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Meaning of 爨

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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:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (fire) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Above to below
    • Above to middle and below
      • [ lín ] forest, grove; surname
      • [ ] big, great, vast, high, deep
    • [ huǒ ] fire, flame; to burn; anger, rage
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Example Words
同居分爨 tóng 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
宿
Cooking in the dorm.
2
My supervisors and I have always gotten along quite well.
3
Henceforth the Cuan clan ruled Yunnan for over four hundred years.
4
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
西
Bairen, Boren, Xicuan, Baiman and Yi were all the titles of the ancestors of Bai ethnic group in the history.