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Trad. 陳
- surname Chen
- Chen (c. 1045 – 479 BC), a Zhou dynasty state
- Chen (557–589), one of the Southern Dynasties 南朝[Nan2 Chao2]
Trad. 陳
- (bound form) to lay out; to exhibit; to display
- (bound form) to narrate; to state; to explain; to tell
- old; stale
Trad. 鋪陳
- to arrange
- to spread out
- to narrate in detail
- to describe at great length
- to elaborate
Trad. 直陳
- to say straight out
- to point out bluntly
- to give a straightforward account
- to disclose
Trad. 陳倉
- ancient name of Baoji City 寶雞市|宝鸡市[Bao3 ji1 Shi4], Shaanxi
- Chencang district of Baoji City
Trad. 陳勝
- Chen Sheng (died 208 BC), Qin dynasty rebel, leader of the Chen Sheng Wu Guang Uprising 陳勝吳廣起義|陈胜吴广起义[Chen2 Sheng4 Wu2 Guang3 Qi3 yi4]
Trad. 陳壽
- Chen Shou (233-297), Western Jin dynasty 西晉|西晋[Xi1 Jin4] historian, author of History of the Three Kingdoms 三國志|三国志[San1 guo2 zhi4]
Trad. 陳嬌
- Chen Jiao, first wife of emperor 漢武帝|汉武帝[Han4 Wu3 di4], died c. 110 BC
Trad. 陳屍
- to lie dead (in a location); to be found dead (somewhere) (used in news reports about unnatural or unexplained deaths)
Trad. 陳忱
- Chen Chen (1613-1670), novelist and poet at the Ming-Qing transition, author of Water Margin sequel 水滸後傳|水浒后传
Trad. 陳情
- to present a petition; to submit an appeal; to express a grievance to an authority
Trad. 陳書
- History of Chen of the Southern Dynasties, ninth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled by Yao Silian 姚思廉[Yao2 Si1 lian2] in 636 during Tang dynasty, 36 scrolls
Trad. 陳毅
- Chen Yi (1901-1972), communist general and politician, Marshal of PLA from 1955, Mayor of Shanghai in 1950s, PRC foreign minister 1958-1972
Trad. 陳沖
- Joan Chen (1961–), Chinese-born American actress and film director
Trad. 陳皮
- dried tangerine peel (used in cuisine and traditional Chinese medicine)
Trad. 陳紹
- aged Shaoxing wine (abbr. for 陳年紹興酒|陈年绍兴酒[chen2 nian2 Shao4 xing1 jiu3])
Trad. 陳美
- Vanessa-Mae (1978–), Singaporean-born British violinist and skier
Trad. 陳訴
- to state; to present; to set forth (a situation, opinion, grievance etc), often to an authority
Trad. 陳詞
- (formal) to state one's views (esp. in court)
- stale rhetoric; clichéd remarks
Trad. 陳酒
- well-aged wine with a mellow, rich taste
- (esp.) yellow wine 黃酒|黄酒[huang2 jiu3], made from rice or millet
Trad. 陳仁錫
- Chen Renxi (1581-1636), late Ming scholar and prolific author
Trad. 陳仲琳
- Chen Zhonglin, aka Xu Zhonglin 許仲琳|许仲琳[Xu3 Zhong4 lin2] (c. 1567–c. 1620), Ming novelist, to whom the fantasy novel Investiture of the Gods 封神演義|封神演义[Feng1 shen2 Yan3 yi4] is attributed, together with Lu Xixing 陸西星|陆西星[Lu4 Xi1 xing1]
Trad. 陳伯達
- Chen Boda (1904-1989), communist party theorist, interpreter of Maoism
Trad. 陳倉區
- Chencang District of Baoji City 寶雞市|宝鸡市[Bao3 ji1 Shi4], Shaanxi
Trad. 陳元光
- Chen Yuanguang (657-711), Tang dynasty general with posthumous title 開漳聖王|开漳圣王[Kai1 zhang1 sheng4 wang2], i.e. Sacred King, founder of Zhangzhou 漳州[Zhang1 zhou1], Fujian
Trad. 陳其邁
- Chen Chi-mai (1964-), Taiwanese DPP politician, vice premier of the Republic of China (2019-)
Trad. 陳再道
- Chen Zaidao (1909-1993), general in the People's Liberation Army
Trad. 陳冠希
- Edison Chen (1980-), Hong Kong singer and actor
Trad. 陳天華
