艮

gěn
  1. blunt
  2. tough
  3. chewy

CEDICT

  1. 食物坚韧不脆。
  2. 耿直的。
  3. 衣饰简略无华彩。
  4. 语言粗率、不婉转。

重編國語辭典

Homographs

艮 gèn
  1. one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦 bāguà, symbolizing mountain
  2. ☶
  3. ancient Chinese compass point: 45° (northeast)

Containing this entry

勃艮第 Bógěndì

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浅露 qiǎnlù
  1. blunt
  2. direct (i.e. not tactful)
直来直往 zhíláizhíwǎng
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钝 dùn
  1. blunt
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铅笔头钝了。

The point of the pencil has become dull.

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顽钝 wándùn
  1. blunt (instrument)
  2. stupid
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率直 shuàizhí
  1. frank
  2. straightforward
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秃 tū
  1. bald (lacking hair or feathers)
  2. barren; bare; denuded
  3. blunt (lacking a point)
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我不明白為什麼他全禿還要去理髮店。

I don't understand why he goes to the barber's, as he is bald.

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勚 yì
  1. (literary) toilsome
  2. laborious
  3. (of an edge etc) worn out
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不客气 bùkèqi
  1. you're welcome
  2. don't mention it
  3. impolite
  4. rude
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不客气

Don't mention it.

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强悍 qiánghàn
  1. tough
  2. strong
  3. formidable
  4. fearsome
强硬 qiángyìng
  1. tough
  2. unyielding
  3. hard-line
辛苦 xīnkǔ
  1. exhausting
  2. hard
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  6. to go to a lot of trouble
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辛苦啦！

Good work!

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韧 rèn
  1. annealed
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  3. tough
  4. tenacious
憨 hān
  1. silly
  2. simple-minded
  3. foolish
  4. naive
  5. sturdy
  6. tough
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老 lǎo
  1. prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity
  2. old (of people)
  3. venerable (person)
  4. experienced
  5. of long standing
  6. always
  7. all the time
  8. of the past
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老問題。

The same old problem.

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