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lián

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lián Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
lián | lian2
English translation
old variant of lián [lián]
incorruptible
honest
inexpensive
to investigate (old)
side wall of a traditional Chinese house (old)
surname Lian
upright, honorable, honest

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About lián

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

lián

Contains the radical

广 Guǎng

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

Etymology of lián

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Positional decomposition

广兼

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Example sentences using lián

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běn 星期 xīngqī mǎi 胡萝卜 hú luó bo zuì 合算 hésuàn , 因为 yīnwèi 货源 huò yuán 充足 chōngzú ,价格低廉.

Best buys of the week are carrots, which are plentiful and cheap.

威廉 Wēi lián 博士 bóshì Jiào 我们 wǒmen 植物学 zhí wù xué .

Dr. Williams instructs us in botany.

邮政 yóu zhèng 科学技术 kē xué jì shù 研究所 yán jiū suǒ : zài 河内 Hé nèi lián xiàn ; 1966 Nián 成立 chénglì .

Institute of Postal Science and Technology: Tu Liem district, Hanoi; f .

既然 jìrán shì lǎo 顾客 gùkè , 可以 kěyǐ yòng 低廉 dī lián de 价格 jiàgé mǎi 这些 zhè xiē 商品 shāngpǐn .

Since you are an old customer, you can buy the goods on the cheap.

这种 zhè zhǒng 照相机 zhàoxiàngjī 现在 xiànzài 廉价 lián jià 出售 chū shòu , zhǐ mài 十九 shí jiǔ Yuán .

This camera is now on sale for 19 dollars only.

Words with lián

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
威廉 Wēi lián William or Wilhelm (name)威廉 Wēi lián
lián honest lián
廉价 lián jià low-cost廉價
廉政 lián zhèng honest or clean politics廉政 lián zhèng
廉洁 liánjié honest廉潔
反腐倡廉 fǎn fǔ chàng lián to fight corruption and advocate probity反腐倡廉 fǎn fǔ chàng lián
价廉物美 jià lián wù měi inexpensive and of good quality (idiom)價廉物美
廉耻 lián chǐ honor and shame廉恥
物美价廉 wùměijiàlián a bargain物美價廉
清廉 qīng lián honest清廉 qīng lián
低廉 dī lián cheap低廉 dī lián
威廉斯堡 Wēi lián sī bǎo Williamsburg, Virginia威廉斯堡 Wēi lián sī bǎo
威廉 Wēi lián ·莎士比亚 Shā shì bǐ yà William Shakespeare (1564-1616), poet and playwright威廉 Wēi lián ·莎士比亞
养廉 yǎng lián to encourage honesty養廉

lián Decomposition & Compounds

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lián Decomposition

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lián Compounds

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