艮

gěn
  1. blunt
  2. tough
  3. chewy

CEDICT

  1. 食物堅韌不脆。
  2. 耿直的。
  3. 衣飾簡略無華彩。
  4. 語言粗率、不婉轉。

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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淺露 qiǎnlù
  1. blunt
  2. direct (i.e. not tactful)
直來直往 zhíláizhíwǎng
  1. blunt
  2. outspoken
鈍 dùn
  1. blunt
  2. stupid
铅笔头钝了。

The point of the pencil has become dull.

Source: Tatoeba

頑鈍 wándùn
  1. blunt (instrument)
  2. stupid
  3. thick-headed
率直 shuàizhí
  1. frank
  2. straightforward
  3. blunt
禿 tū
  1. bald (lacking hair or feathers)
  2. barren; bare; denuded
  3. blunt (lacking a point)
  4. (of a piece of writing) unsatisfactory; lacking something
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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勩 yì
  1. (literary) toilsome
  2. laborious
  3. (of an edge etc) worn out
  4. blunt
不客氣 bùkèqi
  1. you're welcome
  2. don't mention it
  3. impolite
  4. rude
  5. blunt
不客气

Don't mention it.

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強悍 qiánghàn
  1. tough
  2. strong
  3. formidable
  4. fearsome
強硬 qiángyìng
  1. tough
  2. unyielding
  3. hard-line
辛苦 xīnkǔ
  1. exhausting
  2. hard
  3. tough
  4. arduous
  5. to work hard
  6. to go to a lot of trouble
  7. hardship(s)
辛苦啦！

Good work!

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韌 rèn
  1. annealed
  2. pliable but strong
  3. tough
  4. tenacious
憨 hān
  1. silly
  2. simple-minded
  3. foolish
  4. naive
  5. sturdy
  6. tough
  7. heavy (of rope)
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
  9. very
  10. outdated
  11. (of meat etc) tough
老問題。

The same old problem.

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