qián dàn

乾旦 (qián dàn) is a Chinese word meaning “male actor playing the female role (Chinese opera)”.

Meanings

  1. 1male actor playing the female role (Chinese opera)

Characters in 乾旦

乾qián · one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing heaven旦dàn · (literary) dawn; daybreak

Related words

一旦in case (sth happens)撒旦Satan or Shaitan危在旦夕in imminent peril (idiom)乾one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing heaven乾surname Qian乾old variant of 乾[qian2]乾variant of 乾[qian2]毁于一旦(idiom) ruined in a short time (esp. of sth that took a long time or great effort to achieve)旦(literary) dawn; daybreak约旦Jordan (country)扭转乾坤lit. to upend heaven and earth (idiom)乾坤yin and yang; heaven and earth; the universe

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