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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- 脏弹(髒彈) dirty bomb
- 回弹(回彈) (of something that has been deformed) to spring back to original shape; to rebound; to bounce back
- 嗡嗡弹(嗡嗡彈) buzzing bomb
- 彩弹(彩彈) paintball
- 弹涂鱼(彈塗魚) mudskipper (amphibious fish)
- 旧调重弹(舊調重彈) replaying the same old tunes; conservative, unoriginal and discredited
- 荷枪实弹(荷槍實彈) armed; carrying a loaded firearm
- 投弹(投彈) to throw an explosive charge; to bomb
- 霰弹枪(霰彈槍) shotgun
- 弹牙(彈牙) al dente
- 弹珠台(彈珠檯) pinball
- 动弹不得(動彈不得) to be unable to move a single step
- 自制炸弹(自製炸彈) improvised explosive device IED
- 弹指(彈指) a snap of the fingers; a short moment
- 实弹(實彈) live ammunition
- 对牛弹琴(對牛彈琴) to play the lute to a cow; offering a treat to an unappreciative audience; to cast pearls before swine; caviar to the general; to preach to deaf ears
- 弹子锁(彈子鎖) pin tumbler lock; spring lock
- 散弹枪(散彈槍) shotgun
- 男儿有泪不轻弹(男兒有淚不輕彈) real men do not easily cry
- 陆基导弹(陸基導彈) land-based missile
- 枪弹(槍彈) bullet
- 弹匣(彈匣) magazine (for ammunition)
- 原子爆破弹药(原子爆破彈藥) atomic demolition munition
- 导弹潜艇(導彈潛艇) (guided) missile submarine
- 布袋弹(布袋彈) bean bag round
- 火箭弹(火箭彈) rocket (artillery)
- 巡航导弹(巡航導彈) cruise missile
- 臭弹(臭彈) dead bomb (i.e. not exploding on impact)
- 弹簧刀(彈簧刀) flick knife; switchblade; spring-loaded knife
- 逻辑炸弹(邏輯炸彈) logic bomb
- 核导弹(核導彈) nuclear missile
- 烧夷弹(燒夷彈) fire bomb; incendiary device
- 弹道导弹(彈道導彈) ballistic missile
- 弹簧秤(彈簧秤) spring balance
- 弹坑(彈坑) bomb crater
- 弹幕(彈幕) barrage; bullet screen, function which allows viewers to post on-screen comments in videos, movies etc in real time
- 洲际弹道导弹(洲際彈道導彈) intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
- 内爆法原子弹(內爆法原子彈) implosion atomic bomb
- 弹奏(彈奏) to play
- 响尾蛇飞弹(響尾蛇飛彈) Sidewinder missile
- 子母炮弹(子母炮彈) artillery cluster bomb
- 原子爆弹(原子爆彈) atom bomb
- 𬬰弹(鎗彈) bullet; cartridge
- 枪林弹雨(槍林彈雨) raining bullets
- 母弹(母彈) parent shell (of a cluster bomb)
- 弹指一挥间(彈指一揮間) in a flash
- 反舰导弹(反艦導彈) anti-ship missile
- 导弹核潜艇(導彈核潛艇) nuclear-powered missile submarine
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- 卷二十四 Scroll 24 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 10
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- 卷四十二 Scroll 42 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 6
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- 卷十八 Scroll 18 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 6
- 卷十一 善說 Chapter 11: Virtuous Speech Garden of Stories 說苑 — count: 5
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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
- 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
- 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