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Meaning of 谭

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(Trad.: 譚)
Pinyin: tán
English Definition: variant of ; surname Tan
Chinese Definition:
①宏大,广大。
Total strokes: 14; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (speech) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Left to right
    • [ yán ] words, speech; to speak, to say
    • [ tán ] to reach, to spread to; deep, extensive
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Example Words
天方夜谭 tiān fāng tán The Arabian Nights (classic story)
天方夜谭 tiān fāng tán fantasy story
谭嗣同 tán tóng Tan Sitong (1865-1898), Qing writer and politician, one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898
谭盾 tán dùn Tan Dun (1957-) Chinese composer
谭咏麟 tán yǒng lín Alan Tam (1950-), Hong Kong Canto-pop singer and actor
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Example Sentences
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The finding is "an exciting new result that further strengthens the case for a universal mechanism of star formation," says astronomer Jonathan Tan of the University of Florida, Gainesville.
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Kenneth Tan at the Shanghaiist recently highlighted Rudd' s videotaped New Year' s greeting, which is worth a look.
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One question, Tan says, is how efficiently the process works for massive versus light stars, because that's likely to be the mechanism that determines stellar mass.
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Not surprisingly, the efforts of Tan and the volunteers helping him were met with resistance from the local officials who had approved those buildings.
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西
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A classic example of the community driven approach being put into action is in Indonesia - through the Bank supported Kecamatan Development Program.