Keyword
insipid
- watery
- dilute
- tasteless
- Frequency
- #1647
- Strokes
- 11
Readings
dàn
Mnemonic
氵 (water) gives the meaning and 炎 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
淡
insipid; diluted; weak; mild; light in color; tasteless; indifferent; (variant of 氮 (dàn)) nitrogen
淡化
to water down; to play down; to trivialize; to weaken; to become dull with time; to desalinate; desalination
淡水
freshwater
冷淡
cold; indifferent
平淡
flat; dull; ordinary; nothing special
扯淡
to talk nonsense
轻描淡写
(idiom) to treat sth as no big deal; to downplay; to understate
清淡
light (of food, not greasy or strongly flavored); insipid; slack (sales)
淡水
Tamsui or Danshui, district of New Taipei City 新北市 (Xīnběishì), Taiwan
惨淡
dark; gloomy; dismal; by painstaking effort
冲淡
to dilute
淡定
calm and collected; unperturbed
淡忘
to gradually forget as time passes; to have (sth) fade from one's memory
暗淡
dark; dim (light); dull (color); drab; (fig.) gloomy; bleak
淡淡
faint; dim; dull; insipid; unenthusiastic; indifferent
淡出
to fade out (cinema); to withdraw from (politics, acting etc); to fade from (memory)
淡漠
apathetic; indifferent; unsympathetic
淡季
off season; slow business season
淡薄
thin; light; flagging; faint
淡然
tranquil and calm; indifferent
平淡无奇
ordinary and mediocre (idiom); nothing to write home about
浓淡
shade (of a color, i.e. light or dark)
淡水湖
freshwater lake
淡雅
simple and elegant