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Trad. 鮮貨
- produce
- fresh fruits and vegetables
- fresh aquatic food
- fresh herbs
Trad. 朝鮮人
- a North Korean; (in broader or historical usage) a Korean
Trad. 鮮卑族
- Xianbei or Xianbi, historic ethnic group of northern nomads
Trad. 朝鮮族
- Korean ethnic group in China (mainly in northeast China)
- the Koreans (major ethnic group on the Korean Peninsula)
Trad. 鮮橙多
- Xianchengduo, Chinese brand of orange-flavored soft drink
Trad. 地三鮮
- dish consisting of stir-fried potato, eggplant and green pepper
Trad. 衛氏朝鮮
- Wiman Korea (195-108 BC), historical kingdom in Manchuria, Liaoning and North Korea
Trad. 衛滿朝鮮
- Wiman Korea (195-108 BC), historical kingdom in Manchuria, Liaoning and North Korea
Trad. 旗幟鮮明
- to show one's colors
- to have a clear-cut stand (idiom)
Trad. 輪廓鮮明
- sharp image
- clear-cut
- in bold outline
- in sharp relief
Trad. 朝鮮八道
- the eight provinces of Yi dynasty Korea
Trad. 朝鮮太宗
- King Taejong of Joseon Korea (1367–1422), reigned 1400–1418
Trad. 朝鮮字母
- hangul, Korean phonetic alphabet
- Korean letters
Trad. 朝鮮日報
- Chosun Ilbo, a South Korean newspaper
Trad. 朝鮮核談
- talks on North Korea's nuclear program
Trad. 朝鮮海峽
- Korea Strait
- Tsushima Strait (between Japan and Korea)
Trad. 鮮明個性
- individuality
- clear-cut personality
Trad. 鮮為人知
- rarely known to anyone (idiom); almost unknown
- secret to all but a few
Trad. 鮮血淋漓
- (idiom) drenched with blood; dripping with blood
Trad. 德薄能鮮
- little virtue and meager abilities (idiom); I'm a humble person and not much use at anything (Song writer Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修|欧阳修[Ou1 yang2 Xiu1])
Trad. 李氏朝鮮
- Joseon, last Korean dynasty (1392-1910)
Trad. 朝鮮勞動黨
- Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), the ruling party of North Korea
Trad. 朝鮮總督府
- Japanese colonial administration of Korea 1910-1945
Trad. 治大國若烹小鮮
- ruling a large nation is like cooking a small delicacy (idiom)
- effective government requires minimal intervention
Trad. 朝鮮中央通訊社
- North Korean Central News Agency (KCNA)
- abbr. to 朝中社[Chao2 zhong1 she4]
Trad. 鮮花插在牛糞上
- lit. a bunch of flowers poked into a pile of manure
- fig. a terrible shame (as when a lovely woman marries an odious man)
Trad. 延邊朝鮮族自治州
- Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, in Jilin Province 吉林省[Ji2 lin2 Sheng3]
Trad. 長白朝鮮族自治縣
- Changbai Korean Autonomous County, in Baishan City 白山市[Bai2 shan1 Shi4], Jilin
Trad. 靡不有初，鮮克有終
- almost everything has a start, but not many things have an end (idiom); don't start sth you can't handle