笨蛋
bèn dàn
Pinyin

Definition

笨蛋
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bèn dàn
  1. fool
  2. idiot

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

cǎi dàn
  1. 1 painted eggshell
  2. 2 Easter egg
  3. 3 (media) Easter egg (hidden feature in software or a movie etc)
  4. 4 post-credits scene
bèn
  1. 1 stupid
  2. 2 foolish
  3. 3 silly
  4. 4 slow-witted
  5. 5 clumsy
Dàn
  1. 1 variant: 蜑 Dàn
dàn gāo
  1. 1 cake
  2. 2 classifier: 块 kuài
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
jī dàn
  1. 1 (chicken) egg
  2. 2 hen's egg
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
  4. 4 classifier: 打 dá

Idioms (8)

拙嘴笨舌
zhuō zuǐ bèn shé
  1. 1 lit. clumsy mouth and broken tongue (idiom); awkward speaker
笨鸟先飞
bèn niǎo xiān fēi
  1. 1 lit. the clumsy bird flies early (idiom); fig. to work hard to compensate for one's limited abilities
苍蝇不叮无缝蛋
cāng ying bù dīng wú fèng dàn
  1. 1 lit. flies do not attack an intact egg (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. no smoke without a fire
鸡蛋碰石头
jī dàn pèng shí tou
  1. 1 lit. an egg colliding with a rock (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to attack sb stronger than oneself
  3. 3 to overrate one's abilities
鸡蛋里挑骨头
jī dàn li tiāo gǔ tou
  1. 1 to look for bones in an egg
  2. 2 to find fault
  3. 3 to nitpick (idiom)

Sample Sentences

所以你是笨蛋啊!哈哈哈...啊!又打雷了!救命啊!
suǒyǐ nǐ shì bèndàn ā !hā hā hā ...ā !yòu dǎléi le !jiùmìng ā !
So you're an idiot! Hahaha... Ah! More lightning! Help!
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我哥真是一个笨蛋!明明在一起那么稳定,都三年了,不结婚,搞分手!
wǒ gē zhēn shì yī gè bèndàn !míngmíng zàiyīqǐ nàme wěndìng ,dōu sān nián le ,bù jiéhūn ,gǎo fēnshǒu !
My brother is a real idiot! You were in such a stable relationship for three years and he decides to break up with you rather than marrying you!
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你的建议真不错。我今天真是遇到了知音了。对了,你有听说过“聪明人说有,笨蛋说没有”的故事吗?
nǐ de jiànyì zhēn bùcuò 。wǒ jīntiān zhēnshì yùdào le zhīyīn le 。duìle ,nǐ yǒu tīngshuō guo “cōngmingrén shuō yǒu ,bèndàn shuō méiyǒu ”de gùshi ma ?
Your advice is right on. I've really run into someone who understands me today. Oh, right-- have you heard the story about how smart people say they have, and stupid people say they haven't?
我叫他笨蛋。
wǒ jiào tā bèndàn 。
I call him, 'stupid-head'.
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