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散

sǎn · san/sàn · san

Traditional 㪚

HSK 4

Meaning

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sǎn 散

  1. scattered
  2. loose
  3. to come loose
  4. to fall apart
  5. leisurely
  6. powdered medicine

sàn 散

  1. to scatter
  2. to break up (a meeting etc)
  3. to disperse
  4. to disseminate
  5. to dispel
  6. (coll.) to sack

sàn 㪚

  1. variant of 散 (sàn)

In a sentence

2 examples
01

雾(wù)在(zài)十(shí)时(shí)左(zuǒ)右(yòu)开(kāi)始(shǐ)散(sàn)了(le)。

The fog began to disappear around ten o'clock.

Tatoeba: Chinese by nickyeow · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

天(tiān)下(xià)无(wú)不(bú)散(sàn)之(zhī)筵(yán)席(xí)。

All good things must come to an end.

Tatoeba: Chinese by sadhen · English by sadhen · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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