公寓 gōng yù apartment building / block of flats (may be a public housing block or a condominium etc) (CL:套[tao4]) syn 滑块 滑塊 huá kuài runner block / sliding block / slider (computer interface element) 封禁 fēng jìn to ban (narcotics, a movie etc) / to block (a road etc) / (Internet) to block (a user) 块规 塊規 kuài guī a gauge block (block for accurate measurement) 块体 塊體 kuài tǐ a block / body of person or animal as a block 文艺复兴 文藝復興 wén yì fù xīng the Renaissance syn 米开朗基罗 米開朗基羅 mǐ kāi lǎng jī luó Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564), Renaissance painter and sculptor 多那太罗 多那太羅 duō nǎ tài luó Donatello (c. 1386-1466) / Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi, famous early Renaissance painter and sculptor 复兴时代 復興時代 fù xīng shí dài the Renaissance 法兰西斯·培根 法蘭西斯·培根 FalanxisiPeigen Francis Bacon (1561-1626), English renaissance philosopher and early scientist 达·芬奇 達·芬奇 DaFenqi Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Italian renaissance painter 汉城道德复兴宣言 漢城道德複興宣言 Seoul Declaration on an Ethical Renaissance 大地复兴 大地複興 Terra Renaissance 核能复兴 核能複興 nuclear renaissance 伊斯兰复兴党 伊斯蘭複興黨 Islamic Renaissance Party 民族复兴人民阵线 民族複興人民陣線 Front Populaire pour la Renaissance Nationale 弗兰西斯・培根 弗蘭西斯・培根 fú lán xī sī · péi gēn Francis Bacon (1561-1626), English renaissance philosopher and early scientist 法兰西斯・培根 法蘭西斯・培根 fǎ lán xī sī · péi gēn Francis Bacon (1561-1626), English renaissance philosopher and early scientist 达・芬奇 達・芬奇 dá · fēn qí Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Italian renaissance painter 弗兰西斯·培根 弗蘭西斯·培根 fú lán xī sī · péi gēn Francis Bacon (1561-1626), English Renaissance philosopher and early scientist 法兰西斯·培根 法蘭西斯·培根 fǎ lán xī sī · péi gēn Francis Bacon (1561-1626), English Renaissance philosopher and early scientist 达·芬奇 達·芬奇 dá · fēn qí Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Italian Renaissance painter 达文西 達文西 dá wén xī Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Italian Renaissance painter (Tw) 国大 國大 guó dà abbr. for 國民大會|国民大会, National Assembly of the Republic of China (extant during various periods between 1913 and 2005) / abbr. for 新加坡國立大學|新加坡国立大学, National University of Singapore (NUS) / abbr. for 印度國民大會黨|印度国民大会党, Indian National Congress (INC) / abbr. for 馬來西亞印度國民大會黨|马来西亚印度国民大会党, Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) 阻止 zǔ zhǐ to prevent / to block syn 版块 版塊 bǎn kuài printing block / section (of a newspaper) / board (of BBS or discussion forum) 屏蔽 píng bì to screen / to block (sth or sb) / to shield / (protective) shield syn 阻碍 阻礙 zǔ ài to obstruct / to hinder / to block / obstruction / hindrance syn 火锅 火鍋 huǒ guō hotpot / (basketball) a blocked shot / a block syn 葫芦 葫蘆 hú lu calabash or bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) / hoist / generic term for block and tackle (or parts thereof) / muddled / (poker) full house 方块 方塊 fāng kuài cube / block / square / rectangle / diamond ♦ (in card games) syn 封杀 封殺 fēng shā to shut out / to block / to smother 打通 dǎ tōng to open access / to establish contact / to remove a block / to put through (a phone connection) syn 阻塞 zǔ sè to block / to clog syn 遮住 zhē zhù to cover (up) / to block / to obstruct / to shade syn 堵住 dǔ zhù to block up syn 街区 街區 jiē qū block / neighborhood 阻断 阻斷 zǔ duàn to block / to obstruct / to intercept / to interdict syn 区块 區塊 qū kuài block / segment / section / sector / area syn 爱河 愛河 ài hé the river of love / a stumbling block on the path to enlightenment (Buddhism) 大写 大寫 dà xiě capital letters / uppercase letters / block letters / banker's anti-fraud numerals syn 遮蔽 zhē bì to cover / to hide from view / to obstruct or block / defilade (military) syn 过来人 過來人 guò lái rén an experienced person / sb who has "been around (the block)" / sb who has personally experienced it syn 拦阻 攔阻 lán zǔ to block / to obstruct syn 砌块 砌塊 qì kuài building block 砧板 zhēn bǎn cutting board / chopping block syn 盖帽 蓋帽 gài mào block (basketball) 拦路 攔路 lán lù to block sb's path / to waylay 滑轮 滑輪 huá lún block and tackle syn 绊脚石 絆腳石 bàn jiǎo shí stumbling block / obstacle / someone who gets in your way syn 堵死 dǔ sǐ to block (a road) / to plug (a hole) / to stop up 充耳不闻 充耳不聞 chōng ěr bù wén to block one's ears and not listen (idiom) / to turn a deaf ear syn 挡路 擋路 dǎng lù to be in the way / to block the path syn 充塞 chōng sè congestion / to block / to congest / to crowd / to choke / to cram / to fill up / to stuff / to take up all the space syn 基本单位 基本單位 jī běn dān wèi basic unit / fundamental building block 木块 木塊 mù kuài block 拦路虎 攔路虎 lán lù hǔ stumbling block syn 拦网 攔網 lán wǎng to intercept at the net (volleyball, tennis etc) / to block syn 刻本 kè běn block printed edition 框图 框圖 kuàng tú flowchart / block diagram 电动葫芦 電動葫蘆 diàn dòng hú lu electric chain pulley block 七巧板 qī qiǎo bǎn tangram (traditional Chinese block puzzle) 滑车 滑車 huá chē pulley block syn 梗塞 gěng sè to clog / to block / to obstruct syn 包场 包場 bāo chǎng to reserve all the seats (or a large block of seats) at a theater, restaurant etc 阻绝 阻絕 zǔ jué to block / to obstruct / to clog 底版 dǐ bǎn (photography) negative / photographic plate / (printing) plate / block syn 雕版 diāo bǎn a carved printing block syn 正楷 zhēng kǎi regular script (sim. to block capitals) syn 手拉葫芦 手拉葫蘆 shǒu lā hú lu hand chain pulley block 卡 kǎ to stop / to block / (computing) (coll.) slow / (loanword) card / CL:張|张[zhang1],片[pian4] / truck (from "car") / calorie (abbr. for 卡路里[ka3 lu4 li3]) / cassette syn 卡 qiǎ to block / to be stuck / to be wedged / customs station / a clip / a fastener / a checkpost / Taiwan pr. [ka3] syn 方框图 方框圖 fāng kuàng tú flowchart / block diagram 版 bǎn a register / block of printing / edition / version / page syn 塞 sè (bound form) to block / to obstruct syn 阻 zǔ to hinder / to block / to obstruct syn 墙 牆 qiáng wall (CL:面[mian4],堵[du3]) / (slang) to block (a website) (usu. in the passive: 被牆|被墙[bei4 qiang2]) syn 障 zhàng to block / to hinder / to obstruct syn 碍 礙 ài to hinder / to obstruct / to block syn 拦 攔 lán to block sb's path / to obstruct / to flag down (a taxi) syn 堵 dǔ to block up (a road, pipe etc) / to stop up (a hole) / (fig.) (of a person) choked up with anxiety or stress / wall (literary) / (classifier for walls) syn 梗 gěng branch / stem / stalk / CL:根[gen1] / to block / to hinder / (neologism that evolved from 哏[gen2], initially in Taiwan, during the first decade of the 21st century) memorable creative idea (joke, catchphrase, meme, neologism, witty remark etc) / prominent feature of a creative work (punchline of a joke, trope in a drama, special ingredient in a dish, riff in a pop song etc) syn 阏 閼 è to block / to restrain / to control 楦 xuàn to block (a hat) / to stretch (a shoe) syn 礅 dūn stone block 堙 陻 yīn variant of 堙[yin1] / to block 鑕 zhì (executioner's) block 鑴 xì to engrave or carve, as a block for printing 闭门塞窦 閉門塞竇 bì mén sè dòu to close doors and block openings (idiom) / mounting a strict defense 江郎才尽 江郎才盡 jiāng láng cái jìn Jiang Yan has exhausted his talent (idiom) / fig. to have used up one's creative powers / to have writer's block 锧 鑕 zhì (executioner's) block 街段 jiē duàn block 檮 táo blockhead / wood-block 鋑 cuān to engrave or carve, as a block for printing 羊羹 yáng gēng yōkan, gelatin dessert typically made from red bean paste, agar, and sugar, sold in block form 力阻 lì zǔ to block / to prevent by force syn 塞耳 sāi ěr to block one's ears (not wishing to hear) 字组 字組 zì zǔ block (of data) / code word 手板葫芦 手板葫蘆 shǒu bǎn hú lu lever pulley block 