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Jyutping daam6 faa3
Pinyin dàn huà

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to water down
  2. to play down
  3. to trivialize
  4. to weaken
  5. to become dull with time
  6. to desalinate
  7. desalination
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
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Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb, transitive
    to dilute; to play down; to trivialize
  2. verb, intransitive, transitive
    to become weaker; to weaken
  3. verb, intransitive, transitive
    to desalinate
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 七一九级词汇表 #751
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    摄影师让背景朦胧淡化,以凸显前景的主题。
    攝影師讓背景朦朧淡化,以凸顯前景的主題。
    shè yǐng shī ràng bèi jǐng méng lóng dàn huà , yǐ tū xiǎn qián jǐng de zhǔ tí .
    • The photographer wanted the background to be misty and played down so that the main focus of the photograph (which was in the foreground) would be made more prominent.