弹 (彈) tán
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tán
verb
to pluck a string; to play
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Music
Notes: Used for string instruments (Guoyu '彈' tán v 3; XHZD '弹' tán 2, p. 727) -
tán
verb
to flick; to fling; to prod
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Guoyu '彈' tán v 7; XHZD '弹' tán 1, p. 727) -
tán
verb
to shoot
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: Especially, from a catapult (Guoyu '彈' tán v 1; Unihan '彈'; XHZD '弹' tán 3, p. 728) -
tán
verb
to impeach
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 纠劾 (Guoyu '彈' tán v 4; XHZD '弹' tán 4, p. 728) -
dàn
noun
a pellet
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Especially, an iron pellet shot from a catapult (Guoyu '彈' dàn n 1; XHZD '弹' dàn 1, p. 128) -
dàn
noun
a bullet; an artillery shell; a bomb
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: For example, 子弹 'bullet' (Guoyu '彈' dàn n 2; XHZD '弹' dàn 2, p. 128) -
dàn
noun
a catapult
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As in 弹弓 (Guoyu '彈' dàn n 3) -
dàn
noun
a bird or reptile egg
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Same as 蛋 (Guoyu '彈' dàn n 4) -
tán
verb
to strike
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 敲击 (Guoyu '彈' tán v 2) -
tán
verb
to stretch or contract
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '彈' tán v 5) -
tán
verb
to fall
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 掉落 (Guoyu '彈' tán v 6)
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- 集束炸弹(集束炸彈) cluster bomb
- 弹回(彈回) to rebound
- 弹跳(彈跳) to bounce; to jump; to leap
- 弹劾(彈劾) to accuse of misconduct (in an official task); to impeach
- 弹道(彈道) trajectory of a projectile; ballistic
- 中弹(中彈) hit by a bullet; shot
- 散弹(散彈) (gun) shot; canister shot
- 响尾蛇飞弹(響尾蛇飛彈) Sidewinder missile
- 子母弹(子母彈) cluster bomb; shrapnel
- 中子弹(中子彈) a neutron bomb
- 燃烧弹(燃燒彈) fire bomb; incendiary device
- 弹舌(彈舌) to cluck; to trill
- 弹射座舱(彈射座艙) ejection capsule (cabin)
- 汽车炸弹(汽車炸彈) car bomb
- 实弹(實彈) live ammunition
- 弹簧垫圈(彈簧墊圈) spring washer
- 两弹一星(兩彈一星) (China's achievements of) producing an atomic bomb (1964) and hydrogen bomb (1967) and launching a satellite into space
- 拨子弹(撥子彈) plectrum
- 弹道导弹(彈道導彈) ballistic missile
- 化学航弹(化學航彈) chemical bomb
- 男儿有泪不轻弹(男兒有淚不輕彈) real men do not easily cry
- 反导弹(反導彈) anti-missile
- 豆袋弹(豆袋彈) bean bag round
- 重弹(重彈) to replay string instrument; to harp on the same string; to raise the same old topic again
- 照明弹(照明彈) flare; star shell
- 弹球(彈球) to play marbles
- 弹痕累累(彈痕累累) bullet-riddled
- 臭弹(臭彈) dead bomb (i.e. not exploding on impact)
- 汽车炸弹事件(汽車炸彈事件) car bombing
- 肩射导弹(肩射導彈) shoulder-fired missile
- 投弹(投彈) to throw an explosive charge; to bomb
- 原子弹(原子彈) an atomic bomb
- 弹力(彈力) elasticity; elastic force; spring; rebound; bounce
- 原子爆破弹药(原子爆破彈藥) atomic demolition munition
- 榴霰弹(榴霰彈) shrapnel shell; shrapnel
- 榴弹(榴彈) high explosive shell; grenade
- 弹冠相庆(彈冠相慶) to flick dust off somebody's cap; to celebrate an official appointment
- 红外线导引飞弹(紅外線導引飛彈) infrared guided missile
- 弹唱(彈唱) to sing and play (a plucked string instrument)
- 避弹坑(避彈坑) foxhole
- 导弹试验(導彈試驗) missile test
- 子弹(子彈) bullet
- 放烟幕弹(放煙幕彈) to spread a smokescreen
- 𬬰弹(鎗彈) bullet; cartridge
- 弹尽援绝(彈盡援絕) out of ammunition and no hope of reinforcements; in desperate straits
- 炸弹(炸彈) bomb
- 定时炸弹(定時炸彈) time bomb
- 弹拨乐(彈撥樂) plucked string music
- 远程导弹(遠程導彈) long distance missile
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- 卷四十 Scroll 40 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 8
- 卷一 本紀第一: 太祖 Volume 1 Annals 1: Taizu History of Yuan 元史 — count: 7
- 卷十八 Scroll 18 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 6
- 卷四十二 Scroll 42 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 6
- 卷三十三 列傳第二十一: 李靈 李順 李孝伯 李裔 李義深 Volume 33 Biographies 21: History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 6
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- 第五十五回 Chapter 55 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 5
Collocations
- 弹冠 (彈冠) 新沐者必彈冠 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《屈原賈生列傳》 Biographies of Qu Yuan and Master Jia — count: 10
- 弹五 (彈五) 舜彈五弦之琴 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十四 詮言訓 Chapter 14: Explanation of Sayings — count: 8
- 弹弹 (彈彈) 帝常喜以彈彈人 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷四 魏書四 三少帝紀 Volume 4: Book of Wei 4 - Annals of the three young emperors — count: 6
- 善弹 (善彈) 帝善彈棊 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷二 魏書二 文帝紀 Volume 2: Book of Wei 2 - Annals of Emperor Wen — count: 5
- 操弹 (操彈) 刃壯者胡丸操彈居其下 — Guanzi 管子, 輕重戊第八十四 Chapter 84: Weight V — count: 4
- 弹剑 (彈劍) 客復彈劍而歌曰 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《孟嘗君列傳》 Biography of Lord Mengchang — count: 4
- 弹违 (彈違) 舉善彈違 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷三 帝紀第三 世祖武帝 Volume 3 Annals 3: Emperor Wu — count: 4
- 舜弹 (舜彈) 舜彈五弦之琴 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十四 詮言訓 Chapter 14: Explanation of Sayings — count: 4
- 弹人 (彈人) 從臺上彈人 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 3
- 弹筝 (彈箏) 夫擊甕叩缶彈箏搏髀 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《李斯列傳》 Biography of Li Si — count: 3