弹 (彈) tán

1. 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)
2. 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)
3. 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)
4. 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)
5. 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)
6. 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)
7. dàn noun a catapult
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 弹弓 (Guoyu '彈' dàn n 3)
8. dàn noun a bird or reptile egg
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Same as 蛋 (Guoyu '彈' dàn n 4)
9. tán verb to strike
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 敲击 (Guoyu '彈' tán v 2)
10. tán verb to stretch or contract
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '彈' tán v 5)
11. 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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• 弹劾(彈劾) to accuse of misconduct (in an official task); to impeach
• 散弹(散彈) (gun) shot; canister shot
• 有弹性(有彈性) flexible
• 深水炸弹(深水炸彈) depth charge
• 空对空导弹(空對空導彈) air-to-air missile
• 陆基导弹(陸基導彈) land-based missile
• 散弹枪(散彈槍) shotgun
• 弹痕累累(彈痕累累) bullet-riddled
• 布袋弹(布袋彈) bean bag round
• 霰弹枪(霰彈槍) shotgun
• 炸弹之母(炸彈之母) Massive Ordinance Air Blast (MOAB), or Mother of All Bombs, a powerful American bomb
• 空地导弹(空地導彈) air-to-surface missile
• 反导弹(反導彈) anti-missile
• 弹簧(彈簧) a spring
• 弹尽粮绝(彈盡糧絕) out of ammunition and no food left; in desperate straits
• 高空弹跳(高空彈跳) bungee jumping
• 弹夹(彈夾) ammunition clip; cartridge clip; magazine (for ammunition)
• 炸弹之父(炸彈之父) Aviation Thermobaric Bomb of Increased Power (ATBIP), or Father of All Bombs, a powerful Russian bomb
• 弹射座椅(彈射座椅) ejection seat
• 反舰艇巡航导弹(反艦艇巡航導彈) anti-ship cruise missile
• 裂变炸弹(裂變炸彈) fission bomb
• 枪弹(槍彈) bullet
• 动弹(動彈) to budge
• 回弹(回彈) (of something that has been deformed) to spring back to original shape; to rebound; to bounce back
• 弹琴(彈琴) to play or strum a lute or other stringed instrument
• 实弹(實彈) live ammunition
• 弹簧秤(彈簧秤) spring balance
• 弹纠(彈糾) to accuse; to impeach
• 照明弹(照明彈) flare; star shell
• 葡萄弹(葡萄彈) grapeshot
• 豆袋弹(豆袋彈) bean bag round
• 反舰导弹(反艦導彈) anti-ship missile
• 反导导弹(反導導彈) anti-missile missile
• 起飞弹射(起飛彈射) takeoff catapult (on aircraft carrier)
• 弹片(彈片) shrapnel; splinter from shell
• 弹道导弹(彈道導彈) ballistic missile
• 弹唱(彈唱) to sing and play (a plucked string instrument)
• 自制炸弹(自製炸彈) improvised explosive device IED
• 弹珠台(彈珠檯) pinball
• 弹簧锁(彈簧鎖) spring lock
• 彩弹(彩彈) paintball
• 空空导弹(空空導彈) air-to-air missile
• 弹指之间(彈指之間) a snap of the fingers; in an instant; in a short moment; in a flash; in the twinkling of an eye
• 化学弹药(化學彈藥) chemical ammunition
• 弹匣(彈匣) magazine (for 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

Also contained in

让子弹飞 、 钢弹 、 导弹 、 氢弹 、 弹词

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• 卷三十九 列傳第二十 劉瓛 弟璡 陸澄 Volume 39 Biographies 20: Liu Huan, Di Jin, Lu Cheng Book of Southern Qi 南齊書 — count: 22
• 卷二十四 Scroll 24 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 10
• 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
• 卷二十一 志第十一 樂三 Volume 21 Treatises 11: Music 3 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 6
• 卷四十二 Scroll 42 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 6
• 卷十八 Scroll 18 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
• 卷二十一　　　　志第十一　　　禮樂十一 Volume 21 Treatises 11: Rites and Music 11 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 5
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 挟弹 (挾彈) 請挾彈懷丸游水上 — Guanzi 管子, 輕重丁第八十三 Chapter 83: Weight IV — count: 3