淡

dàn

weak, watery; insipid, tasteless

How to write 淡, stroke by stroke

insipid; diluted; weak; mild; light in color; tasteless; indifferent; (variant of 氮) nitrogen

Pictophonetic: semantic 氵 (water), phonetic 炎

Made of 氵 + 炎

扯淡chě dànto talk nonsense
淡定dàn dìngcalm and collected; unperturbed
冷淡lěng dàncold; indifferent
平淡píng dànflat; dull; ordinary; nothing special
淡水dàn shuǐpotable water (water with low salt content); fresh water
暗淡àn dàndark; dim (light); dull (color); drab; (fig.) gloomy; bleak
淡忘dàn wàngto gradually forget as time passes; to have (sth) fade from one's memory
淡出dàn chūto fade out (cinema); to withdraw from (politics, acting etc); to fade from (memory)
清淡qīng dànlight (of food, not greasy or strongly flavored); insipid; slack (sales)
轻描淡写qīng miáo dàn xiě(idiom) to treat sth as no big deal; to downplay; to understate
性冷淡xìng lěng dànfrigidity
惨淡cǎn dàndark; gloomy; dismal; by painstaking effort

我觉得我的工作太平淡无奇了。
wǒ jué de wǒ de gōng zuò tài píng dàn wú qí le 。
I guess my job is pretty undramatic.
我对她很冷淡。
wǒ duì tā hěn lěng dàn 。
I was very cold towards her.
看到针管儿之前我一直都很淡定。
kàn dào zhēn guǎn ér zhī qián wǒ yì zhí dōu hěn dàn dìng 。
I was calm until I saw the syringe.
那鱼栖息在淡水域中。
nà yú qī xī zài dàn shuǐ yù zhōng 。
That fish lives in fresh water.
他不久就把事情淡忘了。
tā bù jiǔ jiù bǎ shì qíng dàn wàng le 。
By and by he forgot that affair.