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xián

HSK 4 · word 2963 of 3,000

Meaning

Example sentence

这顿饭不咸。

zhè dùn fàn bù xián

The meal is not salty.

The character 咸

is salty: 太咸了, 咸菜 pickles, 咸鸭蛋 the salted duck egg. At the table its opposite is — and the dictionary's other gloss, 'all', is a classical use that speech has let go.

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