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清淡

qīng dàn

HSK 5 2-character word

What 清淡 means

1. light (of food, not greasy or strongly flavored)
2. insipid
3. slack (sales)

The characters in 清淡

• 清qīng(of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted
• 淡dàninsipid; diluted; weak

Example sentences

• 今天想吃清淡的食物呢。
  Jīntiān xiǎng chī qīngdàn de shíwù ne.
  Today I want to eat something light.
• 我早餐通常吃得很清淡。
  Wǒ zǎocān tōngcháng chī dehěn qīngdàn.
  I usually have a light breakfast.

Sounds the same

Read qīng dàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

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