乾

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 beg

surname Che

car / vehicle / CL:輛|辆[liang4] / machine / to shape with a lathe / Kangxi radical 159

war chariot (archaic) / rook (in Chinese chess) / rook (in chess)

lit. smell of breast milk not yet dried (idiom) / fig. immature and inexperienced; still wet behind the ears

dry ice (i.e. frozen CO2) / CL:塊|块[kuai4]

lit. to upend heaven and earth (idiom) / fig. to change the course of events / to turn things around

yin and yang; heaven and earth; the universe

yin and yang / heaven and earth / the universe

adopted daughter (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)

to retch

adopted son (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)

adoptive mother (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)

to dry-heave / to retch

to cry out loud without tears

Three great poets of the Qianlong and Jiaqing era (1735-1820), namely: Yuan Mei 袁枚, Jiang Shiquan 蔣士銓|蒋士铨 and Zhao Yi 趙翼|赵翼

dried food

adopted son (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)

income provided by a sinecure

a little dirt never killed anybody (proverb) / a couple of germs won't do you any harm

Qian County in Xianyang 咸陽|咸阳[Xian2 yang2], Shaanxi