old variant of 乾|干[gan1]

clean; neat

to drink a toast; Cheers! (proposing a toast); Here's to you!; Bottoms up!; lit. dry cup

candid; direct and to the point; simply; just; might as well

surname Qian

old variant of 乾[qian2]

cheese

(of weather, climate, soil etc) dry; arid; (of skin, mouth etc) dry; (fig.) dull; dry; boring; (of timber etc) to dry out; to season; to cure

drought; (of land, climate etc) arid; dry

hay

to dry clean; dry cleaning

adoptive father (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)

to dry up

squeaky clean; neat and tidy; efficient

withered; shriveled; dried-up

yin and yang; heaven and earth; the universe

adoptive mother (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)

dried food (including dried fruits, mushrooms and seafoods such as shrimp and abalone); (fig.) (coll.) knowledge presented in readily assimilable form; just what you want to know: no more, no less (no padding 水分[shui3 fen4])

Qian County or Qianxian, a county in Xianyang City 咸陽市|咸阳市[Xian2 yang2 Shi4], Shaanxi

see 乾安縣|乾安县[Qian2 an1 Xian4]

male actor playing the female role (Chinese opera)

Qianling at Xianyang 咸陽市|咸阳市 in Shaanxi, burial site of third Tang emperor 高宗 and empress Wuzetian 武則天|武则天

the Qianlong era; Qianlong Emperor (1711–1799), sixth Qing emperor, princely title 寶親王|宝亲王[Bao3 Qin1 wang2], personal name 弘曆|弘历[Hong2 li4], reigned 1735–1799

income provided by a sinecure

adopted son (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)

dried food

dry ice (i.e. frozen CO2); CL:塊|块[kuai4]

dried leaf

to cry out loud without tears

to retch

to cough without phlegm; a dry cough

to dry-heave; to retch

to cry out loud without tears

dried ginger

adoptive mother (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)

desiccated corpse; mummified body

dried fruit; dry fruits (nuts etc)

dry and rough (skin); hoarse (voice); dry and heavy (style)

parched; dry mouth

low tide; low water

to stir-fry with oil only (no addition of water)

dry and clean; clear and fresh

wizened; skinny and shriveled

dried out; wizened; shriveled

psoriasis

to give a hollow laugh; to force a smile; forced laugh; CL:聲|声[sheng1]

to wait in vain; to sit around waiting

dry powder

rations (to take on expedition)