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surname Chen; vassal state during the Spring and Autumn Period 770-475 BC; Chen of the Southern dynasties (557-589)

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

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radical
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暗渡陈仓 暗渡陳倉 an4 du4 chen2 cang1
lit. 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 Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽 of Chu); fig. to feign one thing while doing another; to cheat under cover of a diversion

陈巴尔虎旗 陳巴爾虎旗 chen2 ba1 er3 hu3 qi2
Old Barag banner in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾|呼伦贝尔, Inner Mongolia

陈兵 陳兵 chen2 bing1
to deploy troops; to mass troops

陈伯达 陳伯達 chen2 bo2 da2
Chen Boda (1904-1989), communist party theorist, interpreter of Maoism

陈仓 陳倉 chen2 cang1
ancient name of Baoji City 寶雞市|宝鸡市, Shaanxi; Chencang district of Baoji City

陈仓区 陳倉區 chen2 cang1 qu1
Chencang District of Baoji City 寶雞市|宝鸡市, Shaanxi

陈忱 陳忱 chen2 chen2
Chen Chen (1613-1670), novelist and poet at the Ming-Qing transition, author of Water Margin sequel 水滸後傳|水浒后传

陈陈相因 陳陳相因 chen2 chen2 xiang1 yin1
to follow a set routine

陈冲 陳沖 chen2 chong1
Joan Chen (1961-), Chinese born American actress

陈词 陳詞 chen2 ci2
speech; statement; plea

陈词滥调 陳詞濫調 chen2 ci2 lan4 diao4
cliché; commonplace; truism; stereotype

陈醋 陳醋 chen2 cu4
mature vinegar

陈德良 陳德良 chen2 de2 liang2
Tran Duc Luong (1937-), former president of Vietnam

陈独秀 陳獨秀 chen2 du2 xiu4
Chen Duxiu (1879-1942), Chinese Marxist and leading communist, blamed for the failures of Chinese communism from 1927, posthumously rehabilitated

陈方安生 陳方安生 chen2 fang1 an1 sheng1
Anson Chan (1940-), chief secretary for administration, Hong Kong (1997-2001)

陈放 陳放 chen2 fang4
to display

陈腐 陳腐 chen2 fu3
trite; clichéd; empty and trite; banality; platitude

陈恭尹 陳恭尹 chen2 gong1 yin3
Chen Gongyin (1631-1700), early Qing dynasty poet

陈谷子烂芝麻 陳谷子爛芝麻 chen2 gu3 zi5 lan4 zhi1 ma5
lit. stale grain, overcooked sesame (idiom); fig. the same boring old gossip

陈冠希 陳冠希 chen2 guan1 xi1
Edison Chen (1980-), Hong Kong singer and actor

陈规 陳規 chen2 gui1
outmoded conventions; old-fashioned ways

陈规旧习 陳規舊習 chen2 gui1 jiu4 xi2
old rules and customs

陈规陋习 陳規陋習 chen2 gui1 lou4 xi2
outmoded conventions; old-fashioned ways

陈厚 陳厚 chen2 hou4
Peter Chen Ho (1931-1970), Chinese actor

陈化 陳化 chen2 hua4
to age; to mature (wine, timber etc)

陈货 陳貨 chen2 huo4
shop-worn goods; remnants

陈迹 陳跡 chen2 ji4
past events; relics from a former age; ruins

陈娇 陳嬌 chen2 jiao1
Chen Jiao, first wife of emperor 漢武帝|汉武帝, died c. 110 BC

陈景润 陳景潤 chen2 jing3 run4
Chen Jingrun (1933-1996) Chinese number theorist

陈炯明 陳炯明 chen2 jiong3 ming2
Chen Jiongming (1878-1933), a leading warlord of Guangdong faction, defeated in 1925 and fled to Hong Kong

陈酒 陳酒 chen2 jiu3
old wine

陈旧 陳舊 chen2 jiu4
old-fashioned

陈凯歌 陳凱歌 chen2 kai3 ge1
Chen Kaige (1952-), Chinese movie director

陈可雄 陳可雄 chen2 ke3 xiong2
Chen Kexiong (1950-), novelist

陈列 陳列 chen2 lie4
to display; to exhibit

陈列室 陳列室 chen2 lie4 shi4
display room

陈列台 陳列臺 chen2 lie4 tai2
stall

陈露 陳露 chen2 lu4
Lu Chen (1976-), PRC figure skater, 1995 world champion

陈美 陳美 chen2 mei3
Vanessa-Mae (1978-), Singaporean-born British violinist and skier

陈米 陳米 chen2 mi3
old rice; rice kept for many years

陈木胜 陳木勝 chen2 mu4 sheng4
Benny Chan (Hong Kong film director)

陈纳德 陳納德 chen2 na4 de2
(Claire) Chennault, commander of Flying Tigers during World War II

陈年 陳年 chen2 nian2
old; stored for many years

陈皮 陳皮 chen2 pi2
orange peel; tangerine peel; dried orange peel used in Chinese medicine

陈桥兵变 陳橋兵變 chen2 qiao2 bing1 bian4
the military revolt of 960 that led Zhao Kuangyin 趙匡胤|赵匡胤 to found the Song dynasty

陈情 陳情 chen2 qing2
to give a full account

陈仁锡 陳仁錫 chen2 ren2 xi1
Chen Renxi (1581-1636), late Ming scholar and prolific author

