鲜（鮮）xiānⅠ ❶ （新鲜） fresh: ～ 蛋 [奶， 肉] fresh eggs [milk; meat]: ～ 蘑[鱼] fresh mushrooms [fish]
❷ （鲜明） bright- coloured; bright: ～ 绿色 vivid green; 这块布颜色太 ～。 This cloth is too bright.
❸ （鲜美） delicious; tasty: ～ 汤 delicious soup; ～ 味 delicate flavour; 菜的味道真 ～！ This dish is absolutely delicious! Ⅱ ❶ （鲜美的食物） delicacy: 时 ～ delicacies of the season
❷ （鱼虾等水产食物） aquatic foods: 海 ～ seafood
❸ （姓氏） a surname: ～ 大年 Xian Danian
另见 see also xiǎn。
◆鲜柏 Japanese arborvitae; 鲜卑 {史} Xianbei [Sien￣ pi], an ancient nationality in China; 鲜车怒马 new carriage (driven by) fat horses — lavish service; leading a luxurious life; 鲜地黄 fresh rehmannia root; Radix Rehmanniae Recens; 鲜饵 fresh bait; 鲜果 fresh fruit; 鲜红 bright red; scarlet; 鲜花 fresh flowers; flowers; 鲜花插在牛粪上 stick a lovely flower in a dunghill; a woman married to a vulgar husband; 鲜花怒放 The flowers are bursting into full bloom.; The flowers are now blooming in all their splendor.; 鲜花盛开 The flowers bloom luxuriantly.; The blossoms opened in all their glory.; 鲜花香 floweriness; 鲜黄色 foresythia; goldenrod; 鲜活货物 live cargo; fresh and live goods; 鲜活商品 fresh goods; perishable commodities; 鲜货 fresh fruit or vegetables; fresh aquatic foods; fresh medicinal herbs; 鲜亮 [方] (of colour) bright; bright and shining; 鲜眉亮眼 distinct eyebrows and bright eyes; good-looking face; 鲜美 delicious; tasty; (of flowers, grass, etc.) fresh and beautiful; 鲜美可口 tasty; palatable; delicious; 鲜明 bright; clear-cut; distinct; distinctive; crystal clear; 鲜明有力 distinct and forceful [vigorous]; 鲜嫩 fresh and tender; delicacy; 鲜肉型 pork type; 鲜血 blood; 鲜血迸流 The blood was flowing in streams.; The fresh blood flowed out.; 鲜血溅飞 The red blood flowed.; 鲜血淋漓 Fresh blood dripping — bloodshed; dripping with blood; Fresh blood was streaming out.; The blood oozed out.; 鲜血凝成 sealed [cemented] with [in] blood; blood-cemented; 鲜血直冒 a stream of blood; The blood spurted out.; 鲜艳 bright-coloured; gaily-coloured; brilliance; brilliancy; 鲜艳夺目 dazzlingly beautiful; attractively bright-colored; resplendent; Splendor blinds the eyes.; 鲜艳可爱 beautiful and lovable — as a flower; 鲜阳 a surname; 鲜衣美食 new clothes and delicious food — extravagant living; 鲜用 using fresh herb; 鲜于 a surname; 鲜鱼船 market boat
鲜（鮮）;[尠、尟]xiǎn （少） little; rare: ～ 见 rarely seen; seldom met with; 这是 ～ 有的怪事。 This is a very rare and strange affair.
另见 see also xiān。
◆鲜少难得 very few and hard to get; 鲜为人知 rarely known by the people 鲜rare;little
巧言令色，～矣仁those who talk glibly and flatteringly are hypocritical and heartless/～见rarely seen;rare/～为人知be little known |