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不丹

Bùdān
noun #45,426

Meanings

  1. 1 Bhutan (country in South Asia, in the eastern Himalayas)

Characters

不
bù
not; no
丹
dān
red; cinnabar; elixir
Literally 'not red' — a curious reading! 丹 also means 'elixir' in Daoist alchemy.

Examples

不丹是一个幸福指数很高的国家。
Bùdān shì yí gè xìngfú zhǐshù hěn gāo de guójiā.
Bhutan is a country with a very high happiness index.

Tips

culture
Bhutan famously measures Gross National Happiness instead of GDP. Its Chinese name 不丹 is just two simple characters — easy to recognize.

Stroke Order

不 bù
丹 dān