干燥 乾燥 gān zào (of weather, climate, soil etc) dry / arid / (of skin, mouth etc) dry / (fig.) dull / dry / boring / (of timber etc) to dry out / to season / to cure syn 草原 cǎo yuán grassland / prairie / CL:片[pian4] syn 荒草 huāng cǎo weeds / brush (vegetation) / wild grassland syn 塔公 tǎ gōng Lhagang grassland in Dartsendo county 康定縣|康定县[Kang1 ding4 xian4], Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Sichuan 平芜 平蕪 píng wú open grassland 干洗 乾洗 gān xǐ to dry clean / dry cleaning 干涩 乾澀 gān sè dry and rough (skin) / hoarse (voice) / dry and heavy (style) syn 涸 hé to dry / to dry up 堭 huáng a dry moat outside a city wall / a dry ditch 干透 乾透 gān tòu to dry out / to dry completely 干坑式厕所 dry-pit latrine / dry pit 陆港 陸港 dry port / inland dry port 㫰 làng (dialect) to dry (sth) in the sun / to dry (sth) in the air 海选 海選 hǎi xuǎn (in elections for village committees in the PRC since the 1990s) unrestricted nomination, a type of election where 1. everyone in the community is eligible to nominate somebody 2. voting is done by writing the name of one's nominee on the ballot, and 3. one's nominee can be anyone in the community (Nominees who receive the highest number of votes may be thereby elected or, more often, presented as the candidates in a further round of voting.) / (in other contexts) selection of the best contender in a process open to all comers / (in the entertainment industry) open audition 群落 qún luò community / (science) biocoenosis / ecological community syn 社区森林管理 shè qū sēn lín guǎn lǐ community-based forest management / community forest management 社区的恢复力 resilience of a community / recovery capability of a community 能源共同体条约 Treaty establishing the Energy Community / Energy Community Treaty 网络社区 網絡社區 web community / web-based community 片警 piàn jǐng community police officer / police officer responsible for a particular neighborhood or community 萎缩 萎縮 wěi suō to wither / to dry up (of a plant) / to atrophy (of muscle, social custom etc) syn 陆地 陸地 lù dì dry land (as opposed to the sea) syn 枯燥 kū zào dry and dull / uninteresting / tedious syn 干旱 乾旱 gān hàn drought / arid / dry syn 脱水 脫水 tuō shuǐ to dry out / to extract water / dehydration / dehydrated / desiccation 烘干 烘乾 hōng gān to dry over a stove 擦干 擦乾 cā gān to wipe dry 晒太阳 曬太陽 shài tài yáng to be in the sun (getting warm or sunbathing etc) / to put sth in the sun (e.g. to dry it) 干涸 乾涸 gān hé to dry up syn 干杯 乾杯 gān bēi to drink a toast / Cheers! (proposing a toast) / Here's to you! / Bottoms up! / lit. dry cup 晒干 曬乾 shài gān to dry in the sun 风干 風乾 fēng gān to air-dry / to season (timber etc) / air-dried / air-drying 干咳 乾咳 gān ké to cough without phlegm / a dry cough syn 搜刮 sōu guā to rake in (money) / to plunder / to milk people dry syn 晾干 晾乾 liàng gān to dry (sth) by airing 干裂 乾裂 gān liè (of dry soil etc) to crack / (of skin) to chap syn 海枯石烂 海枯石爛 hǎi kū shí làn lit. when the seas run dry and the stones go soft (idiom) / fig. forever / until the end of time syn 干粉 乾粉 gān fěn dry powder 断流 斷流 duàn liú to run dry (of river) 干果 乾果 gān guǒ dried fruit / dry fruits (nuts etc) 枯草 kū cǎo withered grass / dry grass 吹干 吹乾 chuī gān to blow-dry 碳化 tàn huà to carbonize / dry distillation / carbonization 干渴 乾渴 gān kě parched / dry mouth syn 冻干 凍乾 dòng gān to freeze-dry / freeze-dried food (such as meat or fruit) 索然 suǒ rán dull / dry syn 合 gě 100 ml / one-tenth of a peck / measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗 syn 干巴巴 乾巴巴 gān bā bā dry / parched / dull / insipid syn 饲养场 飼養場 sì yǎng chǎng farm / feed lot / dry lot 干冰 乾冰 gān bīng dry ice (i.e. frozen CO2) / CL:塊|块[kuai4] 阴干 