Broken Spur 热液田 Broken Spur 熱液田 Broken Spur rè yè tián Broken Spur hydrothermal field 活动大洋中嵴 活動大洋中脊 active mid-ocean ridge / active ridge / spreading ridge 塬 yuán plateau, esp. Loess Plateau of northwest China 黃土高原|黄土高原[Huang2 tu3 Gao1 yuan2] 柴达木 柴達木 chái dá mù Tsaidam or Qaidam basin (Mongolian: salt marsh), depression northeast of the Plateau of Tibet, located between the Qilian Shan and the Kunlun Shan at the northern margin of the Tibetan Plateau. 柴达木盆地 柴達木盆地 chái dá mù pén dì Tsaidam or Qaidam basin (Mongolian: salt marsh), depression northeast of the Plateau of Tibet, located between the Qilian Shan and the Kunlun Shan at the northern margin of the Tibetan Plateau. 博物学家深海高原 bó wù xué jiā shēn hǎi gāo yuán Naturaliste oceanic plateau / Naturaliste plateau 埃克斯茅斯海台 āi kè sī máo sī hǎi tái Exmouth oceanic plateau / Exmouth plateau 凯尔盖朗海底高原 Kerguelen oceanic plateau / Kerguelen plateau 海底高原 oceanic plateau / plateau 翁通爪哇海底高原 Ontong Java oceanic plateau / Ontong Java plateau 翁通爪哇海台 wēng tòng zhuǎ wa hǎi tái Ontong Java oceanic plateau / Ontong Java plateau 破瓦寒窑 破瓦寒窯 pò wǎ hán yáo lit. broken tiles, cold hearth / fig. a broken-down house / poor and shabby dwelling syn 破镜 破鏡 pò jìng broken mirror / fig. broken marriage / divorce 破镜重圆 破鏡重圓 pò jìng - chóng yuán lit. the two halves of the broken mirror are rejoined (idiom) / fig. long-separated lovers are reunited / a broken relationship is restored syn 垄 壟 lǒng ridge between fields / crop row / mounded soil forming a ridge in a field / grave mound syn 休眠洋脊 xiū mián yáng jǐ extinct oceanic ridge / extinct spreading ridge / failed rift 扩张洋脊 擴張洋脊 kuò zhāng yáng jǐ mid-oceanic ridge / mid-ocean ridge 海底洋嵴 海底洋脊 submarine ridge / ridge 高原 gāo yuán plateau / CL:片[pian4] 青藏高原 qīng zàng gāo yuán Qinghai-Tibetan plateau 黄土高原 黃土高原 huáng tǔ gāo yuán Loess Plateau of northwest China 窑洞 窯洞 yáo dòng yaodong (a kind of cave dwelling in the Loess Plateau in northwest China) / CL:孔[kong3] syn 唐古拉山 táng gǔ lā shān Dangla or Tanggula Mountains on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau 三江源 sān jiāng yuán Sanjiangyuan National Nature Reserve, high plateau region of Qinghai containing the headwaters of Changjiang or Yangtze, Huanghe or Yellow River and Lancang or Mekong River 世界屋脊 shì jiè wū jǐ the roof of the world (usually refers to Tibet or Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau 青藏高原[Qing1 Zang4 gao1 yuan2]) 唐古拉 táng gǔ lā Dangla or Tanggula mountain range on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau 青藏高原[Qing1 Zang4 gao1 yuan2] 唐古拉山脉 唐古拉山脈 táng gǔ lā shān mài Dangla or Tanggula Mountains on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau 唐古拉峰 táng gǔ lā fēng Dangla or Tanggula mountain on the Qinhai-Tibet plateau 塬地 yuán dì fertile arable soil of loess plateau 巴颜喀拉 巴顏喀拉 bā yán kā lā Bayankala mountain range in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, watershed of 黃河|黄河[Huang2 He2] Huang He river 掸邦高原 撣邦高原 shàn bāng gāo yuán Shan plateau of east Myanmar (Burma) 东缅高原 東緬高原 dōng miǎn gāo yuán Eastern Myanmar plateau 鄂尔多斯高原 鄂爾多斯高原 è ěr duō sī gāo yuán Ordos Plateau, Inner Mongolia 阿克赛钦 阿克賽欽 ā kè sài qīn Aksai Chin, a disputed region in the Tibetan plateau 云贵高原 雲貴高原 yún guì gāo yuán Yunnan and Guizhou plateau in southwest China, covering east Yunnan, whole of Guizhou, west of Guangxi and southern margins of Sichuan, Hubei and Hunan 可可西里 kě kě xī lǐ Hoh Xil or Kekexili, vast nature reserve on Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau 青藏高原[Qing1 Zang4 gao1 yuan2] 东塔斯曼高原 dōng tǎ sī màn gāo yuán East Tasman plateau 德梅拉拉海底高原 Demerara plateau 斯科特深海高原 Scott plateau 沃勒比海底高原 Wallaby plateau 圣保罗海底高原 聖保羅海底高原 Sao Paolo plateau 伤心 傷心 shāng xīn to grieve / to be broken-hearted / to feel deeply hurt syn 修好 xiū hǎo to repair (sth broken) / to restore (sth damaged) / to establish friendly relations with / (literary) to do meritorious deeds syn 依依不舍 yī yī bù shě reluctant to part (idiom) / broken-hearted at having to leave syn 石膏 shí gāo gypsum CaSO4·2(H2O) / plaster / plaster cast (for a broken bone) syn 残破 殘破 cán pò broken / dilapidated syn 坏掉 壞掉 huài diào to get broken / to get damaged / to get ruined 头破血流 頭破血流 tóu pò xuè liú lit. head broken and blood flowing / fig. badly bruised syn 断桥 斷橋 duàn qiáo The Broken Bridge (at West Lake in Hangzhou) 