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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• 远程导弹(遠程導彈) long distance missile
• 卡弹(卡彈) to jam (a rifle)
• 弹药(彈藥) ammunition
• 乱弹琴(亂彈琴) to talk nonsense; to behave like a fool
• 弹拨乐器(彈撥樂器) plucked string instrument
• 弹性(彈性) [physical] elasticity ; flexibility
• 弹道导弹(彈道導彈) ballistic missile
• 弹弓(彈弓) catapult; slingshot
• 跳弹(跳彈) ricochet
• 地对空导弹(地對空導彈) ground-to-air missile
• 原子爆破弹药(原子爆破彈藥) atomic demolition munition
• 弹簧垫圈(彈簧墊圈) spring washer
• 放烟幕弹(放煙幕彈) to spread a smokescreen
• 弹跳板(彈跳板) springboard
• 反导弹(反導彈) anti-missile
• 起飞弹射(起飛彈射) takeoff catapult (on aircraft carrier)
• 弹片(彈片) shrapnel; splinter from shell
• 弹出(彈出) to eject; to exit from
• 反弹导弹(反彈導彈) antimissile missile
• 弹跳(彈跳) to bounce; to jump; to leap
• 震眩弹(震眩彈) stun grenade
• 化学航弹(化學航彈) chemical bomb
• 弹簧(彈簧) a spring
• 弹无虚发(彈無虛發) the bullets will not be shot for nothing
• 弹雨(彈雨) hail of bullets
• 弹性形变(彈性形變) elastic deformation
• 弹射座舱(彈射座艙) ejection capsule (cabin)
• 糖衣炮弹(糖衣炮彈) sugar-coated bullets
• 达姆弹(達姆彈) dumdum bullet ; expanding bullet
• 枪林弹雨(槍林彈雨) raining bullets
• 豆袋弹(豆袋彈) bean bag round
• 弹指(彈指) a snap of the fingers ; a short moment ; something easy
• 弹幕(彈幕) barrage; bullet screen, function which allows viewers to post on-screen comments in videos, movies etc in real time
• 弹丸(彈丸) pellet
• 弹簧铰链(彈簧鉸鏈) spring hinge
• 燃烧弹(燃燒彈) fire bomb; incendiary device
• 防弹(防彈) bulletproof
• 弹压(彈壓) to suppress; to quell (a disturbance); repression
• 榴弹(榴彈) high explosive shell; grenade
• 手弹(手彈) fingered (bass)
• 拨子弹(撥子彈) plectrum
• 枪弹(槍彈) bullet
• 防弹衣(防彈衣) bulletproof vest
• 糖弹(糖彈) sugar-coated bullets
• 回弹(回彈) (of something that has been deformed) to spring back to original shape; to rebound; to bounce back
• 弹子锁(彈子鎖) pin tumbler lock; spring lock
• 反舰导弹(反艦導彈) anti-ship missile
• 弹力(彈力) elasticity; elastic force; spring; rebound; bounce
• 脏弹(髒彈) dirty bomb

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• 第三十一回 Chapter 31 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 5
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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
• 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
• 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
• 弹汗 (彈汗) 檀石槐乃立庭於彈汗山歠仇水上 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷九十 烏桓鮮卑列傳 Volume 90: Treatise on the Wuhuan, Xianbei — 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