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"cow-wood" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
圭亚那乳桑 cow-wood
Chinese Pinyin Translation
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
牛奶 niú nǎi cow's milk / CL:瓶[ping2],杯[bei1]
木头 木頭 mù tou slow-witted / blockhead / log (of wood, timber etc) / CL:塊|块[kuai4],根[gen1] syn
丁丁 zhēng zhēng sound of chopping wood, chess pieces hitting the board etc syn
油桐 yóu tóng Chinese wood-oil tree (Vernicia fordii) syn
鸡翅木 雞翅木 jī chì mù wenge or wengue (type of wood)
签 籤 qiān inscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc) / small wood sliver / label / tag syn
木材 mù cái wood syn
五行 wǔ xíng five phases of Chinese philosophy: wood 木, fire 火, earth 土, metal 金, water 水 syn
奶牛 nǎi niú milk cow / dairy cow syn
纹理 紋理 wén lǐ vein lines (in marble or fingerprint) / grain (in wood etc) syn
人鱼 人魚 rén yú mermaid / dugong / sea cow / manatee / giant salamander syn
肥肉 féi ròu fat (e.g. pork fat) / fatty meat / (fig.) a gold mine / cash cow 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
甲醇 jiǎ chún methyl alcohol / methanol CH3OH / wood alcohol / wood spirit
红木 紅木 hóng mù red wood / mahogany / rosewood / padauk
牛角 niú jiǎo cow horn
木耳 mù ěr wood ear / jelly ear (edible fungus) / CL:朵[duo3] syn
纹路 紋路 wén lù veined pattern / wrinkles / vein lines (in marble or fingerprint) / grain (in wood etc) syn
篱笆 籬笆 lí ba fence (esp. of bamboo or wood railings) syn
母牛 mǔ niú cow syn
竹木 zhú mù bamboo and wood
茯苓 fú líng Wolfiporia extensa (a wood-decay fungus) / fu ling / tuckahoe
朽木 xiǔ mù rotten wood syn
疯牛病 瘋牛病 fēng niú bìng mad cow disease (bovine spongiform encephalopathy)
伐木 fá mù to cut wood / tree-felling / lumbering syn
威吓 威嚇 wēi hè to threaten / to intimidate / to cow syn
松木 sōng mù pine wood / deal / larch
木屑 mù xiè wood shavings / sawdust syn
蛀虫 蛀蟲 zhù chóng insect that eats into wood, books, clothes etc / fig. vermin syn
劈柴 pǐ chái chopped wood / firewood
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
牛乳 niú rǔ cow's milk
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
门闩 門閂 mén shuān horizontal bar to hold a door closed (made of wood or metal) / door bolt syn
牛腩 niú nǎn brisket (esp. Cantonese) / belly beef / spongy meat from cow's underside and neighboring ribs / erroneously translated as sirloin
木杆 木桿 mù gān wooden pole / wood (golf club)
桐油 tóng yóu tung oil, from the Japanese wood-oil tree Aleurites cordata, used in making lacquer
六畜 liù chù six domestic animals, namely: pig, cow, sheep, horse, chicken and dog syn
四不像 sì bù xiàng common name for 麋鹿[mi2 lu4], Père David's deer (Elaphurus davidianus), which is said to resemble an amalgam of animals such as a cow, deer, donkey and horse / an odd mixture of disparate elements / hodgepodge / farrago
灌木林 guàn mù lín shrubbery / low wood
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
奉若神明 fèng ruò shén míng to honor sb as a God (idiom) / to revere / to worship / to deify / to make a holy cow of sth / to put sb on a pedestal syn
硅化木 guī huà mù petrified wood (geology)
木 mù (bound form) tree / (bound form) wood / unresponsive / numb / wooden syn
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)
牛 niú ox / cow / bull / CL:條|条[tiao2],頭|头[tou2] / newton (abbr. for 牛頓|牛顿[niu2 dun4]) / (slang) awesome syn
纹 紋 wén line / trace / mark / pattern / grain (of wood etc) syn
炭 tàn wood charcoal / coal syn
栈 棧 zhàn a wooden or bamboo pen for sheep or cattle / wood or bamboo trestlework / a warehouse / (computing) stack 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
樵 qiáo firewood / gather wood 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
镌 鐫 juān to engrave (on wood or stone) / to inscribe syn
蠡 lǐ wood-boring insect 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)
牯 gǔ bullock / cow
哞 mōu moo (sound made by cow)
锼 鎪 sōu to engrave (metal of wood) syn
腩 nǎn brisket / belly beef / spongy meat from cow's underside and neighboring ribs / see 牛腩[niu2 nan3] esp. Cantonese / erroneously translated as sirloin
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
呼牛作马 呼牛作馬 hū niú zuò mǎ to call sth a cow or a horse (idiom) / it doesn't matter what you call it / Insult me if you want, I don't care what you call me.
呼牛呼马 呼牛呼馬 hū niú hū mǎ to call sth a cow or a horse (idiom) / it doesn't matter what you call it / Insult me if you want, I don't care what you call me.
对牛弹琴 對牛彈琴 duì niú tán qín lit. to play the lute to a cow (idiom) / fig. offering a treat to an unappreciative audience / to cast pearls before swine / caviar to the general / to preach to deaf ears / to talk over sb's head syn
牛溲马勃 牛溲馬勃 niú sōu mǎ bó cow's piss, horse's ulcer (idiom) / worthless nonsense / insignificant
牛骥同槽 牛驥同槽 niú jì tóng cáo cow and famous steed at the same trough (idiom) / fig. the common and the great are treated alike / also written 牛驥同皂|牛骥同皂[niu2 ji4 tong2 zao4]
牛骥同皂 牛驥同皂 niú jì tóng zào cow and famous steed at the same trough (idiom) / fig. the common and the great are treated alike
舐犊之爱 舐犢之愛 shì dú zhī ài the love of a cow licking her calf (idiom) / parental love
舐犊情深 舐犢情深 shì dú qíng shēn lit. the cow licking its calf fondly (idiom) / fig. to show deep affection towards one's children
牛角挂书 牛角掛書 niú jiǎo guà shū lit. to hang one's books on cow horns (idiom) / fig. to be diligent in one's studies
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
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)
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)
犨 chōu panting of cow / grunting of ox
吴牛见月 吳牛見月 wú niú jiàn yuè cow from Wu is terrified by the moon, mistaking it for the sun
牛海绵状脑病 牛海綿狀腦病 niú hǎi mián zhuàng nǎo bìng bovine spongiform encephalopathy, BSE / mad cow disease
牛痘病 niú dòu bìng cow pox
牸牛 zì niú cow
狂牛病 kuáng niú bìng mad cow disease / bovine spongiform encephalopathy, BSE
老牛吃嫩草 lǎo niú chī nèn cǎo lit. an old cow eats young grass (idiom) / fig. a May-December relationship / a romance where the man is significantly older than the woman
太牢 tài láo (in ancient times) sacrificial animal (cow, sheep or pig)
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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