理 lǐ texture / grain (of wood) / inner essence / intrinsic order / reason / logic / truth / science / natural science (esp. physics) / to manage / to pay attention to / to run (affairs) / to handle / to put in order / to tidy up syn 切 qiē to cut / to slice / to carve / (math) tangential syn 木头 木頭 mù tou slow-witted / blockhead / log (of wood, timber etc) / CL:塊|块[kuai4],根[gen1] syn 雕塑 diāo sù a statue / a Buddhist image / sculpture / to carve 篱笆 籬笆 lí ba fence (esp. of bamboo or wood railings) syn 木材 mù cái wood syn 雕刻 diāo kè to carve / to engrave / carving syn 伐木 fá mù to cut wood / tree-felling / lumbering 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 松木 sōng mù pine wood / deal / larch 木屑 mù xiè wood shavings / sawdust syn 门闩 門閂 mén shuān horizontal bar to hold a door closed (made of wood or metal) / door bolt syn 纹路 紋路 wén lù veined pattern / wrinkles / vein lines (in marble or fingerprint) / grain (in wood etc) syn 红木 紅木 hóng mù red wood / mahogany / rosewood / padauk 雕琢 diāo zhuó to sculpt / to carve (jade) / ornate artwork / overly elaborate prose syn 纹理 紋理 wén lǐ vein lines (in marble or fingerprint) / grain (in wood etc) syn 蛀虫 蛀蟲 zhù chóng insect that eats into wood, books, clothes etc / fig. vermin syn 朽木 xiǔ mù rotten wood syn 甲醇 jiǎ chún methyl alcohol / methanol CH3OH / wood alcohol / wood spirit 劈柴 pǐ chái chopped wood / firewood 五行 wǔ xíng five phases of Chinese philosophy: wood 木, fire 火, earth 土, metal 金, water 水 syn 雕饰 雕飾 diāo shì to carve / to decorate / carved / decorated syn 桐油 tóng yóu tung oil, from the Japanese wood-oil tree Aleurites cordata, used in making lacquer 木耳 mù ěr wood ear / jelly ear (edible fungus) / CL:朵[duo3] syn 琢磨 zhuó mó to carve and polish (jade) / to polish and refine a literary work syn 切成 qiē chéng to cut up (into pieces) / to slice / to carve / to dice / to shred 丁丁 zhēng zhēng sound of chopping wood, chess pieces hitting the board etc syn 篆刻 zhuàn kè to carve a seal / a seal 竹木 zhú mù bamboo and wood 打天下 dǎ tiān xià to seize power / to conquer the world / to establish and expand a business / to carve out a career for oneself syn 茯苓 fú líng Wolfiporia extensa (a wood-decay fungus) / fu ling / tuckahoe 苏木 蘇木 sū mù sappan wood (Caesalpinia sappan), used in Chinese medicine / administrative subdivision of banner 旗 (county) in Inner Mongolia (Mongol: arrow) 砍树 砍樹 kǎn shù to chop wood / to chop down trees 木片 mù piàn flat piece of wood / wood chip / CL:塊|块[kuai4],片[pian4] 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 木杆 木桿 mù gān wooden pole / wood (golf club) 灌木林 guàn mù lín shrubbery / low wood 镂刻 鏤刻 lòu kè to carve / to engrave syn 片 piàn thin piece / flake / a slice / film / TV play / to slice / to carve thin / partial / incomplete / one-sided / classifier for slices, tablets, tract of land, area of water / classifier for CDs, movies, DVDs etc / used with numeral 一[yi1]: classifier for scenario, scene, feeling, atmosphere, sound etc / Kangxi radical 91 syn 追 duī to sculpt / to carve / musical instrument (old) syn 签 籤 qiān inscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc) / small wood sliver / label / tag syn 勒 lè (literary) bridle / halter / headstall / to rein in / to compel / to force / (literary) to carve / to engrave / (literary) to command / to lead (an army etc) / (physics) lux (abbr. for 勒克斯[le4ke4si1]) syn 木 mù (bound form) tree / (bound form) wood / unresponsive / numb / wooden syn 纹 紋 wén line / trace / mark / pattern / grain (of wood etc) syn 刻 kè quarter (hour) / moment / to carve / to engrave / to cut / oppressive / classifier for short time intervals syn 契 qì to carve / carved words / to agree / a contract / a deed syn 矩 jǔ carpenter's square / rule / regulation / pattern / to carve syn 炭 tàn wood charcoal / coal syn 抠 摳 kōu to dig / to pick / to scratch (with a finger or sth pointed) / to carve / to cut / to study meticulously / stingy / miserly / to lift up (esp. the hem of a robe) syn 札 zhá