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[wu3deng3 jue2wei4] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary / subordinate / (prefix) sub- syn 鸡蛋 雞蛋 jī dàn (chicken) egg / hen's egg / CL:個|个[ge4],打[da2] syn 坏蛋 壞蛋 huài dàn bad egg / scoundrel / bastard syn 木乃伊 mù nǎi yī mummy (preserved corpse) (loanword) syn 蛋白 dàn bái egg white / protein / albumen syn 蛋卷 dàn juǎn egg roll 蛋黄 蛋黃 dàn huáng egg yolk syn 春卷 春捲 chūn juǎn egg roll / spring roll 老本 lǎo běn capital / assets / savings / nest egg / (fig.) reputation / laurels (to rest upon) / old edition of a book / (tree) trunk syn 蜜饯 蜜餞 mì jiàn food preserved in sugar or honey syn 荷包蛋 hé bāo dàn poached egg / egg fried on both sides 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 syn 酸梅 suān méi preserved plum / (esp.) smoked plum / dark plum syn 打散 dǎ sàn to scatter / to break sth up / to beat (an egg) syn 蛋清 dàn qīng (coll.) egg white syn 摇旗呐喊 搖旗吶喊 yáo qí nà hǎn to wave flags and shout battle cries (idiom) / to egg sb on / to give support to syn 话梅 話梅 huà méi plum candy / preserved plum 咸鸭蛋 鹹鴨蛋 xián yā dàn salted duck egg 臭豆腐 chòu dòu fu stinky tofu / strong-smelling preserved beancurd / fig. rough exterior but lovable person 彩蛋 cǎi dàn painted eggshell / Easter egg / (media) Easter egg (hidden feature in software or a movie etc) / post-credits scene 卵磷脂 luǎn lín zhī lecithin (phospholipid found in egg yolk) 煎蛋 jiān dàn fried egg 卵形 luǎn xíng oval / egg-shaped (leaves in botany) 鸡蛋清 雞蛋清 jī dàn qīng egg white 蛋挞 蛋撻 dàn tà egg tart (colloquial pr. [dan4ta3]) 茶叶蛋 茶葉蛋 chá yè dàn tea egg (egg boiled with flavorings which may include black tea) 蛋塔 dàn tǎ egg tart 种蛋 種蛋 zhǒng dàn breeding egg 煮蛋 zhǔ dàn boiled egg 蛋品 dàn pǐn egg products / egg-based products 蛋 dàn egg / CL:個|个[ge4],打[da2] / oval-shaped thing syn 壳 殼 ké (coll.) shell (of an egg, nut, crab etc) / case / casing / housing (of a machine or device) syn 卵 luǎn egg / ovum / spawn / (coll.) testicles / (old) penis / (expletive) fucking syn 脯 fǔ dried meat / preserved fruit syn 冬菜 dōng cài preserved dried cabbage or mustard greens 打蛋器 dǎ dàn qì egg beater 卵黄 卵黃 luǎn huáng egg yolk syn 坏分子 壞份子 huài fèn zǐ bad element / bad egg / troublemaker syn 水煮蛋 shuǐ zhǔ dàn boiled egg / soft-boiled egg 埙 塤 xūn ocarina / wind instrument consisting of an egg-shaped chamber with holes 金沙 jīn shā gold dust / salted egg yolk sauce 以卵击石 以卵擊石 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 擂鼓鳴金 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 擊鼓鳴金 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 覆巢無完卵 fù cháo wú wán luǎn lit. when the nest overturns no egg remains intact / no member escapes unscathed from a family disaster (idiom) 蛋炒饭节 蛋炒飯節 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.) 