鸡蛋 (雞蛋)
jī dàn
Pinyin

Definition

鸡蛋 (雞蛋)
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jī dàn
  1. (chicken) egg
  2. hen's egg
  3. CL:個|个[gè],打[dá]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

彩蛋
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
蛋
Dàn
  1. 1 variant: 蜑 Dàn
蛋糕
dàn gāo
  1. 1 cake
  2. 2 classifier: 块 kuài
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
鸡蛋
jī dàn
  1. 1 (chicken) egg
  2. 2 hen's egg
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
  4. 4 classifier: 打 dá
下蛋
xià dàn
  1. 1 to lay eggs

Idioms (6)

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)
鸡飞蛋打
jī fēi dàn dǎ
  1. 1 the chicken has flown the coop and the eggs are broken
  2. 2 a dead loss (idiom)
鸟不拉屎，鸡不生蛋
niǎo bù lā shǐ , jī bù shēng dàn
  1. 1 lit. (a place where) birds don't defecate and hens don't lay eggs (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. god-forsaken
  3. 3 remote and desolate

Sample Sentences

写字的时候，笔要拿直，拇指食指夹住笔身，其它手指靠着作为辅助，手掌心中空，想象里面有颗鸡蛋。
xiězì de shíhou ，bǐ yào ná zhí ，mǔzhǐ shízhǐ jiā zhù bǐ shēn ，qítā shǒuzhǐ kàozhe zuòwéi fǔzhù ，shǒuzhǎngxīn zhōngkòng ，xiǎngxiàng lǐmiàn yǒu kē jīdàn 。
When you are writing Chinese calligraphy, you have to hold the pen straight. Use your thumb and forefinger to clamp onto the body of the calligraphy brush. The other fingers can be used as additional support. The palm of your hand needs to be empty. You can imagine an egg sitting in the palm on your hand (so that you don't crush it).
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传说是这样的，但我估计这个说法也没有经过考证。除了吃粽子之外，还有一些地方为了祛除病疫，还有喝雄黄酒，吃草药煮鸡蛋的习惯。
chuánshuō shì zhèyàng de ，dàn wǒ gūjì zhè ge shuōfa yěméiyǒu jīngguò kǎozhèng 。chúle chī zòngzi zhīwài ，hái yǒuyīxiē dìfang wèile qūchú bìngyì ，háiyǒu hē xiónghuángjiǔ ，chī cǎoyào zhǔ jīdàn de xíguàn 。
That's the legend, but I think this tale has not been proven. As well as eating zongzi, there are also some places where people drink realgar wine or eat eggs boiled in medicinal herbs to ward off epidemics.
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哦哟，年轻人可真是有活力啊，这么多新花样，我还停留在大家秀“反手握肚脐”，还有那什么“锁骨放鸡蛋”这些玩艺儿。
ōyo ，niánqīngrén kě zhēn shì yǒu huólì ā ，zhème duō xīn huāyàng ，wǒ hái tíngliú zài dàjiā xiù “fǎnshǒu wò dùqí ”，háiyǒu nà shénme “suǒgǔ fàng jīdàn ”zhèxiē wányìr 。
Agh, young people are so lively, so many new things, I'm still stuck back when everyone was showing off pictures of themselves putting their arm around their own waist to grab their navel, and that whole putting eggs on your collarbone thing.
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对，其实，鸡蛋、豆类、谷物…我也不太好消化。
duì ，qíshí ，jīdàn 、dòulèi 、gǔwù …wǒ yě bùtàihǎo xiāohuà 。
That’s right, and in fact I also cannot digest eggs, beans and cereals very well.
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好，听说这儿的兄是炒鸡蛋套吃！
hǎo ，tīngshuō zhèr de xiōng shì chǎo jīdàn tào chī ！
OK, I hear the brother is (xiong shi) fried egg here set (tao) eat!
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她说，她听说这里的西红柿炒鸡蛋特别好吃！
tā shuō ，tā tīngshuō zhèlǐ de xīhóngshì chǎo jīdàn tèbié hǎochī ！
She said, she heard that the tomato (xihongshi) fried egg here is particularly tasty (tebie haochi)!
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我觉得比蛋糕简单，先把面粉鸡蛋黄油和水按比例搅拌，做成一个面团再压扁，然后用各种模具压出各种造型，最后用烤箱180度烤15分钟。
wǒ juéde bǐ dàn\'gāo jiǎndān ，xiān bǎ miànfěn jīdàn huángyóu hé shuǐ àn bǐlì jiǎobàn ，zuòchéng yīgè miàntuán zài yābiǎn ，ránhòu yòng gèzhǒng mújù yāchū gèzhǒng zàoxíng ，zuìhòu yòng kǎoxiāng yībǎibāshí dù kǎo shíwǔ fēnzhōng 。
I think they are easier than cake. First, you mix the right amount of flour, eggs, butter and water together, and make it into a dough which you then press down. After that, you use all kinds of cookie molds to cut out all kinds of shapes. Lastly, you use the oven to bake them for 15 minutes at 180 degrees.
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你要买原料：低筋面粉100克，鸡蛋5个，油40克，细砂糖70克，牛奶40克。
nǐ yào mǎi yuánliào ：dījīnmiànfěn yībǎi kè ，jīdàn wǔ gè ，yóu sìshí kè ，xìshātáng qīshí kè ，niúnǎi sìshí kè 。
You need to buy ingredients: 100 grams cake flour, 5 eggs, 40 grams of oil, 70 grams of granulated sugar and 40 grams of milk.
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鸡蛋往石头上碰
jīdàn wǎng shítou shàng pèng
The egg is heading for the rock. (To be on the path to disaster.)
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今天老师带来了几个鸡蛋。你们说鸡蛋放进水里会浮起来，还是沉下去？
jīntiān lǎoshī dàilái le jǐ ge jīdàn 。nǐmen shuō jīdàn fàng jìn shuǐ lǐ huì fú qǐlái ，háishì chén xiàqu ？
I've brought in a couple of eggs today. When placed in water, do you think that an egg will float or sink?
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