- Chen Tianhua (1875-1905), anti-Qing revolutionary from Hunan, drowned himself in Japan in 1905
Trad. 陳奕迅
- Eason Chan (1974-), Hong Kong pop singer and actor
Trad. 陳希同
- Chen Xitong (1930–2013), mayor of Beijing at the time of 4th June 1989 Tiananmen incident
Trad. 陳建仁
- Chen Chien-jen (1951-), Taiwanese politician, vice president of the Republic of China 2016-2020
Trad. 陳德良
- Tran Duc Luong (1937-), former president of Vietnam
Trad. 陳恭尹
- Chen Gongyin (1631-1700), early Qing dynasty poet
Trad. 陳慶炎
- Tony Tan (1940-), president of Singapore 2011-2017
Trad. 陳景潤
- Chen Jingrun (1933-1996) Chinese number theorist
Trad. 陳水扁
- Chen Shui-Bian (1950-), Taiwanese DPP 民進黨|民进党 politician, president of the Republic of China 2000-2008
Trad. 陳炯明
- Chen Jiongming (1878-1933), a leading warlord of Guangdong faction, defeated in 1925 and fled to Hong Kong
Trad. 陳獨秀
- Chen Duxiu (1879-1942), co-founder of the Chinese Communist Party in 1921
Trad. 陳省身
- Shiing-Shen Chern (1911-2004), Chinese-American mathematician
Trad. 陳納德
- Claire Lee Chennault (1890–1958), American military aviator and brigadier general, commander of the Flying Tigers 飛虎隊|飞虎队[Fei1 hu3 dui4], a volunteer group that assisted China in resisting Japanese forces during World War II
Trad. 陳雲林
- Chen Yunlin (1941-), chairman of PRC Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) 海峽兩岸關係協會|海峡两岸关系协会[Hai3 xia2 Liang3 an4 Guan1 xi5 Xie2 hui4] (2008-2013)
Trad. 陳香梅
- Chen Xiangmei (1925–2018), also known as Anna Chennault, Chinese-American writer and Republican politician, wife of Claire Lee Chennault 陳納德|陈纳德[Chen2 na4 de2]
Trad. 暗渡陳倉
- lit. secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河[Wei4 He2] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3] of Chu)
- fig. to feign one thing while doing another
- to cheat under cover of a diversion
Trad. 推陳佈新
- to push out the old and bring in the new (idiom); to innovate
- to go beyond old ideas
- advancing all the time
Trad. 推陳出新
- to push out the old and bring in the new (idiom); to innovate
Trad. 推陳致新
- see 推陳出新|推陈出新[tui1 chen2 chu1 xin1]
Trad. 瀝陳鄙見
- to state one's humble opinion (idiom)
Trad. 陳方安生
- Anson Chan (1940-), chief secretary for administration, Hong Kong (1997-2001)
Trad. 陳橋兵變
- the military revolt of 960 that led Zhao Kuangyin 趙匡胤|赵匡胤 to found the Song dynasty
Trad. 陳規陋習
- (idiom) outmoded conventions; old-fashioned ways
Trad. 陳詞濫調
- cliché
- commonplace
- truism
- stereotype
Trad. 新陳代謝
- metabolism (biology)
- the new replaces the old (idiom)
Trad. 陳陳相因
- (idiom) to slavishly follow old patterns; to stick to outdated conventions
Trad. 乏善可陳
- (idiom) to be nothing to write home about
Trad. 陳巴爾虎旗
- Old Barag Banner in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾市|呼伦贝尔市[Hu1 lun2 bei4 er3 Shi4], Inner Mongolia
Trad. 陳勝吳廣起義
- Chen Sheng Wu Guang Uprising (209 BC), near the end of the Qin dynasty
Trad. 陳谷子爛芝麻
- lit. stale grain, overcooked sesame (idiom); fig. the same boring old gossip
Trad. 明修棧道，暗渡陳倉
- lit. repair the plank road by day while secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河[Wei4 He2] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3] of Chu)
- fig. to feign one thing while doing another
- to cheat under cover of a diversion