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
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
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