diàn
簟
bamboo mat
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
bamboo mat; woven bamboo sleeping or drying mat
dialectA specific term for a mat woven from bamboo strips, traditionally used for sleeping, sitting, or drying grains in the sun. Labeled as dialectal (方言) in the source. This is a low-frequency, literary/regional word.
Xià夏
tiān天
shuì睡
zài在
zhú竹
diàn簟
shàng上
hěn很
liáng凉
kuai快
。
Sleeping on a bamboo mat is very cool in the summer.
Tā他
men们
bǎ把
dào稻
gǔ谷
pū铺
zài在
shài晒
diàn簟
shàng上
liàng晾
gān干
。
They spread the rice on a drying mat to sun-dry it.
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Shài晒
diàn簟
（
tān摊
shài晒
liáng粮
shi食
děng等
de的
xí席
zi子
）
。
A sun-drying mat (a mat for spreading out grains, etc., to dry).