| 炭疽杆菌 | [ tàn jū gǎn jūn ] anthrax bacterium, Bacillus anthracis |
| 炭疽热 | [ tàn jū rè ] anthrax |
| ⇒ 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) |
| ⇒ 无烟炭 | [ wú yān tàn ] smokeless coal |
| ⇒ 烧炭 | [ shaō 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) |
| ⇒ 石炭井区 | [ shí tàn jǐng qū ] Shitanjing subdistrict of Dawukou district 大武口區|大武口区[Da4 wu3 kou3 qu1] of Shizuishan city 石嘴山市[Shi2 zui3 shan1 shi4], Ningxia |
| ⇒ 石炭纪 | [ shí tàn jì ] Carboniferous (geological period 354-292m years ago) |
| ⇒ 艾叶炭 | [ aì yè tàn ] carbonized mugwort leaf (used in TCM), Folium Artemisiae argyi carbonisatum |
| ⇒ 苍生涂炭 | [ cāng shēng tú tàn ] the common people in a miserable state |
| ⇒ 卖炭翁 | [ maì tàn wēng ] The Old Charcoal Seller, poem by Tang poet Bai Juyi 白居易[Bai2 Ju1 yi4] |
