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

内爆法原子 nèi bào fǎ yuán zǐ dàn implosion atomic bomb
一星 liǎng dàn yī xīng (China's achievements of) producing an atomic bomb (1964) and hydrogen bomb (1967) and launching a satellite into space (1970)
凝固汽油 níng gù qì yóu dàn napalm
不得 dòng tan bu dé to be unable to move a single step
化学药 huà xué dàn yào chemical ammunition
化学航 huà xué háng dàn chemical bomb
kǎ dàn to jam (rifle)
原子爆 yuán zǐ bào dàn atom bomb
原子爆破药 yuán zǐ bào pò dàn yào atomic demolition munition
反导导 fǎn dǎo dǎo dàn anti-missile missile (such as the Patriot Missile)
反导 fǎn dǎo dàn anti-missile
fǎn dàn dǎo dàn antimissile missile
反舰导 fǎn jiàn dǎo dàn anti-ship missile
反舰艇巡航导 fǎn jiàn tǐng xún háng dǎo dàn anti-ship cruise missile
嗡嗡 wēng wēng dàn buzzing bomb
huí tán (of sth that has been deformed) to spring back to original shape; (fig.) to rebound; to bounce back
地对空导 dì duì kōng dǎo dàn ground-to-air missile
大型空爆炸 dà xíng kōng bào zhà dàn Massive Ordinance Air Blast (MOAB), a powerful American bomb
火车 zǐ dàn huǒ chē bullet train; Shinkansen 新幹線|新干线, Japanese high-speed train
子母 zǐ mǔ dàn (military) cluster bomb; shrapnel
子母炮 zǐ mǔ pào dàn artillery cluster bomb
子母炸 zǐ mǔ zhà dàn cluster bomb
对牛琴 duì niú tán qín lit. to play the lute to a cow (idiom); fig. offering a treat to an unappreciative audience; to cast pearls before swine; caviar to the general; to preach to deaf ears; to talk over sb's head
核潜艇 dǎo dàn hé qián tǐng nuclear-powered missile submarine
武器技术控制制度 dǎo dàn wǔ qì jì shù kòng zhì zhì dù Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR)