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Information of 丹

Pinyin dān

Radical

丿

Strokes

4 strokes

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Definition

red / pellet / powder / cinnabar

丹 (dān) 名词 (Noun) 1. 红色 (Red) - 例：丹砂 (cinnabar), 丹桂 (osmanthus with orange flowers), 丹心碧血 (loyalty, precious blood), 丹青 (red and blue). 2. 依成方制成的颗粒状或粉末状的中药 (Granular or powdered traditional Chinese medicine made into a square shape). 3. 姓 (Surname). 引 (Quotations) 1. 《说文》：丹，巴越之赤石也。象采丹井。 (Cinnabar is the red stone of the Ba and Yue people, symbolizing the mining of cinnabar.) 2. 《书·禹贡》：砺砥砮丹。 (Reference from the Book of Documents.) 3. 《山海经·大荒北经》：有始州之国，有丹山。 (There is a land with Dan Mountain.) 例 (Examples) - 丹矸 (Cinnabar), 丹砂 (A type of red mineral also known as "cinnabar"), 丹砾 (Cinnabar mineral for medicinal use), 丹铅 (Cinnabar and lead powder, used in ancient text proofreading tools). 2. 道家炼制的所谓长生不老药 (Pills of immortality, alchemical elixirs). - 例：炼丹 (Making pills of immortality), 丹剂 (Dan medicine, elixirs). 3. 古代用作染色的颜料 (Red pigment). - 引: 《仪礼·乡射礼记》：凡画者丹质。 4. 指南方 (Referring to the south). Ancient belief links five colors to five directions, with the south corresponding to fire, hence 'dan' for southern. - 例：丹山 (Southern land of the sun). 5. 帝王的，帝王居住的 (Imperial). - 例：丹诏 (Imperial edict), 丹跸 (The emperor's vehicle). 6. 依成方制成的颗粒状或粉末状的中成药 (Pellet or powder formulations of traditional Chinese medicine). - 引: 山海丹, 灵丹妙药. 形容词 (Adjective) 1. 红色，赤色 (Red). - 引: 《周礼·考工记》：染羽以朱湛丹秫。 - 例：丹秫 (red sorghum), 丹陛云墀 (red steps carved with clouds), 丹毫 (red brush). 2. 赤诚 (Whole-hearted). - 例：丹悃 (sincerity; a sincere heart), 丹诚 (genuine sincerity). 3. 炼丹的 (Related to alchemical practices). - 例：丹鼎 (An alchemical vessel), 丹丘 (Mythical realm of immortals). 动词 (Verb) 1. 涂染成红色 (To redden). - 引: 《新唐书》：杀卒四万，血丹野。 - 例：丹野 (Red-colored fields).

呋喃丹 fū nán dān

carbofuran

加里曼丹岛 Jiā lǐ màn dān Dǎo

Kalimantan island (Indonesian name for Borneo island)

枫丹白露 fēng dān bái lù

Fontainebleau

巴丹吉林沙漠 bā dān jí lín shā mò

Badain Jaran Desert

炼丹术 liàn dān shù

maker of immortality pill / concocting magic pills

牡丹江市 Mǔ dan jiāng shì

Mudanjiang prefecture level city in Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1] in northeast China

牡丹园 mǔ dān yuán

Peony Garden

牡丹峰 mǔ dān fēng

Mudan Peak

丹砂 dān shā

cinnabar / mercuric sulfide HgS

牡丹亭 Mǔ dan Tíng

The Peony Pavilion (1598), play by Tang Xianzu 湯顯祖|汤显祖[Tang1 Xian3 zu3]

丹麦 Dān mài

Denmark

苏丹 Sū dān

Sudan / sultan (ruler of some Muslim states, esp. Ottoman Emperor)

牡丹 mǔ dan

tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa)

丹江口 Dān jiāng kǒu

Danjiangkou county level city in Shiyan 十堰[Shi2 yan4], Hubei

炼丹 liàn dān

to concoct pills of immortality

丹江口水库 dān jiāng kǒu shuǐ kù

Danjiangkou Reservoir

丹江口市 Dān jiāng kǒu shì

Danjiangkou county level city in Shiyan 十堰[Shi2 yan4], Hubei

丹东 Dān dōng

Dandong prefecture-level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省 in northeast China

丹阳 Dān yáng

Danyang county level city in Zhenjiang 鎮江|镇江[Zhen4 jiang1], Jiangsu

阿姆斯特丹 Ā mǔ sī tè dān

Amsterdam, capital of Netherlands

刀丹 dāo dān

Dao Dan

不丹 Bù dān

Bhutan

牡丹江 Mǔ dan jiāng

Mudanjiang prefecture level city in Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1] in northeast China

灵丹妙药 líng dān miào yào

effective cure, miracle medicine (idiom); fig. wonder-cure for all problems / panacea / elixir

丹尼斯 Dān ní sī

Dennis (name)

仙丹 xiān dān

elixir / magic potion

噶尔丹 gá ěr dān

Galdan

基丹 jī dān

Kidan

丹东市 Dān dōng shì

Dandong prefecture-level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省 in northeast China

契丹 Qì dān

Qidan or Khitan, ethnic group in ancient China, a branch of the Eastern Hu people inhabiting the valley of the Xar Murun River in the upper reaches of the Liao River 遼河|辽河[Liao2 He2]