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"Buddhist stone pillar" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
经幢 經幢 jīng chuáng Buddhist stone pillar
Chinese Pinyin Translation
太阳光柱 太陽光柱 tài yáng guāng zhù solar pillar / sun pillar (atmospheric optics)
石刻 shí kè stone inscription / carved stone
石器 shí qì stone tool / stone implement
石 shí rock / stone / stone inscription / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1] syn
砘 dùn (agriculture) to compact loose soil with a stone roller after sowing seeds / stone roller used for this purpose syn
礧 lèi roll stone down hill / stone pile
佛经 佛經 fó jīng Buddhist texts / Buddhist scripture syn
佛学 佛學 fó xué Buddhist doctrine / Buddhist studies
须弥 須彌 xū mí Mt Meru or Sumeru, sacred mountain in Buddhist and Jain tradition / Mt Xumi in Guyuan 固原[Gu4 yuan2], Ningxia, with many Buddhist cave statues
香客 xiāng kè Buddhist pilgrim / Buddhist worshipper
禅机 禪機 chán jī Buddhist allegorical word or gesture / subtleties of Buddhist doctrine syn
佛典 fó diǎn Buddhist scriptures / Buddhist classics
偈 jì Buddhist hymn / gatha / Buddhist verse
菴 ān variant of 庵 / hut / Buddhist convent / small Buddhist temple
竺学 竺學 zhú xué Buddhist doctrine (archaic) / Buddhist studies
须弥山 須彌山 xū mí shān Mt Meru or Sumeru, sacred mountain in Buddhist and Jain tradition / Mt Xumi in Guyuan 固原[Gu4 yuan2], Ningxia, with many Buddhist cave statues
区域佛教带头倡议 Regional Buddhist Leadership Initiative / Buddhist Leadership Initiative
佛媛 fó yuán Buddhist griftress (female Internet influencer who exploits Buddhist imagery for self-promotion or commercial purposes)
支柱 zhī zhù mainstay / pillar / prop / backbone syn
柱子 zhù zi pillar / CL:根[gen1] syn
光柱 guāng zhù light beam / light pillar (atmospheric optics) syn
栋梁 棟梁 dòng liáng ridgepole / ridgepole and beams / person able to bear heavy responsibility / mainstay (of organization) / pillar (of state) syn
承重 chéng zhòng (usu. of a structural component of a building) to bear a load / load-bearing (wall, pillar etc)
华表 華表 huá biǎo marble pillar (ornamental column in front of places, tombs)
顶梁柱 頂梁柱 dǐng liáng zhù pillar / backbone syn
主心骨 zhǔ xīn gǔ backbone / mainstay / pillar / definite view / one's own judgment syn
柱石 zhù shí pillar syn
台柱 tái zhù pillar / mainstay / star performer syn
邮筒 郵筒 yóu tǒng mailbox / pillar box / (old) letter syn
炮烙 páo lào the hot pillar (ancient Chinese torture instrument)
柱 zhù pillar / CL:根[gen1] syn
桓 huán Chinese soapberry (Sapindus mukurossi) / big / pillar (old)
桢 楨 zhēn (old) privet (genus Ligustrum) / (bound form) (old) wooden support placed at the ends of a wall during construction / (fig.) mainstay / pillar / backbone
楹 yíng pillar
枋 fāng Santalum album / square wooden pillar
樘 táng pillar / door post / door or window frame / classifier for doors or windows syn
樘 chěng a pillar syn
大器晚成 dà qì wǎn chéng lit. it takes a long time to make a big pot (idiom) / fig. a great talent matures slowly / in the fullness of time a major figure will develop into a pillar of the state / Rome wasn't built in a day syn
雕楹碧槛 雕楹碧檻 diāo yíng bì kǎn carved pillar, jade doorsill (idiom) / heavily decorated environment
一柱擎天 yī zhù qíng tiān lit. to support the sky as a single pillar (idiom) / fig. to take a crucial responsibility upon one's shoulders
梲 zhuó club (weapon) / small pillar
拱墩 gǒng dūn pillar of a vault
拱柱 gǒng zhù pillar of a vault
柱梁 zhù liáng pillar
梁木 liáng mù beam / rafter / lintel / person able to bear heavy responsibility / mainstay (of organization) / pillar (of state)
榰 zhī base of pillar / prop
钢柱 鋼柱 gāng zhù iron pillar / iron rod
第四支柱部门 dì sì zhī zhù bù mén Pillar IV
业绩支柱 業績支柱 yè jì zhī zhù performance pillar
支柱部门 支柱部門 zhī zhù bù mén pillar
界石地点评估勘 界石地點評估勘 pillar site assessment survey / emplacement survey
界石安置勘查 pillar site assessment survey / emplacement survey
第五支柱 5th Pillar
趸柱 躉柱 dǔn zhù main supporting pillar
