đạn

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Definition

1. Noun:
   • Bullet; Shell; Projectile: A small piece of metal, often with a pointed or rounded tip, designed to be fired from a weapon such as a gun or cannon to injure, kill, or destroy a target.
   • Cartridge; Round: A complete unit of ammunition consisting of a bullet, propellant (gunpowder), primer, and casing.
   • Marble: A small, hard ball of colored glass, used as a toy in children's games.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Viên đạn xuyên qua tấm gỗ. (The bullet pierced through the wooden board.)
  • Người lính nạp một viên đạn mới vào súng. (The soldier loaded a new cartridge into the gun.)
  • Bọn trẻ chơi bắn bi bằng những viên đạn thủy tinh. (The children play marbles with glass marbles.)

Advanced Usage

• "đạn dược": ammunition; munitions (a general term for bullets, shells, etc.).
  • Kho đạn dược được canh gác cẩn mật. (The ammunition depot is heavily guarded.)
• "trúng đạn": to be hit by a bullet; to be shot.
  • Anh ta đã trúng đạn vào chân. (He was shot in the leg.)

Variants and Related Words

• Đạn pháo (n): artillery shell; cannonball.
  • Tiếng đạn pháo nổ vang trời. (The sound of artillery shells exploded across the sky.)
• Đạn hoa cải (n): shrapnel; fragmentation shell.
  • Vết thương do đạn hoa cải gây ra rất phức tạp. (Wounds caused by shrapnel are very complex.)
• Bi đạn (n): marble; ball bearing (in a mechanical context).
  • Ổ bi bị mất một viên bi đạn. (The ball bearing lost one of its balls.)

Synonyms

• Bullet: A projectile for a firearm.
• Shell: A projectile fired from large-caliber weapons like artillery.
• Cartridge: A complete round of ammunition.
• Projectile: An object propelled through the air.
• Marble: A small glass ball used as a toy.

Related Idioms

• Ăn đạn: (Slang) To be shot; to take a bullet.
  • Tên cướp đã ăn đạn khi chống cự. (The robber was shot while resisting.)
• Đạn không nổ: A dud; a bullet/shell that fails to explode. Figuratively, a failed plan or a weak threat.
  • Lời đe dọa của hắn chỉ là đạn không nổ. (His threat was just a dud / all bark and no bite.)

Học thuật

noun

1. ball; cartridge; marble