摇滚 搖滾 yáo gǔn rock 'n' roll (music) / to rock / to fall off 石 shí rock / stone / stone inscription / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1] syn 岩石 yán shí rock syn 摇滚乐 搖滾樂 yáo gǔn yuè rock music / rock 'n roll 扫地 掃地 sǎo dì to sweep the floor / (fig.) (of one's reputation etc) to reach rock bottom / to be at an all-time low syn 动摇 動搖 dòng yáo to sway / to waver / to rock / to rattle / to destabilize / to pose a challenge to syn 忽悠 hū you to rock / to sway / to flicker (e.g. of lights reflected on water) / to flutter (e.g. of a flag) / to trick sb into doing sth / to dupe / to con syn 摇晃 搖晃 yáo huàng to rock / to shake / to sway syn 口令 kǒu lìng oral command / a word of command (used in drilling troops or gymnasts) / password (used by sentry) 暗礁 àn jiāo submerged reef (rock) syn 石块 石塊 shí kuài stone / rock syn 晃荡 晃蕩 huàng dang to rock / to sway / to shake syn 晃动 晃動 huàng dòng to shake / to sway / to rock syn 招摇 招搖 zhāo yáo to rock back and forth / (fig.) to act ostentatiously / to brag / to show off syn 碎石 suì shí gravel / crushed rock / rock debris 钻探 鑽探 zuān tàn to conduct exploratory drilling syn 巨石 jù shí huge rock / boulder / monolith syn 左右为难 左右為難 zuǒ yòu wéi nán (idiom) between a rock and a hard place / in a dilemma syn 猜拳 cāi quán finger-guessing game / rock-paper-scissors game / morra syn 岩层 巖層 yán céng variant of 岩層|岩层[yan2 ceng2] / rock strata syn 冰糖 bīng táng crystal sugar / rock candy 火山岩 huǒ shān yán volcanic rock 假山 jiǎ shān rock garden / rockery 悬崖峭壁 懸崖峭壁 xuán yá qiào bì sheer cliffs and precipitous rock faces (idiom) syn 摇撼 搖撼 yáo hàn to shake / to rock syn 石塔 shí tǎ pinnacle rock 顶板 頂板 dǐng bǎn roof / roof plate / rock layer forming roof of a cave or mine / abacus 石窟 shí kū rock cave / grotto / cliff caves (often with Buddhist statues) 钻机 鑽機 zuān ji drilling rig syn 岩画 巖畫 yán huà rock painting / picture or writing carved on rocks 滚石 滾石 gǔn shí Rock Records, Taiwanese record label / the Rolling Stones, British rock band / Rolling Stone (magazine) 攀岩 pān yán rock climbing / to climb a rockface 前仰后合 前仰後合 qián yǎng hòu hé to sway to and fro / to rock back and forth syn 白水晶 bái shuǐ jīng rock crystal (mineral) 钻床 鑽床 zuàn chuáng drilling machine / drill press 橄榄石 橄欖石 gǎn lǎn shí olivine (rock-forming mineral magnesium-iron silicate (Mg,Fe)2SiO4) / peridot 不插电 不插電 bù chā diàn unplugged (of rock musicians performing on acoustic instruments) 坚如磐石 堅如磐石 jiān rú pán shí solid as a boulder (idiom) / absolutely secure / rock-firm and unyielding syn 山子 shān zi rock garden / rockery 方解石 fāng jiě shí calcite (CaCO3 as rock-forming mineral) 巍然屹立 wēi rán yì lì to stand tall and rock-solid (idiom) / towering majestically / (of a person) to stand up against sb 摇 搖 yáo to shake / to rock / to row / to crank syn 掀 xiān to lift (a lid) / to rock / to convulse syn 礁 jiāo reef / shoal rock syn 磐 pán firm / stable / rock syn 硅石 guī shí siliceous rock 火成岩 huǒ chéng yán igneous rock (geology) / volcanic rock 岩盐 岩鹽 yán yán rock salt syn 沉积岩 沉積岩 chén jī yán sedimentary rock (geology) 穿孔机 chuān kǒng jī drilling rig 辉石 輝石 huī shí pyroxene (family of rock-forming minerals) / augite 