dàn tán

bullet; shell; shot

Character data

Radical ⼸ (57.12)
Strokes 15
SIMPLIFIED

Definitions

彈 dàn
  1. 1. bullet
  2. 2. shell
  3. 3. shot
  4. 4. ball
  5. 5. crossball
彈 tán
  1. 1. to play (a string instrument)
  2. 2. to pluck (a string)
  3. 3. to flick
  4. 4. elastic (of materials)
  5. 5. to flip
  6. 6. to shoot (e.g. with a catapult)
  7. 7. to spring or leap
  8. 8. to accuse
  9. 9. to impeach
  10. 10. (of cotton) to fluff or tease

Words containing 彈

Word Meaning
ball (in sport, incl. billiards)
biological ammunition
real men do not easily cry (idiom)
armor piercing shell
air-to-surface missile
air-to-air missile
air-to-air missile
corrupting temptations; sugar-coated bribery
sweet bribe; sugar-coated lure or trap
to censure; to denounce; to impeach
infrared guided missile
to play the same old tune (idiom); unoriginal
shoulder-fired missile
a suicide bomb
suicide bomber
improvised explosive device IED
dead bomb (i.e. not exploding on impact)
repeat the same old line; be unoriginal
(idiom) armed; carrying a loaded firearm
grapeshot
fission bomb
to charge (ammunition into gun); to load
time bomb
bean bag round
takeoff catapult (on aircraft carrier)