Chinese Word: 殚 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

殚 (Trad.: 殫)

Pinyin: dān

English Definition: entirely; to exhaust

Chinese Definition:
①竭尽：殚心。殚力。殚竭。殚精竭虑。殚见洽闻(指见闻广博)。

Total strokes: 12; Radical: 歹

Pictophonetic:单 indicates the sound; 歹 (death) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 歹 [ dǎi ] corpse; death; evil, depraved, wicked
- 单 [ dān ] single, individual, only; lone

Similar Characters: 婵

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殚心	dān xīn	to devote one's entire mind
殚精竭虑	dān jīng jié lǜ	to exhaust one's thoughts and ingenuity (idiom); to think sth through thoroughly; to rack one's brains; to leave no stone unturned
殚力	dān lì	to strive; endeavor
殚闷	dān mèn	to faint; to swoon; to lose consciousness
殚残	dān cán	to destroy

1		tā 她 bǐ 比 wǒ 我 nián zhǎng 年长 dān 殚 sān 三 suì 岁。 She is three years senior to me.
2		sā 撒 dān 殚 suì 遂 lí kāi 离开 tiān 天 zhǔ 主 zǒu 走 le 了。 And Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord.
3		mǎ kè sī 马克思 zhēn de 真的 xiàng 向 sā 撒 dān 殚 mǎi le 买了 yī bǎ 一把 jiàn 剑 ma 吗？ Did Marx really buy a sword from the Satan?
4		zhǐ yǒu 只有 zhè xiē 这些 shī 诗 biǎo xiàn 表现 le 了 mǎ kè sī 马克思 de 的 sā 撒 dān 殚 jiào 教 sī xiǎng 思想 ma 吗？ Were these poems the only expressly Satanist writings of Karl Marx?
5		zhè 这 jiù shì 就是 sā 撒 dān 殚 zhǔ yì 主义 yǔ 与 pǔ tōng 普通 rén lèi 人类 zuì xíng 罪行 zhī jiān 之间 de 的 qū bié 区别。 This is what distinguishes Satanism from ordinary human sinfulness.

1		tā 她 bǐ 比 wǒ 我 nián zhǎng 年长 dān 殚 sān 三 suì 岁。 She is three years senior to me.
2		sā 撒 dān 殚 suì 遂 lí kāi 离开 tiān 天 zhǔ 主 zǒu 走 le 了。 And Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord.
3		mǎ kè sī 马克思 zhēn de 真的 xiàng 向 sā 撒 dān 殚 mǎi le 买了 yī bǎ 一把 jiàn 剑 ma 吗？ Did Marx really buy a sword from the Satan?
4		zhǐ yǒu 只有 zhè xiē 这些 shī 诗 biǎo xiàn 表现 le 了 mǎ kè sī 马克思 de 的 sā 撒 dān 殚 jiào 教 sī xiǎng 思想 ma 吗？ Were these poems the only expressly Satanist writings of Karl Marx?
5		zhè 这 jiù shì 就是 sā 撒 dān 殚 zhǔ yì 主义 yǔ 与 pǔ tōng 普通 rén lèi 人类 zuì xíng 罪行 zhī jiān 之间 de 的 qū bié 区别。 This is what distinguishes Satanism from ordinary human sinfulness.