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鸭蛋, photo 1 of 3
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Duck eggs
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Wilfredor
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Eier Sachsenenten blau-gelb Brala 08.05.2016 11-46-32 08.05.2016 11-46-32.2016 11-46-32
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Dirk Ingo Franke
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HK ALC 南區 Southern District 鴨脷洲邨 Ap Lei Chau Estate food shop duck egg sun laundry January 2021 SS2 02
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Ho Yin Shausm Jennisk
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鸭蛋

鴨蛋
yādàn
noun #30,766

Measure Word

一个鸭蛋 gè

Meanings

  1. 1 duck egg
  2. 2 a zero (score of 0)
  3. 3 goose egg (failing grade)

About the ingredient

蛋 Eggs

A duck's egg, with a richer yolk than a hen's egg and a flavour of its own. Many are salted (咸鸭蛋) or made into century eggs (皮蛋).

Contains egg

Examples

HSK 2
这次考试他吃了个鸭蛋。
Zhè cì kǎoshì tā chī le ge yādàn.
He got a zero on this exam.
HSK 4
他爱吃咸鸭蛋。
Tā ài chī xiányādàn.
He loves salted duck eggs.

Tips

culture
鸭蛋 doubles as slang for 'a zero', because the digit 0 looks like an egg. 吃鸭蛋 ('to eat a duck egg') means to score zero on a test or fail to win a single point - exactly the English idiom 'goose egg'.

Stroke Order

鸭 yā
蛋 dàn