元 yuán currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan) / (bound form) first / original / primary / (bound form) basic / fundamental / (bound form) constituent / part / (prefix) meta- / (math.) argument / variable / era (of a reign) / (Tw) (geology) eon syn 走向 zǒu xiàng direction / strike (i.e. angle of inclination in geology) / inclination / trend / to move towards / to head for 台阶 臺階 tái jiē steps / flight of steps / step (over obstacle) / fig. way out of an embarrassing situation / bench (geology) syn 层面 層面 céng miàn aspect / facet / level (political, psychological, spiritual etc) / (geology) bedding plane syn 岩浆 岩漿 yán jiāng (geology) magma 构造 構造 gòu zào structure / composition / tectonic (geology) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 熔岩 róng yán (geology) lava 断层 斷層 duàn céng fault (geology) (CL:道[dao4]) / (fig.) gap / rupture (in the transmission of some skill) / (tomography) cross-sectional 折叠 折疊 zhé dié to fold / collapsible / folding (bicycle, antenna, bed etc) syn 变质 變質 biàn zhì to degenerate / to deteriorate / (of food) to go bad / to go off / (geology) metamorphism syn 地质 地質 dì zhì geology 板块 板塊 bǎn kuài slab / (geology) tectonic plate / (fig.) sector (of the stock market or of industry) / (economic) bloc 地核 dì hé core of the earth (geology) syn 内核 內核 nèi hé core (of a fruit) / (fig.) the essence (of a concept or doctrine etc) / (geology) inner core / (computing) kernel syn 沉积 沉積 chén jī sediment / deposit / sedimentation (geology) syn 剪切 jiǎn qiē to cut (with scissors or similar tool) / to shear / (geology) shear / (computing) to cut (as in "cut-and-paste") syn 地质学 地質學 dì zhì xué geology 地层 地層 dì céng stratum (geology) 对折 對摺 duì zhé to sell at a 50% discount / to fold in two syn 合拢 合攏 hé lǒng to close (flower, eyes, suitcase etc) / to bring together / (insect or bird when not flying) to fold (its wings) syn 褶子 zhě zi pleat / fold / crease / wrinkle syn 风口 風口 fēng kǒu air vent / drafty place / wind gap (geology) / tuyere (furnace air nozzle) / (fig.) hot trend / fad 皱褶 皺褶 zhòu zhě creased / wrinkled / fold / crease syn 收拢 收攏 shōu lǒng to draw to oneself / to gather up / to collect / to fold up (an umbrella, wings etc) / to assemble (a party of persons) / to rope in (some people) syn 玄武岩 xuán wǔ yán (geology) basalt 地块 地塊 dì kuài parcel of land / (geology) massif 软泥 軟泥 ruǎn ní soft mud / silt / sludge / ooze (geology) 地貌 dì mào (geology) landform / geomorphology syn 层状 層狀 céng zhuàng stratified / bedded (geology) 溶洞 róng dòng (geology) solutional cave (typically, a limestone cave) 孔隙 kǒng xì pore (geology) syn 喀斯特 kā sī tè (geology) karst (loanword) 折纸 摺紙 zhé zhǐ to fold paper (to make origami articles) / origami 岩溶 yán róng (geology) karst 抄手 chāo shǒu to fold one's arms / copyist / (dialect) wonton syn 剥蚀 剝蝕 bō shí to corrode / to expose by corrosion (geology) 重晶石 zhòng jīng shí barite (geology) 折痕 zhé hén crease / fold 向斜 xiàng xié syncline (geology) 圈 juàn livestock enclosure / pen / fold / sty syn 倍 bèi (two, three etc) -fold / times (multiplier) / double / to increase or multiply syn 牢 láo firm / sturdy / fold (for animals) / sacrifice / prison syn 抄 chāo to make a copy / to plagiarize / to search and seize / to raid / to grab / to go off with / to take a shortcut / to make a turning move / to fold one's arms syn 叠 疊 dié to fold / to fold over in