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炭tàn

wood charcoal / coal

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炭疽tàn jū

(medicine) anthrax / (horticulture) anthracnose / canker

泥炭ní tàn

peat

煤炭méi tàn

coal

木炭mù tàn

charcoal

活性炭huó xìng tàn

activated carbon

炭墼tàn jī

coal briquette

炭焙tàn bèi

charcoal-roasted

炭疽杆菌tàn jū gǎn jūn

anthrax bacterium (Bacillus anthracis)

炭疽热tàn jū rè

anthrax

炭疽病tàn jū bìng

(medicine) anthrax / (horticulture) anthracnose / canker

冰炭不相容bīng tàn bù xiāng róng

as incompatible or irreconcilable as ice and hot coals

冰炭不言,冷热自明bīng tàn bù yán , lěng rè zì míng

ice or coals, whether hot or cold goes without saying (idiom) / fig. sincerity is not expressed in words

涂炭tú tàn

extreme distress / in utter misery

泥炭藓ní tàn xiǎn

matted sphagnum moss (Sphagnum palustre)

火炭huǒ tàn

live coal / ember / burning coals

无烟炭wú yān tàn

smokeless coal

焦炭jiāo tàn

coke (processed coal used in blast furnace)

烧炭shāo tàn

to manufacture charcoal / to burn charcoal (often a reference to suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning)

生灵涂炭shēng líng tú tàn

people are in a terrible situation (idiom)

石炭shí tàn

coal (old)

石炭系shí tàn xì

carboniferous system / coal measure (geology)

石炭酸shí tàn suān

phenol C6H5OH / same as 苯酚

艾炭ài tàn

carbonized mugwort leaf (TCM) / Folium Artemisiae argyi carbonisatum

艾叶炭ài yè tàn

carbonized mugwort leaf (used in TCM) / Folium Artemisiae argyi carbonisatum

苍生涂炭cāng shēng tú tàn

see 生靈塗炭|生灵涂炭[shēng líng tú tàn]

雪中送炭xuě zhōng sòng tàn

lit. to send charcoal in snowy weather (idiom) / fig. to provide help in sb's hour of need

骨炭gǔ tàn

bone black / animal charcoal

黑炭hēi tàn

coal / charcoal / (of skin) darkly pigmented / charcoal (color) / bituminous coal (mining)

火炭Huǒ Tàn

Fo Tan (area in Hong Kong)

石炭井Shí tàn jǐng

Shitanjing subdistrict of Dawukou district 大武口區|大武口区[Dà wǔ kǒu qū] of Shizuishan city 石嘴山市[Shí zuǐ shān shì], Ningxia

石炭井区Shí tàn jǐng qū

Shitanjing subdistrict of Dawukou district 大武口區|大武口区[Dà wǔ kǒu qū] of Shizuishan city 石嘴山市[Shí zuǐ shān shì], Ningxia

石炭纪Shí tàn jì

Carboniferous (geological period 354-292m years ago)

卖炭翁Mài Tàn Wēng

The Old Charcoal Seller, poem by Tang poet Bai Juyi 白居易[Bái Jū yì]

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