弹药
dàn yào
Pinyin

Definition

弹药
 - 
dàn yào
  1. ammunition

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

Zhōng yào
  1. 1 (traditional) Chinese medicine
  2. 2 CL:服[fù],種|种[zhǒng]
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
chī yào
  1. 1 to take medicine
zǐ dàn
  1. 1 bullet
  2. 2 CL:粒[lì],顆|颗[kē],發|发[fā]
shān yao
  1. 1 Dioscorea polystachya
  2. 2 yam
dàn
  1. 1 crossball
  2. 2 bullet
  3. 3 shot
  4. 4 shell
  5. 5 ball
tán lì
  1. 1 elasticity
  2. 2 elastic force
  3. 3 spring
  4. 4 rebound
  5. 5 bounce
tán xìng
  1. 1 flexibility
  2. 2 elasticity
zhà dàn
  1. 1 bomb
  2. 2 CL:枚[méi],顆|颗[kē]
yào
  1. 1 medicine
  2. 2 drug
  3. 3 substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting)
  4. 4 CL:種|种[zhǒng],服[fù],味[wèi]
  5. 5 to poison
yào diàn
  1. 1 pharmacy
yào wù
  1. 1 medicaments
  2. 2 pharmaceuticals
  3. 3 medication
  4. 4 medicine
  5. 5 drug
nóng yào
  1. 1 agricultural chemical
  2. 2 farm chemical
  3. 3 pesticide
zhòng dàn
  1. 1 hit by a bullet
  2. 2 shot
zhōng cǎo yào
  1. 1 Chinese herbal medicine
cuī lèi dàn
  1. 1 tear bomb
  2. 2 tear-gas grenade
rù yào
  1. 1 to use in medicine
zhì yào
  1. 1 to manufacture medicine
dòng tan
  1. 1 to budge
dòng tan bu dé
  1. 1 to be unable to move a single step

Idioms (19)

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
对症下药
duì zhèng xià yào
  1. 1 lit. to prescribe the right medicine for an illness (idiom); fig. to study a problem to find the right way to solve it
  2. 2 to take appropriate steps
对症发药
duì zhèng fā yào
  1. 1 lit. to prescribe the right medicine for an illness (idiom); fig. to study a problem to find the right way to solve it
  2. 2 to take appropriate steps
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
弹尽援绝
dàn jìn yuán jué
  1. 1 out of ammunition and no hope of reinforcements (idiom); in desperate straits
弹尽粮绝
dàn jìn liáng jué
  1. 1 out of ammunition and no food left (idiom); in desperate straits
换汤不换药
huàn tāng bù huàn yào
  1. 1 different broth but the same old medicine (idiom); a change in name only
  2. 2 a change in form but not in substance
无可救药
wú kě jiù yào
  1. 1 lit. no antidote is possible (idiom); incurable
  2. 2 incorrigible
  3. 3 beyond redemption
男儿有泪不轻弹
nán ér yǒu lèi bù qīng tán
  1. 1 real men do not easily cry (idiom)
老调重弹
lǎo diào chóng tán
  1. 1 to play the same old tune (idiom); unoriginal
旧调重弹
jiù diào chóng tán
  1. 1 replaying the same old tunes (idiom); conservative, unoriginal and discredited
  2. 2 to keep harping on about the same old stuff
良药苦口
liáng yào kǔ kǒu
  1. 1 good medicine tastes bitter (idiom); fig. frank criticism is hard to swallow
荷枪实弹
hè qiāng shí dàn
  1. 1 (idiom) armed
  2. 2 carrying a loaded firearm
药到病除
yào dào bìng chú
  1. 1 lit. the disease is cured the moment the medicine is taken (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of a medical treatment) to give instant results
  3. 3 (of a solution or method) highly effective
药食同源
yào shí tóng yuán
  1. 1 lit. food and medicine come from the same source (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. there is no clear-cut distinction between food and medicine
灵丹妙药
líng dān miào yào
  1. 1 effective cure, miracle medicine (idiom); fig. wonder-cure for all problems
  2. 2 panacea
  3. 3 elixir

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