xuě zhōng sòng tàn 
		lit. to send charcoal in snowy weather (idiom)
fig. to provide help in sb's hour of need
		 
		
		
														
		
		
					
				
		
			Huǒ Tàn 
		Fo Tan (area in Hong Kong)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			jiāo tàn 
		coke (processed coal used in blast furnace)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			hēi tàn 
		coal
charcoal
(of skin) darkly pigmented
charcoal (color)
bituminous coal (mining)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Shí tàn jì 
		Carboniferous (geological period 354-292m years ago)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shí tàn xì 
		carboniferous system
coal measure (geology)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			mài tàn wēng 
		the old charcoal seller, poem by Tang poet Bai Juyi 白居易
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			tàn jū gǎn jūn 
		anthrax bacterium
Bacillus anthracis
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Shí tàn jǐng 
		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
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			gǔ tàn 
		bone black
animal charcoal
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			ní tàn xiǎn 
		matted sphagnum moss (Sphagnum palustre)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			cāng shēng tú tàn 
		the common people in a miserable state
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bīng tàn bù xiāng róng 
		as incompatible or irreconcilable as ice and hot coals
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			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
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			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
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			ài yè tàn 
		carbonized mugwort leaf (used in TCM)
Folium Artemisiae argyi carbonisatum
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			ài tàn 
		carbonized mugwort leaf (TCM)
Folium Artemisiae argyi carbonisatum
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shēng líng tú tàn 
		people are in a terrible situation (idiom)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shāo tàn 
		to manufacture charcoal
to burn charcoal (often a reference to suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			huǒ tàn 
		live coal
ember
burning coals
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			tú tàn 
		extreme distress
in utter misery
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			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
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Mài Tàn Wēng 
		The Old Charcoal Seller, poem by Tang poet Bai Juyi 白居易[Bai2 Ju1 yi4]