吃鸭蛋

吃鴨蛋

chīyādàn

idiom

Meanings

1 to get a zero (on a test or in a contest)
2 to score a goose egg
3 to come away with nothing

Characters

Examples

这次数学考试他又吃鸭蛋了。

Zhè cì shùxué kǎoshì tā yòu chīyādàn le.

He got another zero on the math test.

我们队全场吃鸭蛋，一球未进。

Wǒmen duì quán chǎng chīyādàn, yī qiú wèi jìn.

Our team got shut out — didn't score a single goal.

别让孩子吃鸭蛋，辅导一下吧。

Bié ràng háizi chīyādàn, fǔdǎo yíxià ba.

Don't let the kid flunk — give him some tutoring.

Tips

memory

A duck egg is round and white — shaped like a zero. English has the matching "goose egg" for the same reason.

Stroke Order

吃 chī

鸭 yā

蛋 dàn