丹

dān · dan

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

CC-CEDICT
  1. red
  2. pellet
  3. powder
  4. cinnabar

In a sentence

2 examples
01

这(zhè)种(zhǒng)药(yào)丸(wán)含(hán)有(yǒu)少(shǎo)量(liàng)丹(dān)砂(shā)。

This pill contains a small amount of cinnabar.

02

画(huà)家(jiā)用(yòng)丹(dān)青(qīng)描(miáo)绘(huì)秋(qiū)天(tiān)的(de)山(shān)林(lín)。

The painter uses red and blue-green pigments to depict the autumn forest.

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