layers / to furl / to layer / to pile up / to repeat / to duplicate syn 折 摺 zhé variant of 折[zhe2] / to fold syn 摺 zhé document folded in accordion form / to fold 地幔 dì màn (geology) (the earth's) mantle 宙 zhòu eternity / (geology) eon 火成岩 huǒ chéng yán igneous rock (geology) / volcanic rock 沉积岩 沉積岩 chén jī yán sedimentary rock (geology) 裥 襇 jiǎn (dialect) fold or pleat (in clothing) 矿体 礦體 kuàng tǐ ore body (geology) syn 折皱 摺皺 zhé zhòu fold / crease / wrinkle 硅化木 guī huà mù petrified wood (geology) 砾岩 礫岩 lì yán conglomerate (geology) 文石 wén shí aragonite (geology) 岩石圈 yán shí quān lithosphere (in geology, the rigid crust of the earth) 地层学 地層學 dì céng xué stratigraphy (geology) 白云岩 白雲岩 bái yún yán dolomite (geology) 背斜 bèi xié anticline (geology) 裂谷 liè gǔ (geology) rift valley 辉长岩 輝長岩 huī cháng yán gabbro (geology) 斑岩 bān yán porphyry (geology) 水圈 shuǐ quān the earth's ocean / the hydrosphere (geology) 断裂带 斷裂帶 duàn liè dài fault zone (geology) 变质岩 變質岩 biàn zhì yán metamorphic rock (geology) 蛇纹石 蛇紋石 shé wén shí serpentine (geology) 蓰 xǐ (grass) / increase five fold 曡 dié variant of 疊|叠[die2], to fold / to fold over in layers / to furl / to layer / to pile up / to repeat / to duplicate 疉 dié variant of 疊|叠[die2], to fold / to fold over in layers / to furl / to layer / to pile up / to repeat / to duplicate 褶皱山系 褶皺山系 zhě zhòu shān xì fold mountain system (geology) 褶皱山脉 褶皺山脈 zhě zhòu shān mài fold mountain range (geology) 环境地质学 環境地質學 environmental geology / geo-ecology / eco-geology / geotechnics 生态地质学 生態地質學 environmental geology / geo-ecology / eco-geology / geotechnics 八正道 bā zhèng dao the Eight-fold Noble Way (Buddhism) 四谛 四諦 sì dì the Four Noble Truths (Budd.), covered by the acronym 苦集滅道|苦集灭道[ku3 ji2 mie4 dao4]: all life is suffering 苦[ku3], the cause of suffering is desire 集[ji2], emancipation comes only by eliminating passions 滅|灭[mie4], the way 道[dao4] to emancipation is the Eight-fold Noble Way 八正道[ba1 zheng4 dao4] 横摺 橫摺 héng zhé horizontal fold or tuck 皱折 皺折 zhòu zhé crease / fold / ripple / lap 苦集灭道 苦集滅道 kǔ jí miè dào the Four Noble Truths (Budd.), namely: all life is suffering 苦[ku3], the cause of suffering is desire 集[ji2], emancipation comes only by eliminating passions 滅|灭[mie4], the way 道[dao4] to emancipation is the Eight-fold Noble Way 八正道[ba1 zheng4 dao4] / also called 四諦|四谛[si4 di4] 苏格兰折耳猫 蘇格蘭摺耳貓 sū gé lán zhé ěr māo Scottish Fold 重眼皮 chóng yǎn pí double eyelid / epicanthal fold of upper eyelid (characteristic of Asian people) 重眼皮儿 重眼皮兒 chóng yǎn pí r double eyelid / epicanthal fold of upper eyelid (characteristic of Asian people) n次叠加 ncì dié jiā n-fold stack 多次覆盖程度 多次覆蓋程度 duō cì fù gài chéng duó fold of coverage 叠纸 疊紙 dié zhǐ to fold paper / origami 折角 zhé jiǎo to fold the corner of a page / to dog-ear 臀沟 臀溝 tún gòu gluteal fold 盖牌 蓋牌 gài pái to fold (poker) 法令纹 法令紋 fǎ lìng wén nasolabial fold / smile lines / laugh lines 鼻唇沟 鼻唇溝 bí chún gōu nasolabial fold / smile lines / laugh lines 八正道 bā zhèng dào the Eight-fold Noble Way (Buddhism) 臀沟 臀溝 tún gōu gluteal fold 变质作用 變質作用 biàn zhì zuò yòng metamorphism (geology) 捕虏岩 捕虜岩 bǔ lǔ yán xenolith (geology) 沉积作用 沉積作用 chén jī zuò yòng sedimentation (geology) 橄榄岩 橄欖岩 gǎn lǎn yán peridotite (geology) 辉绿岩 輝綠岩 huī lǜ yán diabase (geology) / dolerite 全新纪 全新紀 quán xīn jì (geology) the Holocene Epoch 全新世 quán xīn shì (geology) the Holocene Epoch 