寡 ⇒
寡妇 guǎfu, [寡婦], widow
寡 guǎ, few/scant/widowed
优柔寡断 yōuróuguǎduàn, [優柔寡斷], indecisive/irresolute
沉默寡言 chénmòguǎyán, habitually silent (idiom)/reticent/uncommunicative
寡人 guǎrén, I (first person pronoun used by royalty or nobility)
守寡 shǒuguǎ, to live as widow/to observe widowhood
孤陋寡闻 gūlòuguǎwén, [孤陋寡聞], ignorant and inexperienced/ill-informed and narrow-minded
寡言 guǎyán, taciturn/reticent
寡不敌众 guǎbùdízhòng, [寡不敵眾], the few are no match for the many/heavily outnumbered/facing impossible odds (id...
少言寡语 寡头 guǎtóu, [寡頭], oligarch
寡言少语 寡居 guǎjū, to live as a widow
寡廉鲜耻 清心寡欲 孤儿寡母 抑郁寡欢 鳏寡孤独 guānguǎgūdú, [鰥寡孤獨], lit. widowers, widows, orphans and the childless/fig. people with no one left to...
曲高和寡 qǔgāohèguǎ, difficult songs find few singers (idiom)/highbrow
淡 ⇒
扯淡 chědàn, to talk nonsense
淡 dàn, insipid/diluted/weak/mild/light in color/tasteless/indifferent/(variant of 氮[dàn...
冷淡 lěngdàn, cold/indifferent
平淡 píngdàn, flat/dull/ordinary/nothing special
淡忘 dànwàng, to be forgotten/to fade from memory
暗淡 àndàn, dark/dim (light)/dull (color)/drab/(fig.) gloomy/bleak
淡水 Dànshuǐ/dànshuǐ, Danshui or Tanshui town in New Taipei City 新北市[Xīn běi shì], Taiwan, potable wat...
黯淡 àndàn, variant of 暗淡[àn dàn]
平淡无奇 píngdànwúqí, [平淡無奇], ordinary and mediocre (idiom); nothing to write home about
清淡 qīngdàn, light (of food, not greasy or strongly flavored)/insipid/slack (sales)
轻描淡写 qīngmiáodànxiě, [輕描淡寫], to sketch in light shades/to play down/to deemphasize (idiom)
淡淡 dàndàn, faint/dim/dull/insipid/unenthusiastic/indifferent
淡出 dànchū, to fade out (cinema)/to withdraw from (politics, acting etc)/to fade from (memor...
冲淡 chōngdàn, [沖淡], to dilute
惨淡 cǎndàn, [慘淡], dark/gloomy/dismal/by painstaking effort
淡化 dànhuà, to water down/to play down/to trivialize/to weaken/to become dull with time/to d...
平平淡淡 淡漠 dànmò, apathetic/indifferent/unsympathetic
淡紫 淡季 dànjì, off season/slow business season/see also 旺季[wàng jì]
淡淡的 淡薄 dànbó, thin/light/flagging/faint
淡然 dànrán, tranquil and calm/indifferent
淡黄 dànhuáng, [淡黃], light yellow
淡水鱼 dànshuǐyú, [淡水魚], freshwater fish
淡水湖 dànshuǐhú, freshwater lake
淡酒 淡色 惨淡经营 cǎndànjīngyíng, [慘淡經營], to manage by painstaking effort (idiom)
浓淡 nóngdàn, [濃淡], shade (of a color, i.e. light or dark)
淡蓝 淡红 淡妆 dànzhuāng, [淡妝], light makeup
云淡风 粗茶淡饭 cūchádànfàn, [粗茶淡飯], plain tea and simple food/(fig.) bread and water
淡茶 淡泊 dànbó, living a simple life