[rǎn]
[动]
(用染料着色)dye
dye a piece of cloth blue
把一块布染成蓝色
dye hair
染发
paint fingernails
染指甲
This material does not dye well.
这料子染不好。
This cloth dyes easily [quickly; readily].
这种布好染。
The sunset glow tinted the sky red.
晚霞染红了天空。
(感染) catch [contract] (a disease)
have caught the flu; contract influenza
染上了流感
(沾染) acquire (a bad habit, etc.); soil; contaminate
emerge unstained from the filth
出污泥而不染
acquire a bad habit
染上恶习
not soiled by a speck of dust; spotless
一尘不染
[名]
[书] (用以调味的豆酱) fermented and seasoned soybeans in paste form
(姓氏) a surname
Ran Min
染闵