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Meaning of 昙

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昙 (Trad.: 曇)
Pinyin: tán
English Definition: dark clouds
Chinese Definition:
①(昙花)常绿灌木,没有叶子,花大,白色,花期很短,如“昙昙一现”(喻稀奇而又容易消逝的事物)。
②云彩密布,多云。
Total strokes: 8; Radical: 日
Ideographic:The sun 日 hidden behind a cloud 云
Character Formation:
  • ⿱ Above to below
    • 日 [ rì ] sun; day; daytime
    • 云 [ yún ] cloud; to say, to speak
Similar Characters: 狊
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Example Words
昙花一现 tán huā yī xiàn lit. the night-blooming cactus shows once; flash in the pan (idiom); short-lived
昙花 tán huā Dutchman's pipe cactus, aka Queen of the Night cactus (Epiphyllum oxypetalum)
瞿昙 qú tán Gautama, surname of the Siddhartha, the historical Buddha
More:昙* | *昙 | *昙*
Example Sentences
1
我用昙镜梅洛古攻击了
。
I attacked with my Meloku the Clouded Mirror.
2
早期的
“
昙曜五窟
”
气势磅礴
,
具有浑厚
、
纯朴的西域情调
。
The early, "Tan Yao five Cave" by the magnificent, with immense, pristine ambience of the Western Regions.
3
在他们水槽里满溢的雨水
,
也使我们的迦昙树林喜乐
。
The rain that floods their tank makes glad our kadam forest.
4
这是一个非常珍惜的事情就象优昙婆罗花那样珍贵和稀少
。
It is as rare an event as one's coming across the flowering of the udumbara.
5
第二章概述昙无谶译经的词汇特点
,
包括历史继承性
、
口语性和佛教色彩
。
The second chapter is the summary to the vocabulary features in Dharmaksema's translations including history successive nature, colloquial nature and Buddhism style;