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Chinese dictionary
- 1
v.dye; colour; stain
妈妈在染布。
Mom is dyeing cloth.
她在染指甲。
She is painting her fingernails
我在染衣服。
I'm dyeing clothes.
- 2
v.come down with; contract; catch a disease
她不幸染病了。
She was unfortunately ill.
她染上了恶习。
She got a bad habit.
他染上了病毒。
He was infected with the virus.
synonym
- 3
v.soil; contaminate; pollute
一尘不染
spotless
Words and phrases with 染
- 染色体[word]chromosome
- 染料敏化[word]dye sensitization
- 染缸[word]dye jigger; place or environment apt to poison people's mind
- 染色单体[word]chromatid
- 染毒[word]be addicted to drugs; contaminate
- 染色助剂[word]dyeing assistant
- 染污[word]stain
- 染色工[word]dyer
- 染发水[word]hair dye
- 染指垂涎[idiom]dip one's finger and water for something
- 染丝之变[idiom]One takes on the colour of one's company.
- 染指于鼎[idiom]dip one's finger in the soup and have a taste