乾煸豆角

green beans in sauce, popular Beijing dish

old variant of 乾[qian2]

surname Qian

one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing heaven / male principle / ☰ / ancient Chinese compass point: 315° (northwest)

variant of 乾[qian2]

dry / dried food / empty; hollow / taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster / futile; in vain / (dialect) rude; blunt / (dialect) to cold-shoulder

to stir-fry with oil only (no addition of water)

to stir-fry before broiling or stewing

variant of 豆[dou4]

bean / pea / CL:棵[ke1],粒[li4] / sacrificial vessel

string bean / snap bean / green bean

surname Jue

angle / corner / horn / horn-shaped / unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan, or 10 cents (a dime) / CL:個|个[ge4]

role (theater) / to compete / ancient three legged wine vessel / third note of pentatonic scale