象 xiàng elephant / CL:隻|只[zhi1] / shape / form / appearance / to imitate syn 封锁 封鎖 fēng suǒ to blockade / to seal off / to lock down syn 大象 dà xiàng elephant / CL:頭|头[tou2] syn 封闭 封閉 fēng bì to close / to seal off / to close down (an illegal venue) / closed (i.e. isolated from outside input) syn 记号 記號 jì hao mark / symbol / notation / seal syn 密封 mì fēng to seal up syn 打印 dǎ yìn to affix a seal / to stamp / to print out (with a printer) syn 海豹 hǎi bào (zoology) seal 象牙 xiàng yá ivory / elephant tusk syn 印章 yìn zhāng seal / signet / chop / stamp / CL:方[fang1] syn 封存 fēng cún to sequester / to seal up (for safe keeping) / to freeze (an account) / to mothball syn 查封 chá fēng to sequester / to seize (assets) / to seal up / to close down syn 盖章 蓋章 gài zhāng to affix a seal / to stamp (a document) / to sign off on sth syn 封条 封條 fēng tiáo seal syn 图章 圖章 tú zhāng stamp / seal / CL:方[fang1] syn 闭关 閉關 bì guān to close the passes / to seal off the country / seclusion (monastic practice, e.g. of Chan Buddhists) syn 封装 封裝 fēng zhuāng to encapsulate / to enclose / to wrap / to seal inside syn 封皮 fēng pí outer skin / envelope / cover / (legal) seal syn 海狗 hǎi gǒu fur seal syn 印鉴 印鑒 yìn jiàn seal impression / stamp / mark from a seal serving as signature syn 印泥 yìn ní red ink paste used for seal syn 封印 fēng yìn seal (on envelopes) 闭关锁国 閉關鎖國 bì guān suǒ guó to close the passes and seal off the country / to close a country to exclude foreign contact syn 官印 guān yìn official seal 戳记 戳記 chuō jì stamp / seal syn 加盖 加蓋 jiā gài to seal (with an official stamp) / to stamp / (fig.) to ratify / to put a lid on (a cooking pot) / to cap / to build an extension or additional story syn 公章 gōng zhāng official seal 篆刻 zhuàn kè to carve a seal / a seal 封盖 封蓋 fēng gài cap / seal / cover / to cover / blocked shot (basketball) 刻印 kè yìn to engrave a seal / stamp mark / to print with carved type / to leave a deep impression 加封 jiā fēng to seal up (a door with a paper seal, or a document) / to confer an additional title on a nobleman 篆书 篆書 zhuàn shū seal script (Chinese calligraphic style) syn 玉竹 yù zhú angular Solomon's seal / Polygonatum odoratum 黄精 黃精 huáng jīng King Solomon's seal (plant of genus Polygonatum) 大印 dà yìn stamp / official seal 白文 bái wén the text of an annotated book / an unannotated edition of a book / intagliated characters (on a seal) syn 印信 yìn xìn official seal / legally binding seal syn 金印 jīn yìn golden seal / characters tattooed on a convict's face 小篆 xiǎo zhuàn the small or lesser seal, the form of Chinese character standardized by the Qin dynasty syn 象鼻山 xiàng bí shān Elephant Trunk Hill in Guilin, Guangxi 盖印 蓋印 gài yìn to affix a seal / to stamp (a document) 封 fēng to confer / to grant / to bestow a title / to seal / classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters syn 印 yìn to print / to mark / to engrave / a seal / a print / a stamp / a mark / a trace / image syn 章 zhāng chapter / section / clause / movement (of symphony) / seal / badge / regulation / order syn 戳 chuō to jab / to poke / to stab / (coll.) to sprain / to blunt / to fuck (vulgar) / to stand / to stand (sth) upright / stamp / seal syn 符 fú mark / sign / talisman / to seal / to correspond to / tally / symbol / written charm / to coincide syn 国玺 國璽 guó xǐ seal of state 玺 璽 xǐ ruler's seal syn 缄 緘 jiān letters / to close / to seal syn 绶 綬 shòu cord on a seal 隶 隸 lì (bound form) a person in servitude / low-ranking subordinate / (bound form) to be subordinate to / (bound form) clerical script (the style of characters intermediate between ancient