瓦砚 瓦硯 wǎ yàn ink stone or ink slab made from an antique palace tile 砚台 硯臺 yàn tái ink stone / ink slab / CL:方[fang1] syn 砚池 硯池 yàn chí (concave) ink stone or ink slab syn 墨砚 墨硯 mò yàn ink slab / ink stone 砚盒 硯盒 yàn hé case for an ink stone or ink slab 砚石 硯石 yàn shí ink stone / ink slab 辟雍砚 辟雍硯 pì yōng yàn ink slab or ink stone of celadon or white porcelain with unglazed surface 涤砚 滌硯 dí yàn to wash an ink-slab / to prepare for study (idiom) 焚砚 焚硯 fén yàn to destroy one's ink-slab (i.e. to write no more because others write so much better) 砚室 硯室 yàn shì case for an ink slab 砚席 硯席 yàn xí ink slab and sitting mat / place where one studies and teaches 砚水壶儿 硯水壺兒 yàn shuǐ hú r water container for an ink slab 砚瓦 硯瓦 yàn wǎ ink slab 墨 mò ink stick / China ink / CL:塊|块[kuai4] / corporal punishment consisting of tattooing characters on the victim's forehead syn 墨渍 墨漬 mò zì ink stain / ink blot / spot / smudge 古董 gǔ dǒng curio / antique syn 古玩 gǔ wán antique / curio syn 古籍 gǔ jí ancient text / antique books syn 仿古 fǎng gǔ pseudo-classical / modeled on antique / in the old style 古物 gǔ wù antique syn 古玩店 gǔ wán diàn antique store 古董小武器 antique small arm 菱花镜 菱花鏡 líng huā jìng antique bronze mirror with flower petal edging, most commonly from the Tang dynasty 包浆 包漿 bāo jiāng patina (sheen on the surface of an antique) 做旧 做舊 zuò jiù to give (sth) an antique look / to artificially age / to distress 板块 板塊 bǎn kuài slab / (geology) tectonic plate / (fig.) sector (of the stock market or of industry) / (economic) bloc 平板 píng bǎn slab / flat board / (engineering) surface plate / flat / level / (fig.) dull / monotonous / abbr. for 平板電腦|平板电脑[ping2ban3 dian4nao3] and 平板手機|平板手机[ping2ban3 shou3ji1] syn 木板 mù bǎn slab / board / plank / CL:張|张[zhang1],塊|块[kuai4] 铺设 鋪設 pū shè to lay (railroad tracks, carpet, pipeline) / to install (wiring, cable) / to construct (road, concrete slab) syn 石板 shí bǎn slab / flagstone / slate 楼板 樓板 lóu bǎn floor / floor (ie. metal plate, concrete slab, wooden planking etc) 板楼 板樓 bǎn lóu slab type building 石片 shí piàn slab 板皮 bǎn pí slab 扁坯 biǎn pī slab 大块朵颐 大塊朵頤 dà kuài duǒ yí to chew on a large slab (idiom) / a large mouthful is hard to chew / to tuck into a great meal 坑厕蹲板 kēng cè dūn pàn latrine slab 板片 slab 棺材板 guān cai bǎn wooden board used to make a coffin (also refers to the coffin itself) / (fig.) (of a facial expression) grim / unsmiling / coffin bread, a Taiwanese snack consisting of a thick slab of bread, fried or toasted, then hollowed out, filled with a thick stew, and capped with a "coffin lid" (slice of fried bread) 渲染 xuàn rǎn rendering (computing) / to add washes of ink or color to a drawing (Chinese painting) / to exaggerate / to embellish syn 油墨 yóu mò printing ink 墨水 mò shuǐ ink / CL:瓶[ping2] syn 墨盒 mò hé ink cartridge 喷墨 噴墨 pēn mò ink jet 笔墨 筆墨 bǐ mò pen and ink / words / writing syn 喷墨打印机 噴墨打印機 pēn mò dǎ yìn jī ink jet printer 水墨 shuǐ mò ink (used in painting) 墨迹 墨跡 mò jì ink marks / original calligraphy or painting of famous person syn 水墨画 水墨畫 shuǐ mò huà ink and wash painting 墨汁 mò zhī prepared Chinese ink syn 签字笔 簽字筆 qiān zì bǐ felt-tip pen / roller ball pen / gel ink pen 白描 bái miáo line drawing in traditional ink-and-brush style / simple and straightforward style of writing 印泥 yìn ní red ink paste used for seal syn 端砚 端硯 duān yàn high-quality ink stonemade in Duanxi and Guangdong 鸡腿菇 雞腿菇 jī tuǐ gū shaggy ink cap (edible mushroom) / Coprinus comatus 印台 印臺 yìn tái ink pad / stamp pad syn 濡染 rú rǎn to infect / to influence / to dip (in ink) syn 徽墨 huī mò Anhui ink (known for its quality) 膏 gào to moisten / to grease / to apply (cream, ointment) / to dip a brush in ink syn 蘸 zhàn to dip in (ink, sauce etc) syn 砚 硯 yàn ink-stone syn 锭 錠 dìng (weaving) spindle / ingot / pressed cake of medicine etc / classifier for: gold and silver ingots, ink sticks syn 酽 釅 yàn (of tea, wine etc) strong / (of ink, aroma etc) thick / (of a color) deep / rich syn 掭 tiàn to smooth (a brush) against the inkstone (after dipping it in ink) syn 磨穿铁砚 磨穿鐵硯 mó chuān tiě yàn to grind one's way through an ink stone / to persevere in a difficult task (idiom) / to study diligently (idiom) 印盒 yìn hé seal case / box for seal and ink pad 墨匣 mò xiá ink cartridge 柘砚 柘硯 zhè yàn ink slabs from a place in Shandong 濡毫 rú háo to dip the pen into ink / to write 砚滴 硯滴 yàn dī small cup for adding water to an ink stone 砚田 硯田 yàn tián ink stone / writing as a livelihood 笔砚 筆硯 bǐ yàn writing brush and ink stone 红墨水 紅墨水 hóng mò shuǐ red ink 着墨 著墨 zhuó mò to describe (in writing, applying ink) 输墨装置 輸墨裝置 shū mò zhuāng zhì ink supply mechanism 近朱者赤，近墨者黑 jìn zhū zhě chì , jìn mò zhě hēi those who handle cinnabar are stained red / those who work with ink are stained black (idiom) / you are the product of your environment 陶砚 陶硯 táo yàn ink stone made of pottery 欧洲油漆油墨油彩业理事会 歐洲油漆油墨油彩業理事會 European Council of the Paint, Printing Ink and Artists' Colours Industry 好记性不如烂笔头 好記性不如爛筆頭 hǎo jì xìng bù rú làn bǐ tóu the palest ink is better than the best memory (idiom) 墨条 墨條 mò tiáo ink stick 涂去 塗去 tú qù to obliterate (some words, or part of a picture etc) using correction fluid, ink, paint etc / to paint out / to paint over 墨水屏 mò shuǐ píng e-ink screen / e-paper display 朱笔 朱筆 zhū bǐ brush dipped in red ink (used in former times for writing official documents, grading papers etc) 