太阳蛋 太陽蛋 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 流沙包 liú shā bāo salted egg custard bun / lava bun (steamed bun with a sweet runny egg custard filling, a popular dim sum) 温泉蛋 溫泉蛋 wēn quán dàn onsen tamago / hot spring egg (soft-boiled egg cooked slowly in hot spring water) 温玉 溫玉 wēn yù onsen tamago / hot spring egg (soft-boiled egg cooked slowly in hot spring water) (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 温玉 "ontama", which is an abbr. for 温泉玉子 "onsen tamago") 鮓 zhǎ preserved fish 杂拌 雜拌 zá bàn assortment of preserved fruits / (fig.) hodgepodge 柴鱼片 柴魚片 chái yú piàn katsuobushi or dried bonito flakes (paper-thin shavings of preserved skipjack tuna) 声类 聲類 shēng lèi Shenglei, the earliest Chinese rime dictionary with 11,520 single-character entries, released in 3rd century (was not preserved to this day) 慕田峪 mù tián yù Mutianyu, well-preserved section of the Great Wall 70km from Beijing 蛋花汤 蛋花湯 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) 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 滾彩蛋 gǔn cǎi dàn egg rolling (rolling of decorated, hard-boiled eggs down hillsides by children at Easter) 煮蛋计时器 煮蛋計時器 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 窃蛋龙 竊蛋龍 qiè dàn lóng oviraptorosaurus (egg-stealing dinosaur) 卧果儿 臥果兒 wò guǒ r a poached egg 蛋黄素 蛋黃素 dàn huáng sù lecithin (phospholipid found in egg yolk) 西红柿炒蛋 西紅柿炒蛋 xī hóng shì chǎo dàn scrambled egg with fresh tomatoes (south China) / same as 番茄炒蛋 西红柿炒鸡蛋 西紅柿炒雞蛋 xī hóng shì chǎo jī dàn scrambled chicken egg with fresh tomato (well known Mandarin dish) 贕 dú still-born chick (in unhatched egg) / variant of 殰|㱩[du2] 鸡蛋果 雞蛋果 jī dàn guǒ passion or egg fruit (Passiflora edulis) 鸡蛋炒饭 雞蛋炒飯 jī dàn chǎo fàn egg fried rice 鸡蛋里挑骨头 雞蛋裡挑骨頭 jī dàn li tiāo gǔ tou to look for bones in an egg / to find fault / to nitpick (idiom) 鸟卵 鳥卵 niǎo luǎn bird's egg 跳蛋 tiào dàn love egg (sex toy) 蛋饼 蛋餅 dàn bǐng egg pancake (thin pancake rolled up with omelet inside, popular in Taiwan as a breakfast dish) 覆巢之下无完卵 覆巢之下無完卵 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 意麵 yì miàn pasta (abbr. for 意大利麵|意大利面[yi4da4li4mian4]) / (Tw) yi mein, a variety of Cantonese egg noodle 笨鸡蛋 笨雞蛋 bèn jī dàn free-range egg 虮子 蟣子 jǐ zi louse egg / nit 鸡子儿 雞子兒 jī zǐ r (coll.) hen's egg 鸭子儿 鴨子兒 yā zǐ r (coll.) duck's egg syn 苍蝇不叮无缝蛋 蒼蠅不叮無縫蛋 cāng ying bù dīng wú fèng dàn lit. flies do not attack an intact egg (idiom) / fig. no smoke without a fire 伊面 伊麵 yī miàn yi mein (or yee mee or yee-fu noodles etc), a variety of Cantonese egg noodle 毛鸭蛋 毛鴨蛋 máo yā dàn balut (boiled duck egg with a partly-developed embryo, which is eaten from the shell) 葡挞 葡撻 pú tà Portuguese-style egg tart (pastel de nata) 鸭仔蛋 鴨仔蛋 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 雞蛋碰石頭 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 滷蛋 lǔ dàn peeled boiled egg, stewed in soy sauce and other flavorings 铁蛋 鐵蛋 tiě dàn iron egg, a Taiwanese snack made by stewing eggs in soy sauce and air-drying them each day for a week 溏心 táng xīn soft yolk (of a cooked egg) 打脸 打臉 dǎ liǎn to put on theatrical makeup / (neologism c. 2014) to debunk sb's claim / to put egg on sb's face 全熟蛋 quán shú dàn hard-boiled egg 半熟蛋 bàn shú dàn soft-boiled egg 打入 dǎ rù to penetrate / to break into (a market, social group etc) / to infiltrate (enemy ranks etc) / to banish to / to relegate to / to insert / to inject / to crack (an egg) into (a bowl etc) 红蛋 紅蛋 hóng dàn red-dyed egg, traditionally given to friends and relatives one month after the birth of one's child 