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) 板鸭 板鴨 bǎn yā pressed (dried) salted duck 金沙 jīn shā gold dust / salted egg yolk sauce 鸭子儿 鴨子兒 yā zǐ r (coll.) duck's egg syn 毛鸭蛋 毛鴨蛋 máo yā dàn balut (boiled duck egg with a partly-developed embryo, which is eaten from the shell) 鸭仔蛋 鴨仔蛋 yā zǐ dàn balut (boiled duck egg with a partly-developed embryo, which is eaten from the shell) 鸡蛋 雞蛋 jī dàn (chicken) egg / hen's egg / CL:個|个[ge4],打[da2] syn 皮蛋 pí dàn century egg / preserved egg syn 彩蛋 cǎi dàn painted eggshell / Easter egg / (media) Easter egg (hidden feature in software or a movie etc) / post-credits scene 荷包蛋 hé bāo dàn poached egg / egg fried on both sides 茶叶蛋 茶葉蛋 chá yè dàn tea egg (egg boiled with flavorings which may include black tea) 松花蛋 sōng huā dàn century egg / preserved egg syn 蛋品 dàn pǐn egg products / egg-based products 水煮蛋 shuǐ zhǔ dàn boiled egg / soft-boiled egg 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 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") 咸鱼 鹹魚 xián yú salted fish syn 咸菜 鹹菜 xián cài salted vegetables / pickles 腌渍 醃漬 yān zì to pickle / cured / salted 咸 鹹 xián salted / salty / stingy / miserly syn 菹 zū marshland / swamp / salted or pickled vegetables / to mince / to shred / to mince human flesh and bones / Taiwan pr. [ju1] 豉 chǐ salted fermented beans 鲊 鮓 zhǎ salted fish / dish made with ground vegetables, flour and other condiments 虀 jī fragment / salted vegetables / spices 班纪德 班紀德 bān jì dé pancetta (Italian belly) / salted spiced dried pork belly 黄酱 黃醬 huáng jiàng yellow soybean paste (fermented and salted) 乌鱼子 烏魚子 wū yú zǐ mullet roe (salted and dried) / bottarga 咸鱼翻身 鹹魚翻身 xián yú fān shēn lit. the salted fish turns over (idiom) / fig. to experience a reversal of fortune 鸳鸯 鴛鴦 yuān yāng (bird species of China) mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) / (fig.) affectionate couple / happily married couple syn 鸭子 鴨子 yā zi duck / male prostitute (slang) syn 烤鸭 烤鴨 kǎo yā roast duck 野鸭 野鴨 yě yā wild duck / mallard (Anas platyrhyncha) syn 北京烤鸭 北京烤鴨 běi jīng kǎo yā Peking Duck 垫板 diàn pàn duck-board 鸭掌 鴨掌 yā zhǎng duck feet (claws) 填鸭 tián yā to force-feed ducks / (cooking) stuffed duck 毛血旺 máo xuè wàng duck's blood and beef tripe in spicy soup 野鸳鸯 野鴛鴦 yě yuān yāng wild mandarin duck / (derog.) illicit lovers / unorthodox couple 闪 閃 shǎn to dodge / to duck out of the way / to beat it / shaken (by a fall) / to sprain / to pull a muscle / lightning / spark / a flash / to flash (across one's mind) / to leave behind / (Internet slang) (of a display of affection) "dazzlingly" saccharine syn 鸭 鴨 yā duck (CL:隻|只[zhi1]) / (slang) male prostitute syn 鸳 鴛 yuān mandarin duck 鹜 鶩 wù duck syn 鸂 xī a kind of water bird resembling a duck 鶩 wù tame duck 鴢 yòu (duck) 赶鸭子上架 趕鴨子上架 gǎn yā zi shàng jià lit. to drive a duck onto a perch (idiom) / fig. to push sb to do sth way beyond their ability 刻鹄类鹜 刻鵠類鶩 kè hú lèi wù to aim to carve a swan and get a semblance of a duck (idiom) / to fail utterly in trying to copy something / to get a reasonably good, if not perfect, result 鴄 pī wild duck 鸂鶒 xī