seal and modern regular characters) syn 关防 關防 guān fáng security measures (esp. border security) / official seal (esp. military seal during Qing and Ming times) syn 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 封网 封網 fēng wǎng to intercept at the net (volleyball, tennis etc) / (computing) to seal off a network syn 大篆 dà zhuàn the great seal / used narrowly for 籀文 / used broadly for many pre-Qin scripts syn 篆 zhuàn seal (of office) / seal script (a calligraphic style) / the small seal 小篆 and great seal 大篆 / writing in seal script syn 钤 鈐 qián latch of door / seal 籀 zhòu (literary) seal script used throughout the pre-Han period / to recite / to read (aloud) syn 绂 紱 fú ribbon for a seal / sash syn 护封 護封 hù fēng dust jacket (of a book) / protective cover / document seal 合眼摸象 hé yǎn mō xiàng to touch an elephant with closed eyes (idiom) / to proceed blindly 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 人心不足蛇吞象 rén xīn bù zú shé tūn xiàng a man who is never content is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant (idiom) 腰金衣紫 yāo jīn yī zǐ golden seal at the waist, purple gown (idiom) / in official position 秦篆 qín zhuàn seal script as unified by the Qin dynasty / the small seal 小篆 and great seal 大篆 syn 包封 bāo fēng to seal / to close up a package with a seal 印把子 yìn bà zi seal of authority / official seal syn 印玺 印璽 yìn xǐ official seal / imperial or royal seal / papal bull 印盒 yìn hé seal case / box for seal and ink pad 多瓣蒜 duō bàn suàn Chinese elephant garlic 大文蛤 dà wén gé giant clam / geoduck (Panopea abrupta) / elephant trunk clam / same as 象拔蚌[xiang4 ba2 bang4] 女神蛤 nǚ shén gé geoduck (Panopea abrupta) / elephant trunk clam / same as 象拔蚌[xiang4 ba2 bang4] 摸象 mō xiàng to touch an elephant (of proverbial blind people) 格涅沙 gé niè shā Ganesha (the elephant-headed God in Hinduism, son of Shiva and Parvati) 瞎子摸象 xiā zi 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 象拔蚌 xiàng bá bàng elephant trunk clam / geoduck (Panopea abrupta), large clam with a long proboscis (native to the west coast of North America) 大笨象 dà bèn xiàng (slang) elephant 泥封 ní fēng to seal jars etc with mud, clay or lute / lute / luting 卩 jié "seal" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 26) 㔾 jié "seal" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 26) 印纽 印紐 yìn niǔ decorated knob protruding from seal, allowing it to be strung on a cord 印谱 印譜 yìn pǔ collection of seal stamps 印钮 印鈕 yìn niǔ decorated knob protruding from seal, allowing it to be strung on a cord 印鼻 yìn bí decorated knob protruding from seal, allowing it to be strung on a cord 史籀篇 shǐ zhòu piān Shizhoupian, early school primer in great seal script 大篆[da4 zhuan4], attributed to King Xuan of Zhou 周宣王[Zhou1 Xuan1 wang2] but probably dating from c. 500 BC 封港 fēng gǎng to seal off a port 弥封 彌封 mí fēng to sign across the seal (as a precaution against fraud) 戳儿 戳兒 chuō r stamp / seal syn 戳子 chuō zi stamp / seal 斑海豹 bān hǎi bào spotted seal (Phoca largha) 海豹科 hǎi bào kē Phocidae, family within Carnivora including seal 玺印 璽印 xǐ yìn seal (esp. of ruler) 石鼓文 shí gǔ wén early form of Chinese characters inscribed in stone, a precursor of the small seal 小篆[xiao3 zhuan4] 籀文 zhòu wén seal script used throughout the pre-Han period syn 籀书 籀書 zhòu shū seal script used throughout the pre-Han period 美国国徽 美國國徽 měi guó guó huī the Great Seal of the United States 腽肭 膃肭 wà nà fur seal / (literary) fat / obese 腽肭兽 膃肭獸 wà nà shòu fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus Linnaeus) syn 腽肭脐 膃肭臍 wà nà qí penis and testes of fur seal (used in TCM) 