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shān

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shān Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shān | shan1
English translation
tearful; to weep

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About shān

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Number of strokes

15

Traditional form

shān

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Idiom / 成语 chéngyǔ Chéngyǔ

Learning hint

Water  shuǐ falling from closed eyes  Lín

Etymology of shān

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

shuǐ 林月

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Example sentences using shān

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那部上演 shàng yǎn de 备受 bèi shòu 好评 hǎo píng ràng 观众 guānzhòng 潸然泪下 shān rán lèi xià

The production received ecstatic reviews and had audiences weeping.

de 旋律优美悦耳 yuè ěr 动听 dòng tīng ràng 潸然泪下 shān rán lèi xià

Wonderfully melodic and tuneful, his songs have made me weep.

Words with shān

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
潸然泪下 shān rán lèi xià to shed silent tears (idiom)潸然淚下
shān tearfully shān

shān Decomposition & Compounds

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