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

尽援绝 dàn jìn yuán jué out of ammunition and no hope of reinforcements (idiom); in desperate straits
窗 tán chuāng pop-up window (computing)
簧刀 tán huáng dāo flick knife; switchblade; spring-loaded knife
簧垫圈 tán huáng diàn quān spring washer
簧秤 tán huáng chèng spring balance
纠 tán jiū to accuse; to impeach
舌 tán shé to cluck; to trill
花 tán huā to soften cotton fiber by fluffing
药补给站 dàn yào bǔ jǐ zhàn ammunition depot
词 tán cí ballad tune in southern dialects, usually to sanxian 三弦 or pipa 琵琶 accompaniment
跳板 tán tiào bǎn springboard
雨 dàn yǔ hail of bullets
cǎi dàn paintball
战术导 zhàn shù dǎo dàn tactical missile
拨子 bō zǐ tán plectrum
放烟幕 fàng yān mù dàn to spread a smokescreen
sǎn dàn (gun) shot; canister shot
枪 sǎn dàn qiāng shotgun
时炸 shí zhà dàn time bomb
性 yǒu tán xìng flexible
zhè dàn slingshot made from the 柘[zhe4] tree
发射器 liú dàn fā shè qì grenade launcher
枪榴 qiāng liú dàn rifle grenade
mǔ dàn parent shell (of a cluster bomb)
毒剂 dú jì dàn gas projectile