鸭蛋

鴨蛋

yādàn

noun #30,766

Measure Word

一个鸭蛋 gè

Meanings

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

Characters

Examples

他爱吃咸鸭蛋。

Tā ài chī xián yādàn.

He loves salted duck eggs.

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.

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