弹 (彈)
tán
Pinyin

Definition

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

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

反弹
fǎn tán
  1. 1 to bounce
  2. 2 to bounce back
  3. 3 to boomerang
  4. 4 to ricochet
  5. 5 rebound (of stock market etc)
  6. 6 bounce
  7. 7 backlash
  8. 8 negative repercussions
子弹
zǐ dàn
  1. 1 bullet
  2. 2 classifier: 粒 lì
  3. 3 classifier: 颗 kē
  4. 4 classifier: 发 fā
弹
dàn
  1. 1 crossball
  2. 2 bullet
  3. 3 shot
  4. 4 shell
  5. 5 ball
弹力
tán lì
  1. 1 elasticity
  2. 2 elastic force
  3. 3 spring
  4. 4 rebound
  5. 5 bounce
弹性
tán xìng
  1. 1 flexibility
  2. 2 elasticity

Idioms (11)

一弹指顷
yī tán zhǐ qǐng
  1. 1 a snap of the fingers (idiom); in a flash
  2. 2 in the twinkling of an eye
对牛弹琴
duì niú tán qín
  1. 1 lit. to play the lute to a cow (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. offering a treat to an unappreciative audience
  3. 3 to cast pearls before swine
  4. 4 caviar to the general
  5. 5 to preach to deaf ears
  6. 6 to talk over sb's head
弹冠相庆
tán guān xiāng qìng
  1. 1 lit. to flick dust off sb's cap (idiom); to celebrate an official appointment
  2. 2 to congratulate and celebrate (promotion, graduation etc)
弹指一挥间
tán zhǐ yī huī jiān
  1. 1 in a flash (idiom)
弹指之间
tán zhǐ zhī jiān
  1. 1 a snap of the fingers (idiom); in an instant
  2. 2 in a short moment
  3. 3 in a flash
  4. 4 in the twinkling of an eye

