诞 dàn
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 延 to defer, to delay, to postpone
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
诞辰
dànchén
birth anniversary; birthday, especially of a notable person
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Example phrases
- 为纪念这位科学家的诞辰，大学举办了一系列学术讲座。 Wèi jìniàn zhè wèi kēxuéjiā de dànchén, dàxué jǔbàn le yì xìliè xuéshù jiǎngzuò. To commemorate the scientist's birth anniversary, the university held a series of academic lectures.
- 今年是这位作家诞辰一百周年。 Jīnnián shì zhè wèi zuòjiā dànchén yìbǎi zhōunián. This year is the hundredth anniversary of this writer's birth.
- 同学们在老校长诞辰那天，带着鲜花来到他的像前。 Tóngxuémen zài lǎo xiàozhǎng dànchén nà tiān, dàizhe xiānhuā lái dào tā de xiàng qián. On the anniversary of the old headmaster's birth, the students came to his statue with flowers.
Related words
- 诞生 dànshēng to be born, to emerge
- 荒诞 huāngdàn absurd; bizarre
- 惯例 guànlì convention; usual practice
- 后世 hòushì later generations; posterity
- 底蕴 dǐyùn depth; accumulated heritage
- 传人 chuánrén successor; inheritor; to pass on to someone
- 积淀 jīdiàn to accumulate and settle; accumulation; cultural sediment
- 风貌 fēngmào appearance; style; distinctive features
- 瑰宝 guībǎo treasure; gem
- 饱经沧桑 bǎojīngcāngsāng weathered; having experienced many hardships
- 秉承 bǐngchéng to inherit and carry on; to uphold
- 沧桑 cāngsāng vicissitudes; great changes