- 粲然 cànrán bright(literary) bright; brilliant; shining
- 粲然可观 cànránkěguān to be a brilliant sightto have achieved outstanding results or signal success; to be bright and impressive in appearance or performance
- 一粲 yīcàn a smileA smile, often used in the polite phrase [[博君一粲|博君一粲|bo2 jun1 yi1 can4]] to express the hope that a gift or writing will bring the recipient a moment of amusement.
- 博君一粲 bójūnyīcàn to win a smile from youpolite phrase used to express the hope that one's modest gift or writing will bring a moment of amusement or pleasure to the recipient; literally to gain one smile from the gentleman
- 王粲 wángcàn Wang CanWang Can (177-217), a famous poet of the Three Kingdoms period and the most prominent of the Seven Masters of [[建安|建安|jian4 an1]]; noted for his emotional works like the "Seven Sorrows Poem" and "Rhapsody on Climbing the Tower"
- 白粲 báicàn white ricepolished white rice or japonica rice
- 粲夸克 cànkuākè charm quarkcharm quark; one of the six types of quarks in particle physics
- 粲烂 cànlàn splendid(variant form) bright and brilliant; magnificent or resplendent
- 粲粲 càncàn bright and splendid(literary) bright, splendid, and eye-catching, often used to describe clothing or decorations
- 粲者 cànzhě a beauty(literary) a beautiful woman; a pretty girl
- 舌粲莲花 shécànliánhuā eloquentto have remarkable eloquence; to be highly articulate or silver-tongued. This phrase originates from a Buddhist story where lotus flowers bloomed from a monk's bowl to prove his spiritual power.
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- Frequency data
- MTSU Chinese text computing