摇滚 搖滾 yáo gǔn rock 'n' roll (music) / to rock / to fall off 石 shí rock / stone / stone inscription / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1] syn 暴露 bào lù to expose / to reveal / to lay bare / also pr. [pu4 lu4] syn 岩石 yán shí rock syn 摇滚乐 搖滾樂 yáo gǔn yuè rock music / rock 'n roll 扫地 掃地 sǎo dì to sweep the floor / (fig.) (of one's reputation etc) to reach rock bottom / to be at an all-time low syn 动摇 動搖 dòng yáo to sway / to waver / to rock / to rattle / to destabilize / to pose a challenge to syn 秃头 禿頭 tū tóu to bare one's head / to be bareheaded / to go bald / bald head / bald person 忽悠 hū you to rock / to sway / to flicker (e.g. of lights reflected on water) / to flutter (e.g. of a flag) / to trick sb into doing sth / to dupe / to con syn 赤裸 chì luǒ naked / bare syn 摇晃 搖晃 yáo huàng to rock / to shake / to sway syn 裸露 luǒ lù naked / bare / uncovered / exposed syn 暗礁 àn jiāo submerged reef (rock) syn 石块 石塊 shí kuài stone / rock syn 晃荡 晃蕩 huàng dang to rock / to sway / to shake syn 晃动 晃動 huàng dòng to shake / to sway / to rock syn 招摇 招搖 zhāo yáo to rock back and forth / (fig.) to act ostentatiously / to brag / to show off syn 徒手 tú shǒu with bare hands / unarmed / fighting hand-to-hand / freehand (drawing) 偏袒 piān tǎn to bare one shoulder / (fig.) to side with / to discriminate in favor of syn 碎石 suì shí gravel / crushed rock / rock debris 巨石 jù shí huge rock / boulder / monolith syn 左右为难 左右為難 zuǒ yòu wéi nán (idiom) between a rock and a hard place / in a dilemma syn 猜拳 cāi quán finger-guessing game / rock-paper-scissors game / morra syn 岩层 巖層 yán céng variant of 岩層|岩层[yan2 ceng2] / rock strata syn 冰糖 bīng táng crystal sugar / rock candy 点破 點破 diǎn pò to lay bare in a few words / to expose with a word / to point out bluntly syn 张牙舞爪 張牙舞爪 zhāng yá wǔ zhǎo to bare fangs and brandish claws (idiom) / to make threatening gestures syn 暴露无遗 暴露無遺 bào lù wú yí to lay bare / to come to light syn 赤膊 chì bó bare to the waist syn 推心置腹 tuī xīn zhì fù to give one's bare heart into sb else's keeping (idiom) / sb has one's absolute confidence / to trust completely / to confide in sb with entire sincerity syn 光秃秃 光禿禿 guāng tū tū bald / bare (no hair, no leaves, no vegetation etc) syn 火山岩 huǒ shān yán volcanic rock 假山 jiǎ shān rock garden / rockery 龇牙咧嘴 齜牙咧嘴 zī yá liě zuǐ to grimace (in pain) / to show one's teeth / to bare one's fangs syn 袒露 tǎn lù to expose / to bare syn 悬崖峭壁 懸崖峭壁 xuán yá qiào bì sheer cliffs and precipitous rock faces (idiom) syn 摇撼 搖撼 yáo hàn to shake / to rock syn 石塔 shí tǎ pinnacle rock 赤膊上阵 赤膊上陣 chì bó shàng zhèn lit. to go into battle bare-breasted (idiom) / fig. to go all out / to come out in the open syn 家徒四壁 jiā tú sì bì lit. with only four bare walls for a home (idiom) / fig. very poor / wretched syn 顶板 頂板 dǐng bǎn roof / roof plate / rock layer forming roof of a cave or mine / abacus 石窟 shí kū rock cave / grotto / cliff caves (often with Buddhist statues) 长物 長物 cháng wù (literary) things other than the bare necessities of life / item of some value / Taiwan pr. [zhang4 wu4] syn 岩画 巖畫 yán huà rock painting / picture or writing carved on rocks 滚石 滾石 gǔn shí Rock Records, Taiwanese record label / the Rolling Stones, British rock band / Rolling Stone (magazine) 光着 光著 guāng zhe bare / naked 攀岩 pān yán rock climbing / to climb a rockface 说破 說破 shuō pò to lay bare (actual