thin piece of wood used a writing tablet (in ancient China) / a kind of official document (in former times) / letter / note / plague syn 刊 栞 kān old variant of 刊[kan1] / to peel with a knife / to carve / to amend syn 栈 棧 zhàn a wooden or bamboo pen for sheep or cattle / wood or bamboo trestlework / a warehouse / (computing) stack syn 梓 zǐ Chinese catalpa (Catalpa ovata), a tree that serves as a symbol of one's hometown and whose wood is used to make various items / (bound form) printing blocks syn 锲 鍥 qiè to cut / to carve / to engrave / to chisel / fig. to chisel away at 榘 jǔ variant of 矩, carpenter's square / rule / regulation / pattern / to carve 油桐 yóu tóng Chinese wood-oil tree (Vernicia fordii) syn 刨花 bào huā wood shavings 盲人摸象 máng rén mō xiàng blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[da4 ban1 Nie4 pan2 jing1]) / fig. unable to see the big picture / to mistake the part for the whole / unable to see the wood for the trees syn 硅化木 guī huà mù petrified wood (geology) 鸡翅木 雞翅木 jī chì mù wenge or wengue (type of wood) 形成层 形成層 xíng chéng céng vascular cambium (layer of tissue responsible for growth inside wood) 边材 邊材 biān cái sapwood (between vascular cambium and pith inside growing wood) 樵 qiáo firewood / gather wood syn 镌 鐫 juān to engrave (on wood or stone) / to inscribe syn 蠡 lǐ wood-boring insect syn 镂 鏤 lòu to engrave / to carve / hard steel syn 槁 gǎo dried up (wood) / dead tree 槎 chá a raft made of bamboo or wood / to fell trees / to hew syn 巽 xùn to obey / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing wood and wind / ☴ / ancient Chinese compass point: 135° (southeast) 锼 鎪 sōu to engrave (metal of wood) syn 锓 鋟 qín to carve syn 桄 guàng woven wood and bamboo utensil / classifier for threads and strings 一叶障目 一葉障目 yī yè zhàng mù lit. eyes obscured by a single leaf (idiom) / fig. not seeing the wider picture / can't see the wood for the trees syn 只见树木不见森林 只見樹木不見森林 zhǐ jiàn shù mù bù jiàn sēn lín unable to see the wood for the trees / fig. only able to see isolated details, and not the bigger picture 榫眼 sǔn yǎn mortise (slot cut into wood to receive a tenon) syn 丬 爿 qiáng "piece of wood" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 90), mirror image of 片[pian4] 爿 pán classifier for strips of land or bamboo, shops, factories etc / slit bamboo or chopped wood (dialect) 鑴 xì to engrave or carve, as a block for printing 刻鹄类鹜 刻鵠類鶩 kè hú lèi wù to aim to carve a swan and get a semblance of a duck (idiom) / to fail utterly in trying to copy something / to get a reasonably good, if not perfect, result 土木形骸 tǔ mù xíng hái earth and wood framework (idiom) / plain and undecorated body 木人石心 mù rén shí xīn lit. body made of wood, heart made of stone (idiom) / fig. heartless syn 烈火干柴 烈火乾柴 liè huǒ gān chái lit. intense fire to dry wood (idiom) / inferno in a woodpile / fig. consuming passion between lovers 众盲摸象 眾盲摸象 zhòng máng mō xiàng multitude of blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[da4 ban1 Nie4 pan2 jing1]) / fig. unable to see the big picture / to mistake the part for the whole / unable to see the wood for the trees 鎸 juān variant of 鐫|镌, to engrave (on wood or stone) / to inscribe 斲 zhuó chop / carve wood 雕镌 雕鐫 diāo juān to engrave (wood or stone) / to carve 木醇 mù chún wood alcohol / wood spirit / methyl alcohol / methanol CH3OH / same as 甲醇[jia3 chun2] 树化玉 樹化玉 shù huà yù wood jade (type of petrified wood) 木精 mù jīng methanol / methyl alcohol / wood alcohol / wood spirit 亚马孙破布木 亞馬孫破布木 cordia wood / jenny wood 黑林鸽 黑林鴿 hēi lín gē (bird species of China) black wood pigeon / Japanese wood pigeon (Columba janthina) 栔 qì carve / cut 鋑 cuān to engrave or carve, as a block for printing 凹雕 āo diāo to engrave / to carve into 彫刻 diāo kè to carve / to engrave / carving 开脸 開臉 kāi liǎn (of a bride-to-be) to remove facial hair and trim hairline (old) / to carve a face 排除适用 排除適用 carve-out 例外规定 例外規定 lì wài guī dìng carve-out 剒 cuò to cut / to carve 