陈

chén = ch + (e)n2

surname Chen / Chen (c. 1045 - 479 BC), a Zhou dynasty state / Chen (557-589), one of the Southern Dynasties 南朝[Nan2 Chao2]

陈 = 东 + 阝 : The pope (阝) is narrating (陈) the same old (陈) stories from the top of the Pudong Tower (东) to the masses in the encampment's kitchen. Charlie Chaplin (ch) is listening and can't help falling asleep.

chén = ch + (e)n2

to lay out; to exhibit; to display / to narrate; to state; to explain; to tell / old; stale

陈 = 东 + 阝 : The pope (阝) is narrating (陈) the same old (陈) stories from the top of the Pudong Tower (东) to the masses in the encampment's kitchen. Charlie Chaplin (ch) is listening and can't help falling asleep.

陈 character breakdown

陈
- 东
  - 七
    - 一
    - 乚
  - 小
    - 亅
    - 八
      - 丿
      - ㇏
- 阝

do̅ng = du + (e)ng1

surname Dong

东 = 七 + 小 : Doggy Dog wants to build a model of the Pudong Oriental Pearl Tower in front of the engine. He has a model tower as guide, and a seven-branched laser sword as well as a daisy as building blocks.

do̅ng = du + (e)ng1

east / host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest) / landlord

东 = 七 + 小 : Doggy Dog wants to build a model of the Pudong Oriental Pearl Tower in front of the engine. He has a model tower as guide, and a seven-branched laser sword as well as a daisy as building blocks.

Character component without intrinsic meaning

When on the left hand side of any character, it's the pope, but when it's on the right hand side of any character, it's the emperor.

Characters with 陈 as component

陈 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 陈

to push out the old and bring in the new (idiom); to innovate

to reveal / to confess

Chen Renxi (1581-1636), late Ming scholar and prolific author

to arrange / to spread out / to narrate in detail / to describe at great length / to elaborate

Joan Chen (1961-), Chinese born American actress

Chen Shui-Bian (1950-), Taiwanese DPP 民進黨|民进党 politician, president of the Republic of China 2000-2008

to give an orderly account / a thorough narrative

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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

to be nothing to write home about (idiom)

to lay out (an argument) item by item / memorandum to a superior

to lie in disarray / to cut across / to traverse

to state one's humble opinion (idiom)

to say straight out / to point out bluntly / to give a straightforward account / to disclose

tarragon

Chen Zhonglin or 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]

with complex feelings (idiom)

food grains (rice, wheat, barley, beans, soybeans, sesame)

Chen of the Southern dynasties (557-589)

to push out the old and bring in the new (idiom); to innovate / to go beyond old ideas / advancing all the time

see 推陳出新|推陈出新[tui1 chen2 chu1 xin1]

Sentences with 陈

陈 currently does not appear in any sentence.