嫩

nèn · nen

Traditional 嫰

Meaning

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nèn 嫩

  1. young and tender
  2. (of food) tender; lightly cooked
  3. (of color) light
  4. (of a person) inexperienced; unskilled

nèn 嫰

  1. old variant of 嫩 (nèn)

In a sentence

2 examples
01

这(zhè)块(kuài)牛(niú)排(pái)煎(jiān)得(de)很(hěn)嫩(nèn),切(qiē)开(kāi)还(hái)有(yǒu)汁(zhī)水(shuǐ)。

This steak is cooked very tender; when you cut it, juice still comes out.

02

春(chūn)天(tiān)刚(gāng)长(zhǎng)出(chū)来(lái)的(de)叶(yè)子(zi)又(yòu)绿(lǜ)又(yòu)嫩(nèn)。

The leaves that have just grown in spring are both green and tender.

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