Word information
Simplified近臣
Traditional近臣
Pinyinjìn chén
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Chinese word dictionary
近臣
jìn chén · member of a monarch's inner ministerial circle (old)
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近jìn
near; close to; approximately
附近fùjìnnearby; neighboring; (in the) vicinity (of); neighborhood
最近zuìjìnrecently; soon; nearest
将近jiāngjìnalmost; nearly; close to
接近jiējìnto approach; to get close to
近代jìndàithe not-very-distant past; modern times, excluding recent decades; (in the context of Chinese history) the period from the Opium Wars until the May 4th Movement (mid-19th century to 1919); capitalist times (pre-1949)