• Pinyin: xiān
  English Definition: fresh; bright (in color); delicious; tasty; delicacy; aquatic foods; fish; old variant of 鲜
  Chinese Definition:
  ①新的，不陈的，不干枯的：鲜果。鲜花。鲜嫩。新鲜。
  ②滋味美好：鲜美。鲜甜。这汤真鲜。
  ③有光彩的：鲜明。鲜亮。鲜艳。
  ④味美的食物：尝鲜。时鲜。
  ⑤特指鱼虾等水产食物：海鲜。鱼鲜。
  ⑥(鲜卑)中国古代北方民族。
  ⑦姓氏。
  Example Words:

  鲜明	xiān míng	bright; clear-cut; distinct	HSK 6
  新鲜	xīn xiān	fresh (experience, food etc); freshness; novel; uncommon	HSK 3
  鲜花	xiān huā	flower; fresh flowers; Classifiers: 朵
  鲜血	xiān xuè	blood
  鲜艳	xiān yàn	bright-colored; gaily-colored	HSK 5

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• Pinyin: xiǎn
  English Definition: few; rare
  Chinese Definition:
  ①少：鲜为人知。屡见不鲜。
  Example Words:

  朝鲜族	cháo xiǎn zú	Korean ethnic group in China (mainly in northeast China); the Koreans (major ethnic group on the Korean Peninsula)
  寡廉鲜耻	guǎ lián xiǎn chǐ	to be shameless; to be corrupt; to be depraved (idiom)
  鲜少	xiǎn shǎo	very few; rarely
  鲜为人知	xiǎn wéi rén zhī	rarely known to anyone (idiom); almost unknown; secret to all but a few
  延边朝鲜族自治州	yán biān cháo xiǎn zú zì zhì zhōu	Yanbian Korean autonomous prefecture in Jilin province 吉林省

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