七零八落 qī líng bā luò (idiom) everything broken and in disorder syn 断腿 斷腿 duàn tuǐ broken leg 稀烂 稀爛 xī làn smashed up / broken into pieces / thoroughly mashed / pulpy syn 破鞋 pò xié broken shoes / worn-out footwear / loose woman / slut syn 折线 折線 zhé xiàn broken line (continuous figure made up of straight line segments) / polygonal line / dog leg 齑粉 齏粉 jī fěn fine powder / broken pieces syn 残花败柳 殘花敗柳 cán huā bài liǔ broken flower, withered willow (idiom) / fig. fallen woman 鸡飞蛋打 雞飛蛋打 jī fēi dàn dǎ the chicken has flown the coop and the eggs are broken / a dead loss (idiom) syn 破 pò broken / damaged / worn out / lousy / rotten / to break, split or cleave / to get rid of / to destroy / to break with / to defeat / to capture (a city etc) / to expose the truth of syn 败絮 敗絮 bài xù ruined / broken down / shabby 坏 壞 huài bad / spoiled / broken / to break down / (suffix) to the utmost syn 碎 suì (transitive or intransitive) to break into pieces / to shatter / to crumble / broken / fragmentary / scattered / garrulous syn 爻 yáo the solid and broken lines of the eight trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], e.g. ☶ 锔 鋦 jū to mend by stapling or cramping broken pieces together 伤心蒿目 傷心蒿目 shāng xīn hāo mù to grieve / broken-hearted 拙嘴笨舌 zhuō zuǐ bèn shé lit. clumsy mouth and broken tongue (idiom) / awkward speaker 败柳残花 敗柳殘花 bài liǔ cán huā broken flower, withered willow (idiom) / fig. fallen woman 柔肠寸断 柔腸寸斷 róu cháng cùn duàn lit. to feel as if one's intestines have been cut short / broken-hearted (idiom) 涕泗滂沱 tì sì pāng tuó a flood of tears and mucus / broken-hearted and weeping bitterly 蓬户瓮牖 蓬戶甕牖 péng hù wèng yǒu thatched house, broken urn windows (idiom) / poor person's house / humble home syn 韦编三绝 韋編三絕 wéi biān sān jué lit. the leather binding (of the bamboo scroll) has broken three times / fig. to study diligently 楛 kǔ broken utensil 伤心致死 傷心致死 shāng xīn zhì sǐ to grieve to death / to die of a broken-heart 宁为玉碎，不为瓦全 寧為玉碎，不為瓦全 nìng wéi yù suì , bù wéi wǎ quán Better broken jade than intact tile. / Death is preferable to dishonor. (idiom) 摺線 zhé xiàn variant of 折線|折线, broken line (continuous figure made up of straight line segments) / polygonal line / dog leg 断弦 斷弦 duàn xián widowed / lit. broken string, cf 琴瑟[qin2 se4] qin and se, two instruments epitomizing marital harmony 断瓦残垣 斷瓦殘垣 duàn wǎ cán yuán the tiles are broken, the walls dilapidated 破读 破讀 pò dú pronunciation of a character other than the standard / lit. broken reading 碎掉 suì diào to drop and smash / broken 断脊梁战 duàn jǐ liáng zhàn broken-back war 摺线 摺線 zhé xiàn variant of 折線|折线[zhe2 xian4], broken line (continuous figure made up of straight line segments) / polygonal line / dog leg 坏鸟 壞鳥 huài niǎo sinister person / unsavory character / broken (not in working order) 碎碎念 suì suì niàn to sound like a broken record / to prattle / to nag / to mutter 折戟沉沙 zhé jǐ chén shā lit. broken halberds embedded in the sand (idiom) / fig. reminder of a fierce battle / remnants of a disastrous defeat 心伤 心傷 xīn shāng broken-hearted 乐昌破镜 樂昌破鏡 lè chāng - pò jìng lit. the story of the broken mirror of Princess Lechang 樂昌公主|乐昌公主[Le4chang1 Gong1zhu3] (In the tale, the princess and her husband, fearing separation during the turbulence of war, broke a bronze mirror in half. They each kept one half as a token, with the promise to reunite by matching the pieces together. They were indeed separated, but eventually reunited, with the mirror playing a crucial role in their reunion.) (idiom) / fig. the reunion of separated lovers or the restoration of a relationship 棱角 稜角 léng jiǎo edge and corner / protrusion / sharpness (of a protrusion) / craggy / ridge corner syn 山岭 山嶺 shān lǐng mountain ridge syn 屋脊 wū jǐ roof ridge syn 山脊 shān jǐ mountain ridge syn 山梁 shān liáng mountain ridge syn 白鹤梁 白鶴梁 bái hè liáng White Crane Ridge at Fuling, Sichuan on the Changjiang River, that used to show above the water at dry periods, with famous carvings 岳 嶽 yuè high mountain / highest peak of a mountain ridge syn 冈 岡 gāng ridge / mound syn 岭 嶺 lǐng mountain range / mountain ridge syn 脊 jǐ (bound form) spine / backbone / (bound form) ridge syn 镶 鑲 xiāng to inlay / to embed / ridge / border syn 桁 héng pole plate / purlin (cross-beam in roof) / ridge-pole syn 嵴 jí ridge / crest / apex 檩 檁 lǐn cross-beam / ridge-pole syn 