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(chén) surname Chen; vassal state during the Spring and Autumn Period 770-475 BC; Chen of the Southern dynasties (557-589)

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(chén) to lay out; to exhibit; to display; to narrate; to state; to explain; to tell; old; stale

陈仁锡 (w)

(chénrénxī) Chen Renxi (1581-1636), late Ming scholar and prolific author

陈仲琳 (w)

(chénzhònglín) Xu Zhonglin or Xu Zhonglin 許仲琳|许仲琳 (c. 1567-c. 1620), Ming novelist, to whom the fantasy novel Investure of the Gods 封神演義|封神演义 is attributed, together with Lu Xixing 陸西星|陆西星

陈伯达 (w)

(chénbódá) Chen Boda (1904-1989), communist party theorist, interpreter of Maoism

陈仓 (w)

(chéncāng) ancient name of Bǎojī city 寶雞市|宝鸡市[Bao3 ji1 shi4], Shǎnxī; Chencang district of Baoji city

陈仓区 (w)

(chéncāngqū) Chencang district of Bǎojī city 寶雞市|宝鸡市[Bao3 ji1 shi4], Shǎnxī

陈元光 (w)

(chényuánguāng) Chen Yuanguang (657-711), Tang dynasty general with posthumous title 開漳聖王|开漳圣王[Kai1 zhang1 sheng4 wang2], i.e. Sacred King, founder of Zhangzhou 漳州[Zhang1 zhou1], Fujian

陈兵 (w)

(chénbīng) to deploy troops; to mass troops

陈再道 (w)

(chénzàidào) Chen Zaidao

陈冠希 (w)

(chénguānxī) Edison Chen (1980-), Hong Kong singer and actor

陈凯歌 (w)

(chénkǎigē) Chen Kaige, Fifth Generation movie director

陈列 (w)

(chénliè) to display; to exhibit

陈列室 (w)

(chénlièshì) display room

陈列台 (w)

(chénliètái) stall

陈厚 (w)

(chénhòu) Peter Chen Ho, Chinese actor

陈可雄 (w)

(chénkěxióng) Chen Kexiong (1950-), novelist

陈寿 (w)

(chénshòu) Western Jin dynasty 西晋 historian, author of History of the Three Kingdoms 三國志|三国志

陈天华 (w)

(chéntiānhuà) Chen Tianhua (1875-1905), anti-Qing revolutionary from Hunan, drowned himself in Japan in 1905

陈奏 (w)

(chénzòu) to present a memorial (to the Emperor)

陈奕迅 (w)

(chényìxùn) Eason Chan (1974-), Hong Kong pop singer and actor

陈套 (w)

(chéntào) set pattern; old habit

陈尸 (w)

(chénshī) to lay out the corpse

陈巴尔虎旗 (w)

(chénbāěrhǔqí) Old Barag banner in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾|呼伦贝尔[Hu1 lun2 bei4 er3], Inner Mongolia

陈希同 (w)

(chénxītóng) Chen Xitong (1930-), mayor of Beijing at the time of 4th Jun 1989 Tian'anmen incident

陈年 (w)

(chénnián) old; stored for many years

陈德良 (w)

(chéndéliáng) Tran Duc Luong (former president of Vietnam)

陈忱 (w)

(chénchén) Chen Chen (1613-1670), novelist and poet at the Ming-Qing transition, author of Water Margin sequel 水滸後傳|水浒后传

陈恭尹 (w)

(chéngōngyǐn) Chen Gongyin (1631-1700), early Qing dynasty poet

陈情 (w)

(chénqíng) to give a full account

陈抟 (w)

(chéntuán) Chen Tuan (871-989), a legendary Daoist sage

陈放 (w)

(chénfàng) to display

陈方安生 (w)

(chénfāngānshēng) Anson Chan (1940-)

陈景润 (w)

(chénjǐngrùn) Chen Jingrun (1933-1996) Chinese number theorist

陈书 (w)

(chénshū) History of Chen of the Southern dynasties, ninth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled by Yao Silian 姚思廉 in 636 during Tang dynasty, 36 scrolls

陈木胜 (w)

(chénmùshèng) Benny Chan (Hong Kong film director)

陈桥兵变 (w)

(chénqiáobīngbiàn) the military revolt of 960 that led Zhao Kuangyin 趙匡胤|赵匡胤 to found the Song dynasty

陈毅 (w)

(chényì) Chen Yi (1901-1972), communist general and politician, Marshal of PLA from 1955, Mayor of Shanghai in 1950s, PRC foreign minister 1958-1972

陈水扁 (w)

(chénshuǐbiǎn) Chen Shui-Bian (1950-), Taiwanese DPP 民進黨|民进党 politician, President of the Republic of China 2000-2008

陈冲 (w)

(chénchōng) Joan Chen (1961-), Chinese born American actress

陈炯明 (w)

(chénjiǒngmíng) Chen Jiongming (1878-1933), a leading warlord of Guangdong faction, defeated in 1925 and fled to Hong Kong

陈独秀 (w)

(chéndúxiù) Chen Duxiu (1879-1942), Chinese Marxist and leading communist, blamed for the failures of Chinese communism from 1927, posthumously rehabilitated

陈皮 (w)

(chénpí) orange peel; tangerine peel; dried orange peel used in Chinese medicine

陈省身 (w)

(chénxǐngshēn) Shiing-Shen Chern (1911-2004), Chinese-American mathematician

陈米 (w)

(chénmǐ) old rice; rice kept for many years

陈纳德 (w)

(chénnàdé) (Claire) Chennault, commander of Flying Tigers during World War II

陈绍 (w)

(chénshào) old Shaoxing wine

陈美 (w)

(chénměi) Vanessa-Mae

陈腐 (w)

(chénfǔ) trite; clichéd; empty and trite; banality; platitude

陈旧 (w)

(chénjiù) old-fashioned

陈规 (w)

(chénguī) outmoded conventions; old-fashioned ways

陈规旧习 (w)

(chénguījiùxí) old rules and customs

陈规陋习 (w)

(chénguīlòuxí) outmoded conventions; old-fashioned ways

陈设 (w)

(chénshè) to display; to set out; furnishings

陈诉 (w)

(chénsù) to state; to assert

陈词 (w)

(chéncí) speech; statement; plea

陈词滥调 (w)

(chéncílàndiào) cliché; commonplace; truism; stereotype

陈说 (w)

(chénshuō) to state; to assert

陈谷子烂芝麻 (w)

(chéngǔzilànzhīma) lit. stale grain, overcooked sesame (idiom); fig. the same boring old gossip

陈货 (w)

(chénhuò) shop-worn goods; remnants

陈迹 (w)

(chénjì) past events; relics from a former age; ruins

陈述 (w)

(chénshù) an assertion; to declare; to state

陈述句 (w)

(chénshùjù) declarative sentence

陈述书 (w)

(chénshùshū) representation letter (law); a brief; written statement; declaration

陈酒 (w)

(chénjiǔ) old wine

陈醋 (w)

(chéncù) mature vinegar

陈陈相因 (w)

(chénchénxiāngyīn) to follow a set routine

陈云 (w)

(chényún) Chen Yun (1905-1995), communist leader and economist

陈云林 (w)

(chényúnlín) Chen Yunlin (1941-), Chairman of PRC Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) 海峽兩岸關係協會|海峡两岸关系协会[hai3 xia2 liang3 an4 guan1 xi5 xie2 hui4]

陈露 (w)

(chénlù) Lu Chen

陈香梅 (w)

(chénxiāngméi) Chen Xiangmei