那 nuó (archaic) many / beautiful / how / old variant of 挪[nuo2] syn 听 yǐn smile (archaic) syn 干 gān (bound form) to have to do with / to concern oneself with / one of the ten heavenly stems 天干[tian gan1] / (archaic) shield syn 车 車 jū war chariot (archaic) / rook (in Chinese chess) / rook (in chess) syn 转身 轉身 zhuǎn shēn (of a person) to turn round / to face about / (of a widow) to remarry (archaic) syn 恶人 惡人 è rén evil person / vile creature / villain / (archaic) ugly person syn 篱笆 籬笆 lí ba fence (esp. of bamboo or wood railings) syn 板子 bǎn zi board / plank / bamboo or birch for corporal punishment syn 竹子 zhú zi bamboo / CL:棵[ke1],支[zhi1],根[gen1] syn 笛子 dí zi bamboo flute / CL:管[guan3] syn 省事 xǐng shì perceptive / understanding / (archaic) to handle administrative work syn 迎刃而解 yíng rèn ér jiě lit. (bamboo) splits when it meets the knife's edge (idiom) / fig. easily solved syn 天机 天機 tiān jī mystery known only to heaven (archaic) / inscrutable twist of fate / fig. top secret syn 造诣 造詣 zào yì level of mastery (of a skill or area of knowledge) / (archaic) to pay a visit to sb syn 竿子 gān zi bamboo pole / CL:根[gen1],個|个[ge4] syn 竹竿 zhú gān bamboo / bamboo pole 郎君 láng jūn my husband and master (archaic) / playboy of rich family / pimp syn 古旧 古舊 gǔ jiù archaic syn 竹筒 zhú tǒng bamboo tube / bamboo pipe 竹林 zhú lín bamboo forest 歌女 gē nǚ female singer (archaic) 太岁 太歲 tài suì Tai Sui, God of the year / archaic name for the planet Jupiter 木星[Mu4 xing1] / nickname for sb who is the most powerful in an area syn 回笼 回籠 huí lóng to steam again / to rewarm food in a bamboo steamer / to withdraw currency from circulation syn 水军 水軍 shuǐ jūn (archaic) navy / person employed to post messages on the Internet (abbr. for 網絡水軍|网络水军[Wang3luo4 shui3jun1]) syn 栈道 棧道 zhàn dào plank walkway constructed on the face of a cliff / (archaic) elevated passageway connecting the upper levels of adjacent towers 毛竹 máo zhú moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis), used as timber etc syn 罄竹难书 罄竹難書 qìng zhú nán shū so many that the bamboo slats have been exhausted / innumerable crimes (idiom) / see also 罄筆難書|罄笔难书[qing4 bi3 nan2 shu1] syn 封号 封號 fēng hào (archaic) title granted to a person / to ban an (online) account 令牌 lìng pái (archaic) wooden or metal token of authority / (fig.) decree / directive / (computing) token 竹笋 竹筍 zhú sǔn bamboo shoot syn 大宝 大寶 dà bǎo (archaic) throne syn 竹马 竹馬 zhú mǎ bamboo stick used as a toy horse 理化 lǐ huà physics and chemistry / (archaic) governance and education syn 雨后春笋 雨後春筍 yǔ hòu chūn sǔn lit. after rain, the spring bamboo (idiom) / fig. rapid new growth / many new things emerge in rapid succession syn 斗笠 dǒu lì conical bamboo hat syn 糖葫芦 糖葫蘆 táng hú lu sugar-coated Chinese hawthorn or other fruit on a bamboo skewer / tanghulu syn 冬笋 冬筍 dōng sǔn winter bamboo shoots (smaller and tenderer as a result of being dug out before they come out of the soil) syn 竹签 竹簽 zhú qiān bamboo skewer / bamboo slip used in divination or gambling syn 令箭 lìng jiàn arrow banner of command (archaic used as symbol of military authority) / fig. instructions from one's superiors syn 簸箕 bò jī wicker or bamboo winnowing basket / dustpan syn 斑竹 bān zhú mottled bamboo syn 情色 qíng sè erotic (of art etc) / facial expression (archaic) 我等 wǒ děng we / us (archaic) 你等 nǐ děng (archaic) you all 都督 dū dū (army) commander-in-chief (archaic) / provincial military governor and civil administrator during the early Republic of China era (1911-1949 AD) 紫竹 zǐ zhú black bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra) syn 行头 行頭 háng tóu team leader (archaic) / shopkeeper (archaic) syn 戏份 戲份 xì fèn scene (in a movie etc) / one's part in a movie or play / (archaic) actor's payment 竹木 zhú mù bamboo and wood 朝朝 zhāo zhāo every day (archaic) 离世 離世 lí shì (archaic) to live in seclusion / to pass away 竹简 竹簡 zhú jiǎn bamboo slips (used for writing on in ancient times) 竹节 竹節 zhú jié bamboo joint 凉席 涼席 liáng xí summer sleeping mat (e.g. of woven split bamboo) / CL:張|张[zhang1],領|领[ling3] syn 臣妾 chén qiè (literary) I, your servant (self-appellation of a lower-rank female) / (archaic) male and female slaves / subjects (of a ruler) 胡琴 hú qin huqin / family of Chinese two-stringed fiddles, with snakeskin covered wooden soundbox and bamboo bow with horsehair bowstring 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 报人 報人 bào rén newsman / journalist (archaic) 茭白 jiāo bái Manchurian wild rice 菰[gu1], aka water bamboo, or its edible stem, which resembles a bamboo shoot syn 春笋 春筍 chūn sǔn springtime bamboo shoots / fig. (of woman's fingers) tender and delicate syn 竹排 zhú pái bamboo raft 铁幕 鐵幕 tiě mù Iron Curtain (1945-1991) (In Taiwan, the word was used to refer to both the Iron Curtain and the Bamboo Curtain.) 