弹丸

彈丸
dànwán
pellet

CEDICT

  1. (literary, figurative, attributive) small; tiny (of a place or area)
  2. (literary, figuratively) tiny place
  3. pellet; shot; bullet
  4. small; tiny (of a place or area)
  5. tiny place

Wiktionary

  1. 弹弓发射所用的实心球体。也作「弹珠」。
  2. 比喻地方狭小。

重編國語辭典

Homographs

弹丸 tánwán

Entry Composition

1 弹 dàn
  1. crossball
  2. bullet
  3. shot
  4. shell
  5. ball
2 丸 wán
  1. ball
  2. pellet
  3. pill

Containing this entry

弹丸之地 dànwánzhīdì (idiom) tiny speck of land; small area
弹丸礁 Dànwánjiāo

Related entries

丸 wán
  1. ball
  2. pellet
  3. pill
丹 dān
  1. red
  2. pellet
  3. powder
  4. cinnabar
丹买了台新电脑。

Dan bought a new computer.

Source: Tatoeba

核球 héqiú
  1. core
  2. pellet
  3. central bulge
  4. caryosphere (biology)