chén

with complex feelings (idiom)

推陳出新

tuī chén chū xīn

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

推陳佈新

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

新陳代謝

xīn chén dài xiè

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

瀝陳鄙見

lì chén bǐ jiàn

to state one's humble opinion (idiom)

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