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彈 (daan6) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

彈 (daan6, dàn) — (verb) 1. spring; 2. bounce;; to complain; (of musical instrument) 1. play; 3. jump out; (adjective) bouncy; to catapult; to flick; to bounce; elasticity; to give; to rise up quickly through an organisation

Classifier

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Usage

Level

beyond HSK

Related words

• 彈丸之地 (daan2 jyun2 zi1 dei6) — small and narrow places
• 彈到樹葉都落 (taan4 dou3 syu6 jip6 dou1 lok6) — to criticize too much, to be overly judgemental
• 彈弓 (daan6 gung1) — spring (bed mattress); tricks (Cantonese)
• 彈性 (daan6 sing3) — flexible
• 彈票 (daan6 piu3) — dishonour a cheque; a bounced cheque
• 彈結他 (daan2 git3 taa1) — play guitar

Chengyu with this character

• 對牛彈琴 — To offer refined or technical talk to listeners who cannot follow it. The fault may sit with the speaker's choice of audience, not the listeners — match the message to the hearer.

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