chì a kind of water bird resembling a mandarin duck 唐老鸭 唐老鴨 táng lǎo yā Donald Duck 家鸭 家鴨 jiā yā domestic duck syn 家鸭绿头鸭 家鴨綠頭鴨 jiā yā lǜ tóu yā mallard / duck (Anas platyrhyncha) 棘鼻青岛龙 棘鼻青島龍 jí bí qīng dǎo lóng Tsintaosaurus spinorhinus, a 10 meter long hadrosaur with a single horn on its duck-billed snout 鸡同鸭讲 雞同鴨講 jī tóng yā jiǎng lit. chicken speaking with duck / fig. talking without communicating / people not understanding each other 鸭嘴龙 鴨嘴龍 yā zuǐ lóng hadrosaur (duck-billed dinosaur) 鸭子汤 鴨子湯 yā zi tāng Duck soup 鹥 鷖 yī wigeon (Anas penelope, a Eurasian duck) / seagull (arch.) 凤头潜鸭 鳳頭潛鴨 fèng tóu qián yā (bird species of China) tufted duck (Aythya fuligula) 白头硬尾鸭 白頭硬尾鴨 bái tóu yìng wěi yā (bird species of China) white-headed duck (Oxyura leucocephala) 斑嘴鸭 斑嘴鴨 bān zuǐ yā (bird species of China) eastern spot-billed duck (Anas zonorhyncha) 栗树鸭 栗樹鴨 lì shù yā (bird species of China) lesser whistling duck (Dendrocygna javanica) 瘤鸭 瘤鴨 liú yā (bird species of China) knob-billed duck (Sarkidiornis melanotos) 莱桑鸭 萊桑鴨 lái sāng yā Laysan duck 白头树鸭 白頭樹鴨 white-faced whistling duck 双色树鸭 雙色樹鴨 fulvous whistling duck 待毙 待斃 dài bì to await death / to be a sitting duck 春江水暖鸭先知 春江水暖鴨先知 chūn jiāng shuǐ nuǎn yā xiān zhī lit. the duck is the first to know if the spring water is warm (idiom) / fig. an expert in the field knows which way the wind blows 㶉鶒 鸂鶒 xī chì a kind of waterbird resembling a mandarin duck 丑鸭 丑鴨 chǒu yā (bird species of China) harlequin duck (Histrionicus histrionicus) 印缅斑嘴鸭 印緬斑嘴鴨 yìn miǎn bān zuǐ yā (bird species of China) Indian spot-billed duck (Anas poecilorhyncha) 棕颈鸭 棕頸鴨 zōng jǐng yā (bird species of China) Philippine duck (Anas luzonica) 罗纹鸭 羅紋鴨 luó wén yā (bird species of China) falcated duck (Mareca falcata) 长尾鸭 長尾鴨 cháng wěi yā (bird species of China) long-tailed duck (Clangula hyemalis) 云石斑鸭 雲石斑鴨 yún shí bān yā (bird species of China) marbled teal / marbled duck (Marmaronetta angustirostris) 煮熟的鸭子飞了 煮熟的鴨子飛了 zhǔ shú de yā zi fēi le the cooked duck flew away (proverb) / (fig.) to let a sure thing slip through one's fingers 一学就会 一學就會 yī xué jiù huì to pick up (a skill) in a very short time / to take to sth like a duck to water 印缅斑嘴鸭 印緬斑嘴鴨 yìn - miǎn bān zuǐ yā (bird species of China) Indian spot-billed duck (Anas poecilorhyncha) 㶉𫛶 鸂鶒 xī chì a kind of waterbird resembling a mandarin duck 𬸚𬸦 鸑鷟 yuè zhuó (literary) mythical bird similar to a phoenix / (archaic) waterbird similar to a large duck 蛋白 dàn bái egg white / protein / albumen syn 坏蛋 壞蛋 huài dàn bad egg / scoundrel / bastard syn 蛋黄 蛋黃 dàn huáng egg yolk syn 打散 dǎ sàn to scatter / to break sth up / to beat (an egg) syn 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 蛋清 dàn qīng (coll.) egg white syn 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 syn 煎蛋 jiān dàn fried egg 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 卵形 luǎn xíng oval / egg-shaped (leaves in botany) 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 syn 鸡蛋清 雞蛋清 jī dàn qīng egg white 春卷 春捲 chūn juǎn egg roll / spring roll 蛋挞 蛋撻 dàn tà egg tart (colloquial pr. [dan4ta3]) 蛋塔 dàn tǎ egg tart 