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 蚕丝 蠶絲 cán sī natural silk (secreted by silkworm) syn 禽蛋 qín dàn bird eggs 桑蚕 桑蠶 sāng cán silkworm syn 蚕茧 蠶繭 cán jiǎn silkworm cocoon syn 炒蛋 chǎo dàn scrambled eggs 炒鸡蛋 炒雞蛋 chǎo jī dàn scrambled eggs 蚕宝宝 蠶寶寶 cán bǎo bǎo silkworm syn 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 蚕蛹 蠶蛹 cán yǒng silkworm chrysalis / silkworm pupa 吐 tǔ to spit / to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc) / to say / to pour out (one's grievances) syn 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 蠶 cán silkworm syn 箔 bó plaited matting (of rushes, bamboo etc) / silkworm basket / metal foil / foil paper syn 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 家蚕 家蠶 jiā cán the common silkworm (Bombyx mori) syn 蚕蛾 蠶蛾 cán é Chinese silkworm moth (Bombyx mori) 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 蟓 xiàng silkworm 事危累卵 shì wēi lěi luǎn lit. the matter has become a pile of eggs (idiom) / fig. at a critical juncture 蚕纸 蠶紙 cán zhǐ paper on which silkworm lays its eggs 白僵蚕 白殭蠶 bái jiāng cán the larva of silkworm with batrytis 柘树 柘樹 zhè shù silkworm thorn tree 蚕沙 蠶沙 cán shā silkworm guano (excrement) 蚕眠 蠶眠 cán mián a silkworm's period of inactivity prior to molting 蚕眠字 蠶眠字 cán mián zì handwriting that resembles a hibernating silkworm 蚕茧纸 蠶繭紙 cán jiǎn zhǐ paper made from silkworm cocoons 蚕蚁 蠶蟻 cán yǐ newly hatched silkworm syn 蚕食鲸吞 蠶食鯨吞 cán shí jīng tūn lit. to nibble like a silkworm or swallow like a whale (idiom) / fig. to seize (territory etc) incrementally or wholesale syn 蚕食鲸吞 蠶食鯨吞 cán shí - jīng tūn lit. to nibble like a silkworm or swallow like a whale (idiom) / fig. to seize (territory etc) incrementally or wholesale syn 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 摊鸡蛋 攤雞蛋 tān jī dàn scrambled eggs 木犀肉 mù xi ròu pork and scrambled eggs 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) 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) 摊黄菜 攤黃菜 tān huáng cài (dialect) scrambled eggs 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 