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Meaning of 爨

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爨
Pinyin: cuàn
English Definition: cooking-stove; to cook; surname Cuan
Chinese Definition:
①烧火做饭:分居各爨。
②灶:“客传萧寒爨不烟。”
③中国宋杂剧、金院本中某些简短表演的名称:《讲百花爨》。《文房四宝爨》。
④演戏:“夫优伶爨演,实始有唐《目连救母》之起。”
⑤姓氏。
Total strokes: 29; Radical: 火
Pictophonetic:爵 indicates the sound; 火 (fire) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • ⿱ Above to below
    • ⿳ Above to middle and below
      • 林 [ lín ] forest, grove; surname
      • 大 [ dà ] big, great, vast, high, deep
    • 火 [ huǒ ] fire, flame; to burn; anger, rage
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Example Words
同居分爨 tóng jū fēn cuàn to live in the same house, but eat separately (idiom)
称薪而爨 chēng xīn ér cuàn to be extremely stingy (idiom)
炊爨 chuī cuàn to light a fire and cook a meal
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Example Sentences
1
在宿舍内有炊爨行为
。
Cooking in the dorm.
2
我跟上司一向剁爨处得非常融洽
。
My supervisors and I have always gotten along quite well.
3
此后大约四百年
,
云南一直处于爨族的统治之下
。
Henceforth the Cuan clan ruled Yunnan for over four hundred years.
4
我记得今年中秋节
,
我带着这本书来到爨底下
。
因此可以推断此后不久
,
我读完了它
。
I remember that I brought this book during my small trip to Cuan Dixia, which attested I finished it in September, shortly after the Mid-autumn festival.
5
“
白人
”
、
“
僰人
”
、
“
西爨
”
、
“
白蛮
”
、
“
夷
”
是历史上对白族先民的称谓
。
Bairen, Boren, Xicuan, Baiman and Yi were all the titles of the ancestors of Bai ethnic group in the history.