沙子 shā zi sand / grit / CL:粒[li4],把[ba3] syn 过滤 過濾 guò lǜ to filter syn 筛选 篩選 shāi xuǎn to filter syn 过滤器 過濾器 guò lǜ qì filtering apparatus / (machine) filter 沙袋 shā dài sandbag / punching bag (trad. filled with sand) syn 沙丘 shā qiū sand dune / sandy hill syn 沙包 shā bāo sandbag / punching bag (trad. filled with sand) / sand dune / footbag / hacky sack syn 沙尘暴 沙塵暴 shā chén bào sand and dust storm syn 沙地 shā dì sandy beach or river bank / sand dune / sandy land syn 沙坑 shā kēng sandbox / jumping pit (athletics) / sand trap, bunker (golf) 沙砾 沙礫 shā lì grains of sand syn 除尘 除塵 chú chén to eliminate dust (i.e. filter out suspended particles) 滤波器 濾波器 lǜ bō qì signal filter 砂石 shā shí sandstone / sand and stone / aggregate syn 掩耳盗铃 掩耳盜鈴 yǎn ěr dào líng lit. to cover one's ears whilst stealing a bell / to deceive oneself / to bury one's head in the sand (idiom) syn 沙尘 沙塵 shā chén airborne sand and dust 滤器 濾器 lǜ qì filter / strainer syn 风沙 風沙 fēng shā sand blown by wind / sandstorm 细沙 細沙 xì shā fine sand 沙石 shā shí sand and stones 砂子 shā zi sand syn 滤纸 濾紙 lǜ zhǐ filter paper 滤镜 濾鏡 lǜ jìng (photography) filter 滤芯 濾芯 lǜ xīn filter cartridge / filter 磨砂 mó shā to scrub with an abrasive / to sand / frosted (e.g. glass) 滤波 濾波 lǜ bō to filter electric signals 滤清器 濾清器 lǜ qīng qì a filter 沙漏 shā lòu hourglass / sand filter 沙盘 沙盤 shā pán sand table (military) / 3D terrain (or site) model (for real estate marketing, geography class etc) / sand tray (on which to write characters) syn 沙粒 shā lì grain of sand 滤网 濾網 lǜ wǎng filter / a sieve 滤过 濾過 lǜ guò to filter 骨料 gǔ liào aggregate (sand or gravel used in concrete 混凝土) 过筛 過篩 guò shāi to put through a sieve / to sift (flour etc) / to strain (a liquid) / (fig.) to screen / to filter / to select 沙雕 沙鵰 shā diāo sand sculpture 泥沙俱下 ní shā jù xià mud and sand flow together (idiom) / good and bad mingle syn 沙 shā granule / hoarse / raspy / sand / powder / CL:粒[li4] / abbr. for Tsar or Tsarist Russia syn 淋 lìn to filter / to strain / to drain / gonorrhea / (TCM) strangury syn 滤 濾 lǜ to strain / to filter syn 砂 shā sand / gravel / granule / variant of 沙[sha1] syn 筛 篩 shāi (bound form) a sieve / to sieve / to sift / to filter / to eliminate through selection / to warm a pot of rice wine (over a fire or in hot water) / to pour (wine or tea) / (dialect) to strike (a gong) syn 射影 shè yǐng (geometry) projection / (Chinese mythology) creature that spits sand to make people ill 偏光镜 偏光鏡 piān guāng jìng polarizing filter 沥 瀝 lì to drip / to strain or filter / a trickle syn 聚沙成塔 jù shā chéng tǎ sand grains accumulate to make a tower a tower (idiom) / by gathering small amounts one gets a huge quantity / many a mickle makes a muckle syn 散沙 sǎn shā scattered sand / fig. lacking in cohesion or organization 滤色镜 濾色鏡 lǜ sè jìng color filter 恒河沙数 恆河沙數 héng hé shā shù countless as the grains of sand in the Ganges (idiom) syn 滤清 濾清 lǜ qīng to filter and purify 油砂 yóu shā oil sand (mining) 