dàn tán

pellet, bullet, shot, shell

HSK 4 #632

DEFINITIONS

弹 dàn
  • crossball
  • bullet
  • shot
  • shell
  • ball
弹 tán
  • to pluck (a string)
  • to play (a string instrument)
  • to spring or leap
  • to shoot (e.g. with a catapult)
  • (of cotton) to fluff or tease
  • to flick
  • to flip
  • to accuse
  • to impeach
  • elastic (of materials)

STROKES

WORDS

荷枪实 hè qiāng shí dàn (idiom) armed; carrying a loaded firearm
坑 dàn kēng bomb crater
药库 dàn yào kù ammunition dump
qīng dàn H-bomb; hydrogen bomb
老调重 lǎo diào chóng tán to play the same old tune (idiom); unoriginal
丸 dàn wán pellet
尽粮绝 dàn jìn liáng jué out of ammunition and no food left (idiom); in desperate straits
毒气 dú qì dàn poison gas shell; poison gas grenade
烟幕 yān mù dàn smoke bomb
炮 liú dàn pào howitzer
榴霰 liú xiàn dàn shrapnel shell; shrapnel; also pr. [liu2 san3 dan4]
达姆 dá mǔ dàn dumdum bullet (loanword); expanding bullet
簧锁 tán huáng suǒ spring lock
核导 hé dǎo dàn nuclear missile
洲际导 zhōu jì dǎo dàn intercontinental ballistic missile ICBM
中子 zhōng zǐ dàn neutron bomb
琴 luàn tán qín to talk nonsense; to behave like a fool
簧门 tán huáng mén swing door
曳光 yè guāng dàn tracer ammunition; tracer
糖衣炮 táng yī pào dàn sugar-coated bullets, term used by Mao (originally in 1949) to refer to corrupting bourgeois influences
冠相庆 tán guān xiāng qìng lit. to flick dust off sb's cap (idiom); to celebrate an official appointment; to congratulate and celebrate (promotion, graduation etc)
拨乐器 tán bō yuè qì plucked string instrument; CL:件[jian4]
量 zài dàn liàng payload
Q q tán (of a food's mouthfeel) springy; firm; al dente
指顷 yī tán zhǐ qǐng a snap of the fingers (idiom); in a flash; in the twinkling of an eye