崖刻 yá kè rock carving / cliff engraving / words carved into cliff face 赤壁 chì bì Chibi, county-level city in Xianning 咸寧市|咸宁市[Xian2 ning2 shi4], Hubei / Chibi or Red Cliff in Huangzhou district 黃州區|黄州区[Huang2 zhou1 qu1] of Huanggang city 黃岡|黄冈[Huang2 gang1], Hubei, scene of the famous battle of Red Cliff of 208 秩 zhì (literary) salary according to rank / (literary) an official's rank / (literary) order / orderliness / (literary) decade syn 辟 bì (literary) king / monarch / (literary) (of a sovereign) to summon to official service / (literary) to avoid (variant of 避[bi4]) / (literary) to repel (variant of 避[bi4]) syn 舆 輿 yú (literary) chassis of a carriage (contrasted with the canopy 堪[kan1]) / (literary) (fig.) the earth (while the carriage canopy is a metaphor for heaven) / land / territory / (literary) carriage / (literary) sedan chair / palanquin / (bound form) the multitudes / the people / the public syn 倪 ní (literary) small child / (literary) limit / bound / extremity / (literary) to differentiate / (literary) origin / cause 攘 rǎng (literary) to push up one's sleeves / (literary) to reject / to resist / (literary) to seize / to steal / (literary) to perturb / Taiwan pr. [rang2] syn 阆 閬 làng (literary) vast / spacious / (literary) lofty / (literary) tall door / (literary) dry moat outside a city wall 硙硙 磑磑 ái ái (literary) lofty / towering / (literary) glistening white / (literary) hard / solid / (literary) piled up 崭 嶄 chán (literary) precipitous (variant of 巉[chan2]) syn 巉 chán (literary) steep / rugged / jagged / precipitous 嶟 zūn (literary) (of terrain) steep / precipitous 斐然 fěi rán (literary) of great literary talent / (literary) (of achievements etc) brilliant / outstanding syn 婵娟 嬋娟 chán juān (literary) beautiful woman / (literary) lovely / graceful / (literary) the moon syn 第 dì (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4-liu4] "sixth") / (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed / (old) residence of a high official / (literary) but / however / (literary) only / just syn 勒 lè (literary) bridle / halter / headstall / to rein in / to compel / to force / (literary) to carve / to engrave / (literary) to command / to lead (an army etc) / (physics) lux (abbr. for 勒克斯[le4ke4si1]) syn 俱 jù (literary) all / both / entirely / without exception / (literary) to be together / (literary) to be alike syn 聊 liáo (coll.) to chat / (literary) temporarily / for a while / (literary) somewhat / slightly / (literary) to depend upon syn 虞 yú (literary) to expect / to anticipate / (literary) to be concerned about / to be apprehensive / (literary) to deceive / to dupe syn 怃 憮 wǔ (literary) to have tender affection for / (literary) discouraged / disappointed / (literary) startled 蒐 sōu (literary) madder (Rubia cordifolia) / (literary) to hunt, esp. in spring / (literary) to gather / to collect 婵媛 嬋媛 chán yuán (literary) (of a woman) graceful / (literary) to be interwoven / (literary) to be emotionally involved 佹 guǐ (literary) perverse / unreasonable / (literary) eccentric / enigmatic / (literary) by chance / all of a sudden 塈 jì (literary) to plaster / (literary) to pick up / (literary) to rest 奭 shì (literary) majestic / magnificent / (literary) rich, deep red / (literary) angry / furious 庶几 庶幾 shù jī (literary) similar / almost / (literary) if only / it is to be hoped that / (literary) maybe / perhaps syn 陡峭 dǒu qiào precipitous syn 崇山峻岭 崇山峻嶺 chóng shān jùn lǐng towering mountains and precipitous ridges (idiom) syn 悬崖峭壁 懸崖峭壁 xuán yá qiào bì sheer cliffs and precipitous rock faces (idiom) syn 陡 dǒu steep / precipitous / abrubtly / suddenly / unexpectedly syn 崴 wēi high, lofty / precipitous syn 磪 cuī a high mountain / precipitous 悬崖绝壁 懸崖絕壁 xuán yá jué bì sheer cliffs and precipitous rock faces (idiom) 嶒 céng lofty / precipitous 嶡 guì precipitous / mountainous 巃 lóng steep / precipitous (of mountain) 嶮 xiǎn precipitous / rugged 陡削 dǒu xiāo precipitous 陡峻 dǒu jùn precipitous / high and steep syn 陡跌 dǒu diē precipitous drop (in price) 崄 嶮 xiǎn precipitous / rugged 悬崖峭壁 懸崖峭壁 xuán yá - qiào bì (idiom) sheer cliffs and precipitous rock faces syn 断崖式 斷崖式 duàn yá shì (of a fall in price, temperature etc) steep / precipitous 悬崖 懸崖 xuán yá precipice / overhanging cliff syn 石窟 shí kū rock