facts, secrets etc) / to reveal 光脚 光腳 guāng jiǎo bare feet 前仰后合 前仰後合 qián yǎng hòu hé to sway to and fro / to rock back and forth syn 白水晶 bái shuǐ jīng rock crystal (mineral) 橄榄石 橄欖石 gǎn lǎn shí olivine (rock-forming mineral magnesium-iron silicate (Mg,Fe)2SiO4) / peridot 袒胸 tǎn xiōng to bare the breast 不插电 不插電 bù chā diàn unplugged (of rock musicians performing on acoustic instruments) 坚如磐石 堅如磐石 jiān rú pán shí solid as a boulder (idiom) / absolutely secure / rock-firm and unyielding syn 山子 shān zi rock garden / rockery 方解石 fāng jiě shí calcite (CaCO3 as rock-forming mineral) 巍然屹立 wēi rán yì lì to stand tall and rock-solid (idiom) / towering majestically / (of a person) to stand up against sb 摇 搖 yáo to shake / to rock / to row / to crank syn 赤 chì red / scarlet / bare / naked syn 徒 tú disciple / apprentice / believer / on foot / bare / empty / to no avail / only / prison sentence syn 赤裸裸 chì luǒ luǒ bare / naked / (fig.) plain / undisguised / unadorned syn 秃 禿 tū bald (lacking hair or feathers) / barren / bare / denuded / blunt (lacking a point) / (of a piece of writing) unsatisfactory / lacking something syn 掀 xiān to lift (a lid) / to rock / to convulse syn 礁 jiāo reef / shoal rock syn 磐 pán firm / stable / rock syn 硅石 guī shí siliceous rock 火成岩 huǒ chéng yán igneous rock (geology) / volcanic rock 岩盐 岩鹽 yán yán rock salt syn 沉积岩 沉積岩 chén jī yán sedimentary rock (geology) 龇 齜 zī projecting teeth / to bare one's teeth 辉石 輝石 huī shí pyroxene (family of rock-forming minerals) / augite 钎 釺 qiān a drill (for boring through rock) syn 围岩 圍岩 wéi yán enclosing rock 凿岩 鑿岩 záo yán (rock) drilling 凿岩机 鑿岩機 záo yán jī rock drill syn 英石 yīng shí ornamental limestone rock (供石[gong1 shi2]) from Yingde 英德[Ying1 de2], Guangdong 打赤膊 dǎ chì bó to bare one's chest / bare-chested syn 磊 lěi lumpy / rock pile / uneven / fig. sincere / open and honest 碉 diāo rock cave (archaic) 裼 xī to bare the upper body 砬 lá a huge boulder / a towering rock 坻 chí islet / rock in river syn 月岩 yuè yán moon rock 钎子 釺子 qiān zi hammer drill for boring through rock syn 变质岩 變質岩 biàn zhì yán metamorphic rock (geology) 襢 tǎn to bare 窾 kuǎn crack / hollow / cavity / to excavate or hollow out / (onom.) water hitting rock / (old) variant of 款[kuan3] 一物降一物 yī wù xiáng yī wù lit. one object bests another object / every item has a weakness (idiom) / there is a rock to every scissor, a scissor to every paper, and a paper to every rock 暴虎冯河 暴虎馮河 bào hǔ píng hé lit. fight tigers with one's bare hands and wade across raging rivers (idiom) / fig. to display foolhardy courage 蓬头跣足 蓬頭跣足 péng tóu xiǎn zú matted hair and bare feet / unkempt 左右两难 左右兩難 zuǒ yòu liǎng nán (idiom) between a rock and a hard place / in a dilemma 颜面扫地 顏面掃地 yán miàn sǎo dì lit. for one's face to reach rock bottom / to be thoroughly discredited (idiom) 前俯后仰 前俯後仰 qián fǔ hòu yǎng to rock one's body backward and forward / to be convulsed (with laughter etc) syn 悬崖绝壁 懸崖絕壁 xuán yá jué bì sheer cliffs and precipitous rock faces (idiom) 光膀子 guāng bǎng zi bare upper body / bare-chested / to bare one's chest 深成岩 shēn chéng yán plutonic rock / abyssal rock 烏魯汝 wū lǔ rǔ Uluru, iconic large rock formation in central Australia, sacred to Aboriginals, a World Heritage Site / also known as Ayers Rock 超基性岩 chāo jī xìng yán ultrabasic rock (geology, rock containing less than 45 percent silicates) 