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)
out of ammunition and no food left (idiom); in desperate straits
弹尽援绝彈盡援絕dan4 jin4 yuan2 jue2
out of ammunition and no hope of reinforcements (idiom); in desperate straits
弹壳彈殼dan4 ke2
ammunition case
弹坑彈坑dan4 keng1
bomb crater
弹孔彈孔dan4 kong3
bullet hole
弹幕彈幕dan4 mu4
barrage (military); "bullet screen", function which allows viewers to post on-screen comments in videos, movies etc in real time; danmaku (video game sub-genre)
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
反弹导弹反彈導彈fan3 dan4 dao3 dan4
antimissile missile
反导弹反導彈fan3 dao3 dan4
anti-missile
反导导弹反導導彈fan3 dao3 dao3 dan4
anti-missile missile (such as the Patriot Missile)
(of sth that has been deformed) to spring back to original shape; (fig.) to rebound; to bounce back
火箭弹火箭彈huo3 jian4 dan4
rocket (artillery)
火箭推进榴弹火箭推進榴彈huo3 jian4 tui1 jin4 liu2 dan4
rocket-propelled grenade (RPG)
集束炸弹集束炸彈ji2 shu4 zha4 dan4
cluster bomb
计时炸弹計時炸彈ji4 shi2 zha4 dan4
time bomb
肩射导弹肩射導彈jian1 she4 dao3 dan4
shoulder-fired missile
纠弹糾彈jiu1 tan2
to censure; to denounce; to impeach
旧调重弹舊調重彈jiu4 diao4 chong2 tan2
replaying the same old tunes (idiom); conservative, unoriginal and discredited; to keep harping on about the same old stuff
卡弹卡彈ka3 dan4
to jam (rifle)
空对空导弹空對空導彈kong1 dui4 kong1 dao3 dan4
air-to-air missile
空空导弹空空導彈kong1 kong1 dao3 dan4
air-to-air missile
空地导弹空地導彈kong4 di4 dao3 dan4
air-to-surface missile
老调重弹老調重彈lao3 diao4 chong2 tan2
to play the same old tune (idiom); unoriginal
两弹一星兩彈一星liang3 dan4 yi1 xing1
refers to the historical achievement of China by 1970 in producing and successfully detonating an atomic bomb (1964), a hydrogen bomb (1967) and launching a satellite into space (1970)
裂变炸弹裂變炸彈lie4 bian4 zha4 dan4
fission bomb
流弹流彈liu2 dan4
stray bullet
榴弹榴彈liu2 dan4
high explosive shell; grenade
榴弹发射器榴彈發射器liu2 dan4 fa1 she4 qi4
grenade launcher
榴弹炮榴彈炮liu2 dan4 pao4
howitzer
榴霰弹榴霰彈liu2 xian4 dan4
shrapnel shell; shrapnel; also pr.
陆基导弹陸基導彈lu4 ji1 dao3 dan4
land-based missile
乱弹琴亂彈琴luan4 tan2 qin2
to talk nonsense; to behave like a fool
逻辑炸弹邏輯炸彈luo2 ji2 zha4 dan4
logic bomb
母弹母彈mu3 dan4
parent shell (of a cluster bomb)
男儿有泪不轻弹男兒有淚不輕彈nan2 er2 you3 lei4 bu4 qing1 tan2
real men do not easily cry (idiom)
难弹難彈nan2 tan2
hard to play (of music for stringed instrument)
内爆法原子弹內爆法原子彈nei4 bao4 fa3 yuan2 zi3 dan4
implosion atomic bomb
凝固汽油弹凝固汽油彈ning2 gu4 qi4 you2 dan4
napalm
炮弹炮彈pao4 dan4
artillery shell
破甲弹破甲彈po4 jia3 dan4
armor piercing shell
葡萄弹葡萄彈pu2 tao5 dan4
grapeshot
漆弹漆彈qi1 dan4
paintball (sports)
起飞弹射起飛彈射qi3 fei1 tan2 she4
takeoff catapult (on aircraft carrier)
汽车炸弹汽車炸彈qi4 che1 zha4 dan4
car bomb
汽车炸弹事件汽車炸彈事件qi4 che1 zha4 dan4 shi4 jian4
car bombing
枪弹槍彈qiang1 dan4
bullet
枪榴弹槍榴彈qiang1 liu2 dan4
rifle grenade
氢弹氫彈qing1 dan4
H-bomb; hydrogen bomb
球弹球彈qiu2 dan4
ball (in sport, incl. billiards)
燃烧弹燃燒彈ran2 shao1 dan4
fire bomb; incendiary device
散弹散彈san3 dan4
(gun) shot; canister shot
散弹枪散彈槍san3 dan4 qiang1
shotgun
烧夷弹燒夷彈shao1 yi2 dan4
fire bomb; incendiary device
深水炸弹深水炸彈shen1 shui3 zha4 dan4
depth charge
生物弹药生物彈藥sheng1 wu4 dan4 yao4
biological ammunition
实弹實彈shi2 dan4
live ammunition
时炸弹時炸彈shi2 zha4 dan4
time bomb
手榴弹手榴彈shou3 liu2 dan4
hand grenade
手弹手彈shou3 tan2
fingered (bass)
弹拨彈撥tan2 bo1
to pluck (a string)
弹拨乐彈撥樂tan2 bo1 yue4
plucked string music
弹拨乐器彈撥樂器tan2 bo1 yue4 qi4
plucked string instrument
弹唱彈唱tan2 chang4
to sing and play (plucked string instrument)
弹斥彈斥tan2 chi4
accuse and criticize
弹出彈出tan2 chu1
to eject; to exit from; to pop up
弹窗彈窗tan2 chuang1
pop-up window (computing)
弹词彈詞tan2 ci2
ballad tune in southern dialects, usually to sanxian 三弦 or pipa 琵琶 accompaniment
弹冠相庆彈冠相慶tan2 guan1 xiang1 qing4
lit. to flick dust off sb's cap (idiom); to celebrate an official appointment; to congratulate and celebrate (promotion, graduation etc)
弹劾彈劾tan2 he2
to accuse of misconduct (in official task); to impeach