凤尾竹 鳳尾竹 fèng wěi zhú fernleaf bamboo (Bambusa multiplex), species of bamboo native to China, suited to hedging and screening 管窥 管窺 guǎn kuī to look at sth through a bamboo tube / to have a restricted view syn 红胡子 紅胡子 hóng hú zi band of mounted bandits in Manchuria (archaic) 竹荪 竹蓀 zhú sūn bamboo fungus / veiled lady mushroom (Phallus indusiatus) 离 chī mythical beast (archaic) syn 座 zuò seat / base / stand / (bound form) constellation / (archaic) suffix used in a respectful form of address (e.g. 師座|师座[shi1zuo4]) / classifier for large immovable objects such as buildings, mountains, bridges etc syn 差 chāi to send (on an errand) / (archaic) person sent on such an errand / job / official post syn 签 籤 qiān inscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc) / small wood sliver / label / tag syn 篇 piān sheet / piece of writing / bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old) / classifier for written items: chapter, article syn 乘 shèng (archaic) four horse military chariot / (archaic) four / generic term for history books syn 精 jīng essence / extract / vitality / energy / semen / sperm / mythical goblin spirit / highly perfected / elite / the pick of sth / proficient (refined ability) / extremely (fine) / selected rice (archaic) syn 贝 貝 bèi cowrie / shellfish / currency (archaic) syn 丁 dīng male adult / the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 天干[tian1gan1] / fourth (used like "4" or "D") / small cube of meat or vegetable / (literary) to encounter / (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195° / (chemistry) butyl syn 简 簡 jiǎn simple / uncomplicated / letter / to choose / to select / bamboo strips used for writing (old) syn 幢 zhuàng classifier for buildings (Taiwan pr. [chuang2]) / (archaic) curtain hung over boat or carriage windows syn 罩 zhào to cover / to spread over / a cover / a shade / a hood / bamboo fish trap / bamboo chicken coop / (Tw) (coll.) to protect / to have sb's back / (Tw) (coll.) awesome / incredible / (Tw) (coll.) (often as 罩得住[zhao4de2zhu4]) to have things under control / to be able to handle it syn 辞 辭 cí to resign / to dismiss / to decline / (literary) to take leave / (archaic poetic genre) ballad / variant of 詞|词[ci2] syn 舍 shè (bound form) residence / house / (bound form) my (in speaking of relatives younger than oneself) / (archaic) unit of distance equal to 30 li 里[li3] syn 居 jī (archaic) sentence-final particle expressing a doubting attitude syn 姬 jī woman / concubine / female entertainer (archaic) syn 泉 quán spring (small stream) / mouth of a spring / coin (archaic) syn 笼 籠 lóng enclosing frame made of bamboo, wire etc / cage / basket / steamer basket syn 蒸 zhēng to evaporate / (of cooking) to steam / torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old) / finely chopped firewood (old) syn 竹 zhú bamboo / CL:棵[ke1],支[zhi1],根[gen1] / Kangxi radical 118 / "bamboo" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 118) syn 笠 lì bamboo rain hat syn 妲 dá female personal name (archaic) 予 yú (archaic) I / me syn 篾 miè the outer layer of a stalk of bamboo (or reed or sorghum) / a thin bamboo strip 栈 棧 zhàn a wooden or bamboo pen for sheep or cattle / wood or bamboo trestlework / a warehouse / (computing) stack syn 笙 shēng sheng, a free reed wind instrument with vertical bamboo pipes syn 骆 駱 luò camel / white horse with a black mane (archaic) 箔 bó plaited matting (of rushes, bamboo etc) / silkworm basket / metal foil / foil paper syn 稣 穌 sū archaic variant of 蘇|苏[su1] / to revive 笋 筍 sǔn bamboo shoot 箐 qìng to draw a bamboo bow or crossbow 缔 締 dì (archaic) to bind up inextricably / (bound form) to form an enduring union / to establish (an alliance, a friendship, a nation etc) 