cave / grotto / cliff caves (often with Buddhist statues) 山崖 shān yá cliff syn 峭壁 qiào bì cliff / steep / precipice syn 栈道 棧道 zhàn dào plank walkway constructed on the face of a cliff / (archaic) elevated passageway connecting the upper levels of adjacent towers 扣人心弦 kòu rén xīn xián to excite / to thrill / exciting / thrilling / cliff-hanging syn 崖壁 yá bì escarpment / precipice / cliff 断崖 斷崖 duàn yá steep cliff / crag / precipice 陡壁 dǒu bì steep cliff / precipice / vertical slope syn 广 yǎn "house on a cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 53), occurring in 店, 序, 底 etc syn 厂 hǎn "cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 27), occurring in 原, 历, 压 etc syn 崖 yá precipice / cliff / Taiwan pr. [yai2] syn 嶂 zhàng cliff / range of peaks 磴 dèng cliff-ledge / stone step syn 磡 kàn dangerous sea-cliff 磛 chán cliff / peak 崿 è cliff / precipice 悬岩 懸岩 xuán yán cliff 嵒 yán cliff 碞 yán cliff 墈 kàn cliff 克孜尔尕哈 克孜爾尕哈 kè zī ěr gǎ hā Kizilgaha, site of a famous fire beacon tower and cliff caves in Kuqa, Aksu Prefecture, Xinjiang 厓 yá old form of 崖 (cliff) and 涯 (bank) 小赤壁 xiǎo chì bì Little Red Cliff, nickname of Bitan 碧潭[Bi4 tan2], Xindian, Taibei county, Taiwan 崖岸 yá àn cliff / steep slope / fig. arrogant and difficult person 崖限 yá xiàn cliff barring the way / fig. brick wall 厂字旁 chǎng zì páng name of "cliff" 厂 radical in simplified Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 27) 栈径 棧徑 zhàn jìng a plank road (built on trestles across the face of a cliff) 栈阁 棧閣 zhàn gé plank road built along the side of a cliff / CL:條|条[tiao2] 陡崖 dǒu yá steep cliff / precipice 搬起石头砸自己的脚 搬起石頭砸自己的腳 bān qǐ shí tou zá zì jǐ de jiǎo to crush one's own foot while trying to maneuver a rock (to a cliff edge, to drop on one's enemy) (idiom) / hoisted by one's own petard 一次受领 一次受領 cliff vesting 壁立千仞 bì lì - qiān rèn (idiom) (of a cliff, mountain etc) steep / lofty / imposing 朦胧 朦朧 méng lóng (literary) (of moonlight) dim / (literary) murky / indistinct syn 所见 所見 suǒ jiàn (literary) what one sees / (literary) opinion / view 文体 文體 wén tǐ genre of writing / literary form / style / literary recreation and sporting activities 烟火 煙火 yān huǒ smoke and fire / cooked food / (literary) beacon fire / (literary) descendants / posterity syn 窈窕 yǎo tiǎo (literary) (of a woman) graceful and refined / comely / (esp.) slender / slim / (literary) (of a bower, a mountain stream or a boudoir within a palace etc) secluded syn 达人 達人 dá rén (coll.) expert / connoisseur / guru / enthusiast / geek (influenced by Japanese 達人 "tatsujin" c. 2000) / (literary) sensible person / person who understands life / (literary) optimist 文采 wén cǎi literary talent / literary grace / rich and bright colors syn 踌躇 躊躇 chóu chú to hesitate / (literary) to pace back and forth / (literary) self-satisfied syn 他日 tā rì (literary) some day / (literary) days in the past syn 眉宇 méi yǔ (literary) forehead / (literary) countenance / features syn 污秽 污穢 wū huì (literary) dirty / filthy / (literary) dirt / filth syn 东瀛 東瀛 dōng yíng (literary) East China Sea / (literary) Japan syn 名士 míng shì (old) a person of literary talent / a celebrity (esp. a distinguished literary person having no official post) syn 先祖 xiān zǔ (literary) my deceased grandfather / (literary) ancestors syn 惺惺 xīng xīng (literary) awake / (literary) intelligent / clever 顾盼 顧盼 gù pàn (literary) to look around / (literary) to care for syn 惺忪 xīng sōng drowsy-eyed / (literary) wavering / indecisive / (literary) awake / conscious / clearheaded syn 周章 zhōu zhāng (literary) effort / trouble / pains (to get sth done) / (literary) frightened / terrified 彪炳 biāo bǐng (literary) (of deeds, accomplishments etc) to shine brightly (in the annals of history etc) / (literary) outstanding / splendid / glorious 则 則 zé (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but / then / (bound form) standard / norm / (bound form) principle / (literary) to imitate / to follow / classifier for written items syn 整饬 整飭 zhěng chì (literary) to put in good order / to make shipshape / (literary) orderly / neat / tidy syn 睚眦 睚眥 yá zì (literary) to glare in anger / (literary) (fig.) a small grievance syn 羁旅 羈旅 jī lǚ (literary) to stay long in a place far from home / (literary) person who lives in an alien land 