淡
化

To water down in Chinese: 淡化 (dàn huà)

dàn huà

to water down

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to water down
  2. 2to play down
  3. 3to trivialize
  4. 4to weaken
  5. 5to become dull with time
  6. 6to desalinate
  7. 7desalination

Stroke order

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淡
化

Zhuyin

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ㄉㄢˋ

dàn

ㄉ/ dㄢ/ anˋ/ fourth tone

ㄏㄨㄚˋ

huà

ㄏ/ hㄨ/ uㄚ/ aˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 他试图淡化这件事的影响。

    tā shì tú dàn huà zhè jiàn shì de yǐng xiǎng。

    He tried to play down the impact of this matter.

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Related words

淡

dàn

insipid

化

huà

to make into

变化

biàn huà

(intransitive) to change

文化

wén huà

culture

化学

huà xué

chemistry

清淡

qīng dàn

light (of food, not greasy or strongly flavored)

融化

róng huà

to melt

消化

xiāo huà

to digest (food)

化石

huà shí

fossil

进化

jìn huà

evolution

转化

zhuǎn huà

to change

化解

huà jiě

to dissolve

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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