陳 (chén)

surname Chen; to state; old/stale

How 陳 is written

新陳代謝 xīnchéndàixiè: metabolism (biology); the new replaces the old (idiom)
推陳出新 tuīchénchūxīn: to push out the old and bring in the new (idiom); to innovate; to go beyond old ideas; advancing all the time
陳列 chénliè: to display; to exhibit
陳年 chénnián: old; stored for many years
陳皮 chénpí: orange peel; tangerine peel; dried orange peel used in Chinese medicine
陳舊 chénjiù: old-fashioned
陳述 chénshù: an assertion; to declare; to state
陳醋 chéncù: mature vinegar
坦陳 tǎnchén: to reveal; to confess
暗渡陳倉 àndùchéncāng: secretly crossing the Wei river 渭河 at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦 in 206 BC against Xiangyu 項羽|项羽 of Chu); fig. fein one thing while doing another; to cheat under cover of a diversion
鋪陳 pūchén: to arrange; to spread out; to narrate in detail
陳倉 chéncāng: ancient name of Bǎojī city 寶雞市|宝鸡市[Bao3 ji1 shi4], Shǎnxī; Chencang district of Baoji city

陳先生是我們的老師。

Chén xiānshēng shì wǒmen de lǎoshī.

“Mr. Chen is our teacher.”

陳 is the 525th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 76.8% of all running text.

Flashcards and Writing Practice. Every single character in A Course in Contemporary Chinese 當代中文課程.

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