钎 釺 qiān a drill (for boring through rock) syn 围岩 圍岩 wéi yán enclosing rock 凿岩机 鑿岩機 záo yán jī rock drill syn 英石 yīng shí ornamental limestone rock (供石[gong1 shi2]) from Yingde 英德[Ying1 de2], Guangdong 磊 lěi lumpy / rock pile / uneven / fig. sincere / open and honest 碉 diāo rock cave (archaic) 砬 lá a huge boulder / a towering rock 坻 chí islet / rock in river syn 月岩 yuè yán moon rock 钎子 釺子 qiān zi hammer drill for boring through rock syn 钻探机 鑽探機 zuān tàn jī drilling machine syn 变质岩 變質岩 biàn zhì yán metamorphic rock (geology) 窾 kuǎn crack / hollow / cavity / to excavate or hollow out / (onom.) water hitting rock / (old) variant of 款[kuan3] 一物降一物 yī wù xiáng yī wù lit. one object bests another object / every item has a weakness (idiom) / there is a rock to every scissor, a scissor to every paper, and a paper to every rock 左右两难 左右兩難 zuǒ yòu liǎng nán (idiom) between a rock and a hard place / in a dilemma 颜面扫地 顏面掃地 yán miàn sǎo dì lit. for one's face to reach rock bottom / to be thoroughly discredited (idiom) 前俯后仰 前俯後仰 qián fǔ hòu yǎng to rock one's body backward and forward / to be convulsed (with laughter etc) syn 悬崖绝壁 懸崖絕壁 xuán yá jué bì sheer cliffs and precipitous rock faces (idiom) 无立管钻探船 non-riser drillship / non-riser drilling vessel / non-riser drilling ship / riserless ship 大洋钻探计划 大洋鉆探計劃 Ocean Drilling Project / Ocean Drilling Programme 深水钻井船 深水鉆井船 riser drillship / riser drilling vessel / riser drilling ship 深成岩 shēn chéng yán plutonic rock / abyssal rock 烏魯汝 wū lǔ rǔ Uluru, iconic large rock formation in central Australia, sacred to Aboriginals, a World Heritage Site / also known as Ayers Rock 超基性岩 chāo jī xìng yán ultrabasic rock (geology, rock containing less than 45 percent silicates) 碱性岩 鹼性巖 jiǎn xìng yán basic rock / mafic rock (with less silicon and more magnesium, iron etc) 乌鲁汝 烏魯汝 wū lǔ rǔ Uluru, iconic large rock formation in central Australia, sacred to Aboriginals, a World Heritage Site / also known as Ayers Rock 中石油川东钻探公司 中石油川東鑽探公司 zhōng shí yóu chuān dōng zuàn tàn gōng sī Chuandong Oil Drilling & Exploration Company (CODEC) 钻井平台 鑽井平台 zuān jǐng píng tái (oil) drilling platform 钻眼 鑽眼 zuān yǎn to drill a hole / drilling 钻粉 鑽粉 zuān fěn residue from drilling / slag hill 开钻 開鑽 kāi zuān to start drilling 定向钻进 directional drilling 钻井机 well-drilling rig 南极钻探项目 Antarctic Drilling Project 钻牙机 dental drilling unit 综合大洋钻探计划 綜合大洋鉆探計劃 Integrated Ocean Drilling Program 横向钻孔 橫向鉆孔 horizontal drilling 水平钻井 水平鉆井 horizontal drilling 移动式海上钻机建造和设备准则 移動式海上鉆機建造和設備準則 Code for the Construction and Equipment of Mobile Offshore Drilling Units / MODU Code 钻机准则 鉆機準則 Code for the Construction and Equipment of Mobile Offshore Drilling Units / MODU Code 移动式岸外钻机 移動式岸外鉆機 mobile offshore drilling unit 国际钻井承包商协会 國際鉆井承包商協會 International Association of Drilling Contractors 国际海洋钻探阶段 國際海洋鉆探階段 International Phase of Ocean Drilling 深海钻探计划 深海鉆探計劃 Deep Sea Drilling Project 欧洲联合大洋钻探倡议 歐洲聯合大洋鉆探倡議 Joint European Ocean Drilling Initiative 钻机 鑽機 zuàn jī drilling machine syn 安如磐石 ān rú pán shí as solid as rock (idiom) / as sure as houses 安如泰山 ān rú tài shān as secure as Mount Taishan / as solid as a rock syn 