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绽

zhàn

Character Traditional 綻

What 绽 means

1. to burst open
2. to split at the seam

Example sentences

• 许多花在三月份绽放。
  Xǔduō huā zài sānyuèfèn zhànfàng.
  In March, many flowers come out.
• 几乎是樱花绽放的时候了。
  Jīhū shì yīnghuā zhànfàng de shíhou le.
  It's almost time for the cherry blossoms.

Words starting with 绽

• 绽放zhàn fàngto blossom
• 绽开zhàn kāito burst forth
• 绽破zhàn pòto burst; to split
• 绽线zhàn xiànto have a ripped seam
• 绽裂zhàn lièto split open; to split apart
• 绽露zhàn lùto appear (formal)

Words containing 绽

• 破绽pò zhànsplit seam; (fig.) flaw; weak point
• 纱绽shā zhànspindle
• 开绽kāi zhànto come unsewn
• 饱绽bǎo zhànto swell to bursting (after having eaten too much)
• 卖破绽mài pò zhànto feign an opening in order to hoodwink the opponent (in a fight, combat etc)
• 皮开肉绽pí kāi ròu zhànflesh lacerated from corporal punishment (idiom)
• 破绽百出pò zhàn bǎi chū(of an argument, theory etc) full of flaws (idiom)

Characters that look like 绽

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 敌dí(bound form) enemy; (bound form) to be a match for; to rival; (bound form) to resist…
• 烷wánalkane
• 胺àn(chemistry) amine; colloquial pr. ān; Taiwan pr. ān
• 骏jùnspirited horse
• 琥hǔused in 琥珀
• 缇tíorange-red silk; orange-red colored

Sounds the same

Read zhàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

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• 占to take possession of; to occupy; to take up
• 战to fight; fight; war
• 蘸to dip in (ink, sauce etc)
• 湛deep; clear (water)
• 栈a wooden or bamboo pen for sheep or cattle; wood or bamboo trestlework; a warehouse
• 偡(literary) orderly; neat
• 轏chariot for sleeping and conveyance
• 襢unadorned but elegant dress