"Egg" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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鸡蛋 jī dàn (chicken) egg / hen's egg / CL:個|个[ge4],打[da2]
子 zǐ son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat / Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° / (north) / subsidiary / subordinate / sub-
蛋 dàn egg / CL:個|个[ge4],打[da2] / oval-shaped thing
卵 luǎn egg / ovum / spawn / (coll.) testicles / (old) penis / (expletive) fucking
蛋白 dàn bái egg white / protein / albumen
坏蛋 huài dàn bad egg / scoundrel / bastard
蛋黄 dàn huáng egg yolk
皮蛋 pí dàn century egg / preserved egg
彩蛋 cǎi dàn painted eggshell / Easter egg / (media) Easter egg (hidden feature in software or a movie etc) / post-credits scene
蛋清 dàn qīng (coll.) egg white
卵磷脂 luǎn lín zhī lecithin (phospholipid found in egg yolk)
弄巧成拙 nòng qiǎo chéng zhuō to overreach oneself / to try to be clever and end up with egg on one's face
荷包蛋 hé bāo dàn poached egg / egg fried on both sides
煎蛋 jiān dàn fried egg
摇旗呐喊 yáo qí nà hǎn to wave flags and shout battle cries (idiom) / to egg sb on / to give support to
蛋卷 dàn juǎn egg roll
老本 lǎo běn capital / assets / savings / nest egg / (fig.) reputation / laurels (to rest upon) / old edition of a book / (tree) trunk
鸡蛋清 jī dàn qīng egg white
春卷 chūn juǎn egg roll / spring roll
茶叶蛋 chá yè dàn tea egg (egg boiled with flavorings which may include black tea)
种蛋 zhǒng dàn breeding egg
松花蛋 sōng huā dàn century egg / preserved egg
咸鸭蛋 xián yā dàn salted duck egg
煮蛋 zhǔ dàn boiled egg
蛋品 dàn pǐn egg products / egg-based products
打蛋器 dǎ dàn qì egg beater
卵黄 luǎn huáng egg yolk
坏分子 huài fèn zǐ bad element / bad egg
水煮蛋 shuǐ zhǔ dàn boiled egg / soft-boiled egg
螵蛸 piāo xiāo egg case of a praying mantis (used in TCM) / cuttlebone
以卵击石 yǐ luǎn jī shí lit. to strike a stone with egg (idiom) / to attempt the impossible / to invite disaster by overreaching oneself
擂鼓鸣金 léi gǔ míng jīn to beat the drum and sound the gong (idiom) / fig. to order an advance or retreat / to egg people on or to call them back
击鼓鸣金 jī gǔ míng jīn to beat the drum and sound the gong (idiom) / fig. to order an advance or retreat / to egg people on or to call them back
覆巢无完卵 fù cháo wú wán luǎn lit. when the nest overturns no egg remains intact / no member escapes unscathed from a family disaster (idiom)
蛋花汤 dàn huā tāng clear soup containing beaten egg and green leafy vegetable / eggdrop soup
毈 duàn infertile egg
殈 xù damage egg so it does not hatch
卵模 luǎn mó ootype (site of egg composition in flatworm biology)
卵母细胞 luǎn mǔ xì bāo egg cell
忘八旦 wàng bā dàn turtle's egg (highly offensive when directed at sb)
忘八蛋 wàng bā dàn turtle's egg (highly offensive when directed at sb)
滚彩蛋 gǔn cǎi dàn egg rolling (rolling of decorated, hard-boiled eggs down hillsides by children at Easter)
煮蛋计时器 zhǔ dàn jì shí qì egg timer
番茄炒蛋 fān qié chǎo dàn scrambled egg with fresh tomatoes (north China) / same as 西紅柿炒蛋|西红柿炒蛋
卧果儿 wò guǒ r a poached egg
蛋黄素 dàn huáng sù lecithin (phospholipid found in egg yolk)
西红柿炒蛋 xī hóng shì chǎo dàn scrambled egg with fresh tomatoes (south China) / same as 番茄炒蛋
西红柿炒鸡蛋 xī hóng shì chǎo jī dàn scrambled chicken egg with fresh tomato (well known Mandarin dish)
鸡蛋果 jī dàn guǒ passion or egg fruit (Passiflora edulis)
鸡蛋炒饭 jī dàn chǎo fàn egg fried rice
鸡蛋里挑骨头 jī dàn li tiāo gǔ tou to look for bones in an egg / to find fault / to nitpick (idiom)
鸟卵 niǎo luǎn bird's egg
跳蛋 tiào dàn love egg (sex toy)
覆巢之下无完卵 fù cháo zhī xià wú wán luǎn lit. when the nest is upset no egg is left intact (idiom) / fig. when one falls in disgrace the whole family is doomed
意面 Yì miàn pasta (abbr. for 意大利麵|意大利面[Yi4 da4 li4 mian4]) / (Tw) yi mein, a variety of Cantonese egg noodle
笨鸡蛋 bèn jī dàn free-range egg
虮子 jǐ zi louse egg / nit
鸡子儿 jī zǐ r (coll.) hen's egg
鸭子儿 yā zǐ r (coll.) duck's egg
苍蝇不叮无缝蛋 cāng ying bù dīng wú fèng dàn lit. flies do not attack an intact egg (idiom) / fig. no smoke without a fire
伊面 yī miàn yi mein (or yee mee or yee-fu noodles etc), a variety of Cantonese egg noodle
毛鸭蛋 máo yā dàn balut (boiled duck egg with a partly-developed embryo, which is eaten from the shell)
鸭仔蛋 yā zǐ dàn balut (boiled duck egg with a partly-developed embryo, which is eaten from the shell)
震蛋 zhèn dàn love egg (sex toy)
鸡蛋碰石头 jī dàn pèng shí tou lit. an egg colliding with a rock (idiom) / fig. to attack sb stronger than oneself / to overrate one's abilities
卤蛋 lǔ dàn peeled boiled egg, stewed in soy sauce and other flavorings
蛋炒饭节 Dàn chǎo fàn jié Fried Rice with Egg Festival, informally observed annually on November 25 as the anniversary of the death in 1950 of Mao Zedong's son Mao Anying, by people who are grateful that Mao's grip on China did not extend to a second generation (The younger Mao died in an American air raid in Korea, and, according to a popular account, his death was the result of cooking fried rice with egg, which produced smoke detected by US forces.)
铁蛋 tiě dàn iron egg, a Taiwanese snack made by stewing eggs in soy sauce and air-drying them each day for a week
太阳蛋 tài yang dàn fried egg / sunny-side-up egg
立蛋 lì dàn egg balancing (activity popular in China at Lichun 立春[Li4 chun1] etc) / to stand an egg on its broad end
打脸 dǎ liǎn to put on theatrical makeup / (neologism c. 2014) to debunk sb's claim / to put egg on sb's face
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