Sample Sentences

晚上驴友们一起弹吉他、唱歌、聊天，体验淳朴的生活，独自旅行的朋友在这里可以告别孤独的滋味了。
wǎnshang lǘyǒu men yīqǐ dàn jítā 、chànggē 、liáotiān ，tǐyàn chúnpǔ de shēnghuó ，dúzì lǚxíng de péngyou zài zhèlǐ kěyǐ gàobié gūdú de zīwèi le 。
In the evening, backpackers play guitar, sing, chat, and experience a simple life. Friends who travel alone can say goodbye to loneliness.
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为了防止疫情反弹，武汉建立了疫情防控长效机制。“解封”首日，在黄鹤楼脚下的西城壕社区，不停忙碌的社区书记翁文静说：“我们是‘无疫情社区’，但依然主张非必要不出门。”
wèile fángzhǐ yìqíng fǎntán ，Wǔhàn jiànlì le yìqíng fángkòng chángxiào jīzhì 。“jiěfēng ”shǒu rì ，zài Huánghèlóu jiǎoxià de xīchéngháo shèqū ，bùtíng mánglù de shèqū shūji wēngwénjìng shuō ：“wǒmen shì ‘wú yìqíng shèqū ’，dàn yīrán zhǔzhāng fēi bìyào bù chūmén 。”
In order to prevent the pandemic from rebounding, Wuhan has set up a long-term mechanism for preventing and controlling the pandemic. The first day of "unlockdown", in the Xichenghao Community under Huanghelou, the community secretary Wong Wen Jing who has been working non-stop said, "We are the 'zero virus community', but still please do not go out if not necessary. "
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反而帮助伊朗在这几年之内把武器库中装满了核弹。
fǎnér bāngzhù Yīlǎng zài zhè jǐnián zhīnèi bǎ wǔqì kù zhōng zhuāngmǎn le hédàn 。
the deal actually paves Iran's path to an entire arsenal of nuclear bombs and it's within a few years' time.
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以色列从签订之初就反对该协议，因为我们说过，该协议不但没有阻止伊朗研制核弹，
Yǐsèliè cóng qiāndìng zhīchū jiù fǎnduì gāi xiéyì ，yīnwèi wǒmen shuō guò ，gāi xiéyì bùdàn méiyǒu zǔzhǐ Yīlǎng yánzhì hédàn ，
Israel has opposed the nuclear deal from the start because we said that rather than blocking Iran's path to a bomb,
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老李啊，上个礼拜联欢会上看到你和令千金一个唱歌、一个弹琴，真是好琴艺、好歌喉！
Lǎo Lǐ ā ，shàng ge lǐbài liánhuānhuì shàng kàndào nǐ hé lìngqiānjīn yī gè chànggē 、yī gè tánqín ，zhēn shì hǎo qínyì 、hǎo gēhóu ！
Lee! I saw you and your daughter at last week's party. One was playing the piano and one was singing. What a skilled pianist and what a great voice!
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我记得你说令千金大学刚毕业是吗？好像学的是经济，怎么琴也弹得这么好呀！
wǒ jìde nǐ shuō lìngqiānjīn dàxué gāng bìyè shìma ？hǎoxiàng xué de shì jīngjì ，zěnme qín yě tán de zhème hǎo ya ！
I remember you saying that your daughter just graduated from Univeristy, right? I think it was Economics, no? How comes she also plays piano so well?
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她呀，就这一个爱好，从小弹，算算也有十来年了，反正她学校功课也没让我们担心过，就让她弹呗。
tā ya ，jiù zhè yī gè àihào ，cóngxiǎo tán ，suàn suan yě yǒu shí lái nián le ，fǎnzhèng tā xuéxiào gōngkè yě méi ràng wǒmen dānxīn guò ，jiù ràng tā tán bēi 。
Oh her. That's the only hobby she's got. Now thinking of it, she's been playing for ten years since she was a girl. We've never had to worry about her grades so we've just let her play as much as she wants.
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意大利面简单来说就是面与酱汁的搭配，面体要弹牙，酱汁要够香够味。
Yìdàlìmiàn jiǎndān láishuō jiùshì miàn yǔ jiàngzhī de dāpèi ，miàn tǐ yào tányá ，jiàngzhī yào gòu xiāng gòu wèi 。
Simply speaking, pasta dishes are just a combination of pasta and sauce, the pasta must be al dente, and the sauce must be fragrant.
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相较于日股的愁云惨雾，美国股市自2月11日触底之后，一路反弹，上周五(18日)站上今年以来新高，市场转趋正面。交易日道琼工业平均指数上涨百分之零点六九、收一万七千六百零二点三零点，创2015年12月30日以来收盘新高，这已是连续第六个交易日走高，连续第三周上扬。
xiāngjiàoyú rìgǔ de chóuyúncǎnwù ，Měiguó gǔshì zì èryuè 11rì chùdǐ zhīhòu ，yī lù fǎntán ，shàngzhōuwǔ (18rì )zhàn shàng jīnnián yǐlái xīngāo ，shìchǎng zhuǎnqū zhèngmiàn 。jiāoyìrì dàoqióng gōngyè píngjūn zhǐshù shàngzhǎng bǎifēnzhī líng diǎnr liù jiǔ 、shōu yīwàn qī qiān liù bǎi líng èr diǎnr sān líng diǎnr ，chuàng 2015 nián 12 yuè 30rì yǐlái shōupán xīngāo ，zhè yǐ shì liánxù dì liù gè jiāoyìrì zǒugāo ，liánxù dì sān zhōu shàngyáng 。
Compared to the gloomy outlook for Japanese stocks, the US stock market has staged a steady recovery after bottoming out on February 11, with a new high for the year achieved last Friday (18th), with a turn towards a positive trend in the market. The Dow Jones Industrial Average grew 0.69%, closing at 17,602.3 points, a new high for board closure since 30 December, 2015, the sixth trading day of growth in a row and the third week of growth.
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我会弹吉他。
wǒ huì tán jítā 。
I can play guitar. (learnt skill)
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