鲫 鯽 jì bastard carp / sand perch syn 一盘散沙 一盤散沙 yī pán sǎn shā lit. like a sheet of loose sand / fig. unable to cooperate (idiom) syn 含沙量 hán shā liàng sand content / quantity of sediment (carried by a river) 鸵鸟政策 鴕鳥政策 tuó niǎo zhèng cè ostrich policy (sticking one's head in the sand, failing to acknowledge danger) 酾 釃 shī (literary) to filter (wine) / to pour (wine or tea) / to dredge / also pr. [shai1] / Taiwan pr. [si1] syn 漏脯充饥 漏脯充飢 lòu fǔ chōng jī to bury one's head in the sand (idiom) 画荻教子 畫荻教子 huà dí jiào zǐ to write on the sand with reeds while teaching one's son (idiom) / mother's admirable dedication to her children's education 双层滤料滤池 雙層濾料濾池 shuāng céng lǜ liào lǜ chí dual-media filter / double-layer filter / double-bed filter 保真滤波器 保真濾波器 anti-aliasing filter / anti-alias filter / alias filter 高通滤波器 高通濾波器 gāo tōng lǜ bō qì high-pass filter / low-cut filter 低通滤波器 低通濾波器 dī tōng lǜ bō qì low-pass filter / high-cut filter 空间滤波 空間濾波 filter / spatial filter 海砂 hǎi shā sea sand (sand of the ocean floor or seashore) 偏极滤光镜 偏極濾光鏡 piān jí lǜ guāng jìng polarizing filter 多孔性 duō kǒng xìng porous / having many holes (e.g. filter gauze or sieve) 淘析 táo xī to strain / to wash and filter 滤出 濾出 lǜ chū to filter out 滤尘器 濾塵器 lǜ chén qì dust filter 滤除 濾除 lǜ chú to filter out 滤饼 濾餅 lǜ bǐng filtrate / solid residue produced by a filter / mud from filtering can sugar 筛除 篩除 shāi chú to screen or filter out / to winnow (agriculture) 过滤嘴香烟 過濾嘴香煙 guò lǜ zuǐ xiāng yān filter-tipped cigarette 除尘机 除塵機 chú chén jī dusting machine / dust filter 带阻滤波器 帶阻濾波器 dài zǔ lǜ bō qì band-stop fllter / band-reject filter 带通滤波器 帶通濾波器 dài tōng lǜ bō qì band-pass filter f-k滤波器 f-klu:4 bō qì f-k filter 波数滤波器 wavenumber filter 缓冲作业带 filter strip / buffer strip 水流过滤装置 shuǐ liú guò lǜ zhuāng zhì flow filter 过滤除尘器 guò lǜ chú chén qì filter (layer) separator 滤食性动物 濾食性動物 filter feeder / suspension feeder 萨非过滤器 薩非過濾器 sà fēi guò lǜ qì Safi filter 通风空气过滤系统 通風空氣過濾系統 vent air filter system 时变滤波器 時變濾波器 shí biàn lǜ bō qì time-variant filter 防喷罩 防噴罩 fáng pēn zhào pop filter (audio engineering) 滤嘴 濾嘴 lǜ zuǐ cigarette filter 信息茧房 信息繭房 xìn xī jiǎn fáng (Internet) echo chamber / filter bubble 滤光镜 濾光鏡 lǜ guāng jìng (photography) filter 偏振镜 偏振鏡 piān zhèn jìng polarizing filter 闭目塞听 閉目塞聽 bì mù sè tīng to shut one's eyes and stop one's ears / out of touch with reality / to bury one's head in the sand syn 三合土 sān hé tǔ traditional Chinese building material made by mixing three components (typically lime, clay, and sand) syn 采砂场 採砂場 cǎi shā chǎng sandpit / sand quarry 沙坑杆 沙坑桿 shā kēng gān sand wedge (golf) 沙坝 沙壩 shā bà a sandbank / a sand bar 沙画 沙畫 shā huà sand picture 流动性大沙漠 流動性大沙漠 liú dòng xìng dà shā mò shifting sand dunes 海砂屋 hǎi shā wū house built with cheap, unreliable concrete which contains a high quantity of sea sand 焗 jú (dialect) to cook in salt or sand, inside a sealed pot / to steam / to bake 玻璃砂 bō li shā siliceous sand (geology) 