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Meaning of 苒

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苒
Pinyin: rǎn
English Definition: luxuriant growth; passing (of time)
Chinese Definition:
①(苒苒)a.草木茂盛的样子,如“苒苒齐芳草,飘飘笑断蓬”;b.轻柔的样子,如“苒苒之柔茎”。
②(荏苒)见“荏”。
Total strokes: 8; Radical: 艸
Pictophonetic:冉 indicates the sound; 艹 (grass) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • ⿱ Above to below
    • 艹 [ cǎo ] grass, weed, plant, herb
    • 冉 [ rǎn ] tender; weak; to proceed gradually
Similar Characters: 苜
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Example Words
荏苒 rěn rǎn (literary) (of time) to slip away
时光荏苒 shí guāng rěn rǎn time zips by (idiom)
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Example Sentences
1
世界在缠绵的心弦上跑过
,
奏出忧伤的音乐
。
苒评
:
优美而形象的语言
。
The world rushes on over the strings of the lingering heart making the music of sadness.
2
雅苒的交易也是对美国天然气较低价格的部分回应
。
The Yara deal is partly a response to lower prices for natural gas in America.
3
玉苒厦之书
(
1955
)
坚持耶稣并没有跟玛丽亚和其他女人结婚
。
The Urantia Book (1955) maintains that Jesus was not married to Mary or any other woman.
4
这笔交易将扩大雅苒作为世界最大的氮基化肥生厂商的领导地位
。
The deal will extend Yara' s lead as the world' s biggest maker of nitrogen-based fertiliser.
5
美国国防部长苒斯菲尔在新奥尔良说由历史各方面来看其死亡和毁坏为自然灾害
。
The American Defence Secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, who was in New Orleans, described the death and destruction as a natural disaster of historic proportions.