"scrambled eggs" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
炒蛋	chǎo dàn	scrambled eggs
炒鸡蛋炒雞蛋	chǎo jī dàn	scrambled eggs
摊鸡蛋攤雞蛋	tān jī dàn	scrambled eggs
摊黄菜攤黃菜	tān huáng cài	(dialect) scrambled eggs

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
产卵產卵	chǎn luǎn	to lay eggs	syn
下蛋	xià dàn	to lay eggs	syn
虾子蝦子	xiā zǐ	shrimp roe / shrimp eggs	syn
孵化器	fū huà qì	incubator (for eggs or startup businesses)
鱼子魚子	yú zǐ	fish eggs / roe / caviar
禽蛋	qín dàn	bird eggs
关东煮關東煮	guān dōng zhǔ	oden, Japanese dish made with boiled eggs, processed fish cakes, daikon radish, tofu etc in a kelp-based broth
杀鸡取卵殺雞取卵	shā jī qǔ luǎn	lit. to kill the chicken to get the eggs (idiom) / fig. to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs	syn
蚕种蠶種	cán zhǒng	silkworm eggs
枚	méi	classifier for small objects: coins, badges, rings, carved seals, chess pieces, eggs, fingerprints etc (more formal than 個\|个[ge4]) / classifier for bombs, missiles, satellites etc / (on product packaging) classifier for flat items (from Japanese 枚 "mai") / (old) stick used as a gag to prevent soldiers from talking while sneaking up on the enemy	syn
蚕卵蠶卵	cán luǎn	silkworm eggs
鸡飞蛋打雞飛蛋打	jī fēi dàn dǎ	the chicken has flown the coop and the eggs are broken / a dead loss (idiom)	syn
螵蛸	piāo xiāo	ootheca, i.e. eggs in their capsule, of a praying mantis (used in TCM) / cuttlebone (abbr. for 海螵蛸 [hai3 piao1 xiao1])
危如累卵	wēi rú lěi luǎn	precarious as pile of eggs (idiom) / ready to fall and break at any moment / in a dangerous state	syn
竭泽而渔竭澤而漁	jié zé ér yú	lit. to drain the pond to get at the fish (idiom) / fig. to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs	syn
蟭	jiāo	eggs of mantis
事危累卵	shì wēi lěi luǎn	lit. the matter has become a pile of eggs (idiom) / fig. at a critical juncture
木犀肉	mù xi ròu	pork and scrambled eggs
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
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)
冰蛋	bīng dàn	frozen eggs
蚳	chí	ant eggs
全熟	quán shú	thoroughly cooked / (of steak) well done / (of eggs) hard-boiled
喜蛋	xǐ dàn	red-painted eggs, traditional celebratory gift on third day after birth of new baby
滚彩蛋滾彩蛋	gǔn cǎi dàn	egg rolling (rolling of decorated, hard-boiled eggs down hillsides by children at Easter)
煮硬	zhǔ yìng	to hard-boil (eggs)
蚕子蠶子	cán zǐ	silkworm eggs
蚕纸蠶紙	cán zhǐ	paper on which silkworm lays its eggs
钱树錢樹	qián shù	money tree / prostitute / hen that lays golden eggs
搅打攪打	jiǎo dǎ	to beat / to whisk / to whip (eggs, cream etc)
柴鸡柴雞	chái jī	a variety of free-range chicken, small with furless legs, laying smaller eggs
鸟不拉屎，鸡不生蛋鳥不拉屎，雞不生蛋	niǎo bù lā shǐ , jī bù shēng dàn	lit. (a place where) birds don't defecate and hens don't lay eggs (idiom) / fig. god-forsaken / remote and desolate
鸟不生蛋，狗不拉屎鳥不生蛋，狗不拉屎	niǎo bù shēng dàn , gǒu bù lā shǐ	lit. (a place where) birds don't lay eggs and dogs don't defecate (idiom) / fig. god-forsaken / remote and desolate
黑轮黑輪	hēi lún	oden, Japanese dish made with boiled eggs, processed fish cakes, daikon radish, tofu etc in a kelp-based broth
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
半熟	bàn shú	half-cooked / (of vegetables) parboiled / (of steak) medium / (of eggs) soft-boiled
嬎	fàn	(dialect) (of birds) to lay eggs / (archaic) to reproduce / to bear offspring
嬎蛋	fàn dàn	(dialect) (of birds) to lay eggs
捐卵	juān luǎn	to donate eggs (from one's ovaries)
蛋炒饭蛋炒飯	dàn chǎo fàn	egg fried rice (made by stir-frying cold cooked rice with eggs and vegetables)
冻卵凍卵	dòng luǎn	to freeze a woman's eggs for later fertilization / to cryopreserve oocytes

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"scrambled eggs" Chinese-English Dictionary

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