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灿烂

càn làn

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 燦爛

灿烂 (càn làn) means "to glitter; brilliant; splendid". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 灿烂 means

1. to glitter
2. brilliant
3. splendid

The characters in 灿烂

• 灿cànglorious; bright; brilliant
• 烂lànsoft; mushy; well-cooked and soft; to rot; to decompose

Example sentences

• 这个世界是灿烂的吗？
  Zhège shìjiè shì cànlàn de ma?
  Is it splendid, this world?
• 寒冷干燥，灿烂的阳光，多么美丽的冬日天气!
  Hánlěng gānzào, cànlàn de yángguāng, duōme měilì de dōng rì tiānqì!
  Cold and dry, splendid sunshine, what beautiful winter weather!

Words starting with 灿烂

• 灿烂多彩càn làn duō cǎimulticolored splendor (of fireworks, bright lights etc)

Where 灿烂 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · cǎi–cāo (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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