炮烙 páo luò form of torture said to have been used by King Zhou of Shang 商紂王|商纣王[Shang1 Zhou4 Wang2] in which the victim was forced onto a bronze pillar heated by a fire
石头 石頭 shí tou stone / CL:塊|块[kuai4] syn
宝石 寶石 bǎo shí precious stone / gem / CL:枚[mei2],顆|颗[ke1]
阶梯 階梯 jiē tī flight of steps / (fig.) stepping stone / way to reach the goal of syn
滚石 滾石 gǔn shí Rock Records, Taiwanese record label / the Rolling Stones, British rock band / Rolling Stone (magazine)
玉石 yù shí jade / jade and stone / (fig.) the good and the bad syn
石块 石塊 shí kuài stone / rock syn
基石 jī shí foundation stone / cornerstone / (fig.) basis / foundation syn
石器时代 石器時代 shí qì shí dài Stone Age
金石 jīn shí metal and stone / fig. hard objects / inscription on metal or bronze
石碑 shí bēi stele / stone tablet (for inscription) / CL:方[fang1] syn
塑像 sù xiàng to sculpt or mold a statue (by shaping a pliable material such as clay, plaster or wax, which may later be cast in metal – as distinct from carving in stone or wood) / a statue created through such a process syn
石雕 shí diāo stone carving / carved sculpture
石林 shí lín Stone Forest, notable set of limestone formations in Yunnan
结石 結石 jié shí (medicine) calculus / stone
石阶 石階 shí jiē stone step syn
石像 shí xiàng stone statue
一举两得 一舉兩得 yī jǔ liǎng dé one move, two gains (idiom) / two birds with one stone syn
黑子 hēi zǐ black piece (in Chinese chess) / black stone (in Go) / (astronomy) sunspot syn
火石 huǒ shí flint (stone) syn
砂石 shā shí sandstone / sand and stone / aggregate syn
投石 tóu shí curling stone
云梯 雲梯 yún tī (military) ladder used for scaling the walls of a fortified place (i.e. for escalading) in ancient times / firefighters' extension ladder / stone steps on a mountain
短距离 短距離 duǎn jù lí short distance / a stone's throw away syn
石头记 石頭記 shí tou jì The Story of the Stone, another name for A Dream of Red Mansions 紅樓夢|红楼梦[Hong2 lou2 Meng4]
独占鳌头 獨佔鰲頭 dú zhàn áo tóu to come first in triennial palace examinations (idiom, refers to the carved stone turtle head in front of the imperial palace, next to which the most successful candidate in the imperial examinations was entitled to stand) / to be the champion / to be the very best in any field syn
碑刻 bēi kè inscription on stone tablet
石沉大海 shí chén dà hǎi lit. to throw a stone and see it sink without trace in the sea (idiom) / fig. to elicit no response syn
一箭双雕 一箭雙鵰 yī jiàn shuāng diāo lit. one arrow, two golden eagles (idiom) / to kill two birds with one stone syn
肾结石 腎結石 shèn jié shí kidney stone
黄水晶 黃水晶 huáng shuǐ jīng citrine (orange or yellow quartz SiO2 as a semiprecious stone)
玉石俱焚 yù shí jù fén to burn both jade and common stone / to destroy indiscriminately (idiom)
采石场 採石場 cǎi shí chǎng stone pit / quarry
铁石 鐵石 tiě shí iron and stone
八音 bā yīn ancient classification system for musical instruments, based on the material of which the instrument is made (metal 金, stone 石, clay 土, leather 革, silk 絲|丝, wood 木, gourd 匏, bamboo 竹) / the eight kinds of sound produced by instruments in these categories / music
天珠 tiān zhū dzi bead, a type of stone bead highly prized in Tibet for many centuries, reputed to hold supernatural power
殚精竭虑 殫精竭慮 dān jīng jié lǜ to exhaust one's thoughts and ingenuity (idiom) / to think sth through thoroughly / to rack one's brains / to leave no stone unturned
石砌 shí qì stone steps
落石 luò shí falling stone
行旅 xíng lǚ traveler / wanderer / vagabond / rolling stone syn
砚台 硯臺 yàn tái ink stone / ink slab / CL:方[fang1] syn
墓志 墓誌 mù zhì inscribed stone tablet placed in a tomb / memorial inscription on such a tablet syn
投石问路 投石問路 tóu shí wèn lù lit. to toss a stone to find out what's ahead (idiom) / fig. to test the waters
碑帖 bēi tiè a rubbing from a stone inscription
石虎 shí hǔ leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) / sculpted stone tiger installed at the tomb of revered figures in ancient times to ward off evil spirits
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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