陰乾 yīn gān to dry in the shade 禁酒 jìn jiǔ prohibition / ban on alcohol / dry law 干眼症 乾眼症 gān yǎn zhèng (medicine) xerophthalmia / dry eye syndrome 石 dàn dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗[dou3] / one hundred liters / ancient pr. [shi2] syn 白板笔 白板筆 bái bǎn bǐ whiteboard marker / dry-erase marker 斗 dǒu dry measure for grain equal to ten 升[sheng1] or one-tenth of a 石[dan4] / decaliter / peck / cup or dipper shaped object / old variant of 陡[dou3] syn 松 鬆 sōng loose / to loosen / to relax / floss (dry, fluffy food product made from shredded, seasoned meat or fish, used as a topping or filling) syn 炮 bāo to sauté / to fry / to dry by heating syn 白鹤梁 白鶴梁 bái hè liáng White Crane Ridge at Fuling, Sichuan on the Changjiang River, that used to show above the water at dry periods, with famous carvings 燥 zào dry / parched / impatient / vexed / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [sao4]) minced meat syn 晒 曬 shài (of the sun) to shine on / to bask in (the sunshine) / to dry (clothes, grain etc) in the sun / (fig.) to expose and share (one's experiences and thoughts) on the Web (loanword from "share") / (coll.) to give the cold shoulder to syn 炕 kàng kang (a heatable brick bed) / to bake / to dry by the heat of a fire syn 晾 liàng to dry in the air / (fig.) to cold-shoulder syn 焙 bèi to dry over a fire / to bake syn 甬 tǒng variant of 桶[tong3], bucket / (classifier) cubic dry measure (5 pecks 五斗, approx half-liter) 隍 huáng dry moat / god of city 斛 hú ancient measuring vessel / fifty liters / dry measure for grain equal to five dou 五斗 (before Tang, ten pecks) syn 笾 籩 biān bamboo tazza used in ancient times to hold dry food for sacrifices or at banquets 阆 閬 làng (literary) vast / spacious / (literary) lofty / (literary) tall door / (literary) dry moat outside a city wall 糇 餱 hóu dry provisions 澌 sī drain dry / to exhaust 糗 qiǔ dry rations (for a journey) / (dialect) (of noodles etc) to become mush (from overcooking) / (coll.) embarrassing / embarrassment syn 餱 hóu dry provisions 塥 gé dry clay lump 垲 塏 kǎi dry terrain 唾面自干 唾面自乾 tuò miàn zì gān to be spat on in the face and let it dry by itself, not wiping it off (idiom) / to turn the other cheek / to drain the cup of humiliation 烈火干柴 烈火乾柴 liè huǒ gān chái lit. intense fire to dry wood (idiom) / inferno in a woodpile / fig. consuming passion between lovers 羹藜含糗 gēng lí hán qiǔ nothing but herb soup and dry provisions to eat (idiom) / to survive on a coarse diet / à la guerre comme à la guerre 羹藜唅糗 gēng lí hān qiǔ nothing but herb soup and dry provisions to eat (idiom) / to survive on a coarse diet / à la guerre comme à la guerre 饭糗茹草 飯糗茹草 fàn qiǔ rú cǎo lit. to live on dry provisions and wild herbs (idiom) / fig. to live in abject poverty 蔋 dí dry / scorched 暵 hàn dry / hot 熯 hàn to dry with fire 帣 juàn a bag which holds 30 pecks (i.e. approx 3 kg dry measure) 熇 kǎo dry 晞 xī dawn / to dry in the sun 凅 gù dried up / dry / exhausted / tired 灴 hóng to bake, to roast / to dry at a fire 晅 xuān light of the sun / to dry in the sun 斞 yǔ dry measure equivalent to 16 斗[dou3] or 160 liters 干煸土豆丝 乾煸土豆絲 gān biān tǔ dòu sī dry-fried potato slices (Chinese dish) 干爽 乾爽 gān shuǎng dry and clean / clear and fresh 干馏 乾餾 gān liú to carbonize / dry distillation / carbonization 升斗 shēng dǒu liter and decaliter dry measure / (fig.) meager quantity of foodstuff 口干舌燥 口乾舌燥 kǒu gān shé zào lit. dry mouth and tongue (idiom) / to talk too much 摊晒 攤曬 tān shài to lay sth out to dry 洗剪吹 xǐ jiǎn chuī shampoo, haircut and blow-dry 流干 流乾 liú gān to drain / to run dry 焙干 焙乾 bèi gān to dry over a fire / to roast 