陈绍 陳紹 chen2 shao4
old Shaoxing wine

陈设 陳設 chen2 she4
to display; to set out; furnishings

陈尸 陳屍 chen2 shi1
to lay out the corpse

陈寿 陳壽 chen2 shou4
Western Jin dynasty 西晋 historian, author of History of the Three Kingdoms 三國志|三国志

陈书 陳書 chen2 shu1
History of Chen of the Southern Dynasties, ninth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled by Yao Silian 姚思廉 in 636 during Tang dynasty, 36 scrolls

陈述 陳述 chen2 shu4
an assertion; to declare; to state

陈述句 陳述句 chen2 shu4 ju4
declarative sentence

陈述书 陳述書 chen2 shu4 shu1
representation letter (law); a brief; written statement; declaration

陈水扁 陳水扁 chen2 shui3 bian3
Chen Shui-Bian (1950-), Taiwanese DPP 民進黨|民进党 politician, President of the Republic of China 2000-2008

陈说 陳說 chen2 shuo1
to state; to assert

陈诉 陳訴 chen2 su4
to state; to assert

陈套 陳套 chen2 tao4
set pattern; old habit

陈天华 陳天華 chen2 tian1 hua4
Chen Tianhua (1875-1905), anti-Qing revolutionary from Hunan, drowned himself in Japan in 1905

陈抟 陳摶 chen2 tuan2
Chen Tuan (871-989), a legendary Daoist sage

陈希同 陳希同 chen2 xi1 tong2
Chen Xitong (1930-), mayor of Beijing at the time of 4th Jun 1989 Tiananmen incident

陈香梅 陳香梅 chen2 xiang1 mei2
Chen Xiangmei (1925-), a.k.a. Anna Chennault, born in Beijing, US Republican Party politician, widow of Claire Lee Chennault 陳納德|陈纳德

陈省身 陳省身 chen2 xing3 shen1
Shiing-Shen Chern (1911-2004), Chinese-American mathematician

陈毅 陳毅 chen2 yi4
Chen Yi (1901-1972), communist general and politician, Marshal of PLA from 1955, Mayor of Shanghai in 1950s, PRC foreign minister 1958-1972

陈奕迅 陳奕迅 chen2 yi4 xun4
Eason Chan (1974-), Hong Kong pop singer and actor

陈元光 陳元光 chen2 yuan2 guang1
Chen Yuanguang (657-711), Tang dynasty general with posthumous title 開漳聖王|开漳圣王, i.e. Sacred King, founder of Zhangzhou 漳州, Fujian

陈云 陳雲 chen2 yun2
Chen Yun (1905-1995), communist leader and economist

陈云林 陳雲林 chen2 yun2 lin2
Chen Yunlin (1941-), Chairman of PRC Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) 海峽兩岸關係協會|海峡两岸关系协会

陈再道 陳再道 chen2 zai4 dao4
Chen Zaidao (1909-1993), general in the People's Liberation Army

陈账 陳賬 chen2 zhang4
old debt

陈仲琳 陳仲琳 chen2 zhong4 lin2
Xu Zhonglin or Xu Zhonglin 許仲琳|许仲琳 (c. 1567-c. 1620), Ming novelist, to whom the fantasy novel Investure of the Gods 封神演義|封神演义 is attributed, together with Lu Xixing 陸西星|陆西星

陈子昂 陳子昂 chen2 zi3 ang2
Chen Zi'ang (c. 661-702), Tang dynasty poet

陈奏 陳奏 chen2 zou4
to present a memorial (to the Emperor)

乏善可陈 乏善可陳 fa2 shan4 ke3 chen2
to be nothing to write home about (idiom)

敷陈 敷陳 fu1 chen2
to give an orderly account; a thorough narrative

横陈 橫陳 heng2 chen2
to lie in disarray; to cut across; to traverse

菌陈蒿 菌陳蒿 jun1 chen2 hao1
tarragon

沥陈鄙见 瀝陳鄙見 li4 chen2 bi3 jian4
to state one's humble opinion (idiom)

六陈 六陳 liu4 chen2
food grains (rice, wheat, barley, beans, soybeans, sesame)

明修栈道,暗渡陈仓 明修棧道,暗渡陳倉 ming2 xiu1 zhan4 dao4 - an4 du4 chen2 cang1
lit. repair the plank road by day while 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 Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽 of Chu); fig. to feign one thing while doing another; to cheat under cover of a di

南朝陈 南朝陳 nan2 chao2 chen2
Chen of the Southern dynasties (557-589)

铺陈 鋪陳 pu1 chen2
to arrange; to spread out; to narrate in detail; to describe at great length; to elaborate

坦陈 坦陳 tan3 chen2
to reveal; to confess

条陈 條陳 tiao2 chen2
to lay out (an argument) item by item; memorandum to a superior

推陈布新 推陳佈新 tui1 chen2 bu4 xin1
to push out the old and bring in the new (idiom); to innovate; to go beyond old ideas; advancing all the time

推陈出新 推陳出新 tui1 chen2 chu1 xin1
to push out the old and bring in the new (idiom); to innovate

推陈致新 推陳致新 tui1 chen2 zhi4 xin1
see 推陳出新|推陈出新

五味杂陈 五味雜陳 wu3 wei4 za2 chen2
with complex feelings (idiom)

新陈代谢 新陳代謝 xin1 chen2 dai4 xie4
metabolism (biology); the new replaces the old (idiom)

直陈 直陳 zhi2 chen2
to say straight out; to point out bluntly; to give a straightforward account; to disclose