镩 鑹 cuān ice spud (aka ice chisel) with a pointy tip / to break a hole in ice (for ice fishing etc) using an ice spud 冰场 冰場 bīng chǎng skating or ice rink / ice stadium / ice arena 块冰 drift ice / ice pack / pack ice; 冰块 冰塊 bīng kuài ice cube / ice chunk syn 雪糕 xuě gāo ice cream bar / ice cream popsicle syn 如履薄冰 rú lǚ bó bīng lit. as if walking on thin ice (idiom) / fig. to be extremely cautious / to be skating on thin ice syn 冰刀 bīng dāo ice skates / ice skate blades 冰糕 bīng gāo ice-cream / popsicle / ice-lolly / sorbet syn 冰砖 冰磚 bīng zhuān ice-cream brick / brick of ice 冰排 bīng pái ice raft / ice floe 冰晶云 bīng jīng yún ice cloud / ice-crystal cloud 冰镩 冰鑹 bīng cuān ice spud (aka ice chisel) with a pointy tip syn 镩子 鑹子 cuān zi ice spud (aka ice chisel) with a pointy tip syn 去冰 qù bīng without ice / no ice (when ordering drinks) 烟火 煙火 yān huǒ smoke and fire / cooked food / (literary) beacon fire / (literary) descendants / posterity syn 峰火台 峰火臺 fēng huǒ tái fire beacon tower (used in frontier regions in former times to relay information about the enemy, using smoke by day and fire at night) 烽燧 fēng suì fire beacon tower (used in frontier regions in former times to relay information about the enemy, using smoke by day and fire at night) 失火 shī huǒ to catch fire / to be on fire syn 熄火 xī huǒ (of fire, lamp etc) to go out / to put out (fire) / (fig.) to die down / (of a vehicle) to stall 消防车 消防車 xiāo fáng chē fire engine / fire truck 生火 shēng huǒ to make a fire / to light a fire syn 消防队 消防隊 xiāo fáng duì fire brigade / fire department 野火 yě huǒ wildfire / (spreading like) wildfire / bush fire / farm fire (for clearing fields) syn 火险 火險 huǒ xiǎn fire danger (abbr. for 火災危險|火灾危险[huo3zai1 wei1xian3]) / fire insurance (abbr. for 火災保險|火灾保险[huo3zai1 bao3xian3]) 熄 xī to extinguish / to put out (fire) / to quench / to stop burning / to go out (of fire, lamp etc) / to come to an end / to wither away / to die out / Taiwan pr. [xi2] syn 燧 suì (bound form) material or tool used to light a fire by means of friction or the sun's rays / (bound form) beacon fire (alarm signal in border regions), esp. one lit during daytime to produce smoke 以毒攻毒 yǐ dú gōng dú to cure ills with poison (TCM) / to fight evil with evil / set a thief to catch a thief / to fight fire with fire 回禄 回祿 huí lù traditional Fire God / destruction by fire 禁射区 禁射區 no-fire area / no-fire zone 曲射 qū shè (military) curved-trajectory fire / plunging fire 消防通道 xiāo fáng tōng dào fire exit / (firefighting) fire lane 冰壶秋月 冰壺秋月 bīng hú qiū yuè jade ice jug and autumn moon (idiom, from poem by Song writer Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡) / fig. spotless white and pure / flawless person 幽明 yōu míng the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts 幽明 yōu - míng the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts 冰雪 bīng xuě ice and snow syn 冰天雪地 bīng tiān xuě dì a world of ice and snow syn 玉洁冰清 玉潔冰清 yù jié bīng qīng clear as ice and clean as jade (idiom) / spotless / irreproachable / incorruptible syn 冰消瓦解 bīng xiāo wǎ jiě to melt like ice and break like tiles / to disintegrate / to dissolve syn 冰清玉洁 冰清玉潔 bīng qīng yù jié clear as ice and clean as jade (idiom) / spotless / irreproachable / incorruptible syn 冷若冰霜 lěng ruò bīng shuāng as cold as ice and frost (idiom, usually of woman) / icy manner / frigid syn 冰炭不相容 bīng tàn bù xiāng róng as incompatible or irreconcilable as ice and hot coals syn 姚滨 姚濱 yáo bīn Yao Bin (1957-), PRC champion ice skater during early 1980s and more recently national skating coach 海－冰和地形评估雷达 海－冰和地形評估雷達 Sea-Ice and Terrain Assessment Radar 南极海冰过程、生态系统和气候方桉 南極海冰過程、生態系統和氣候方案 Antarctic Sea-ice Processes, Ecosystems and Climate programme 南极冰盖质量平衡和对海平面作用 南極冰蓋質量平衡和對海平面作用 Antarctic Ice Sheet Mass Balance and Sea-level Contributions 彗星冰尘实验 彗星冰塵實驗 huì xīng bīng chén shí yàn Cometary Ice and Dust Experiment 扑救 撲救 pū jiù firefighting / to extinguish a fire and save life and property / to dive (of goalkeeper in soccer) syn 出生入死 chū shēng rù sǐ from the cradle to the grave (idiom) / to go through fire and water / brave / willing to risk life and limb syn 玩火自焚 wán huǒ zì fén to play with fire and get burnt (idiom) / fig. to play with evil and suffer the consequences / to get one's fingers burnt syn 四大 sì dà the four elements: earth, water, fire, and wind (Buddhism) / the four freedoms: speaking out freely, airing views fully, holding great debates, and writing big-character posters, 大鳴大放|大鸣大放[da4 ming2 da4 fang4], 大辯論|大辩论[da4 bian4 lun4], 大字報|大字报[da4 zi4 bao4] (PRC) 炼丹八卦炉 煉丹八卦爐 liàn dān bā guà lú eight trigrams furnace to cook pills of immortality / symbol of the alchemist's art / Double, double toil and trouble, Fire burn, and cauldron bubble 烟熏火燎 煙燻火燎 yān xūn huǒ liǎo smoke and baking fire (idiom) / surrounded by flames and smoke 世界森林和其他植被火灾危害会议与展览 World Conference and Exhibition on Land and Forest Fire Hazards 冰冷 bīng lěng ice-cold syn 冰封 bīng fēng to freeze over / to ice over / icebound / to shelve (a proposal etc) 冰凉 冰涼 bīng liáng ice-cold syn 冰淇淋 bīng qí lín ice cream syn 冰山 bīng shān iceberg / ice-covered mountain / (fig.) a backer one cannot rely on for long / CL:座[zuo4] 冰激凌 bīng jī líng ice cream syn 冰霜 bīng shuāng (literary) ice formed in freezing weather as frost or icicles etc (often used as a metaphor for moral uprightness, strictness, sternness or aloofness) 熔化 róng huà to melt (of ice, metals etc) syn 冰晶 bīng jīng ice crystals 开化 開化 kāi huà to become civilized / to be open-minded / (of ice) to thaw syn 溜冰 liū bīng ice skating / (slang) to do meth syn 破冰 pò bīng (fig.) to break the ice / to begin to restore amicable relations 冰棍 bīng gùn popsicle / ice lolly / CL:根[gen1] syn 冰球 bīng qiú ice hockey / puck 坚冰 jiān bīng ice / (fig.) frosty relationship 冰雕 bīng diāo ice sculpture 冰原 bīng yuán ice field 冰花 bīng huā ice crystal / frost (on windows) 冰棒 bīng bàng popsicle / ice pop / CL:根[gen1] syn 溜冰场 溜冰場 liū bīng chǎng ice rink / skating rink 刨冰 bào bīng shaved or crushed ice dessert or beverage 冰灯 冰燈 bīng dēng ice lantern 冰袋 bīng dài ice bag 第四纪 第四紀 dì sì jì fourth period / quaternary (geological period covering the recent ice ages over the last 180,000 years) 溜冰鞋 liū bīng xié skating shoes / ice skates / roller skates / roller blades 冰盖 冰蓋 bīng gài ice sheet 浮冰 fú bīng ice floe 干冰 乾冰 gān bīng dry ice (i.e. frozen CO2) / CL:塊|块[kuai4] 冰洞 bīng dòng hole in ice / crevasse 制冰机 製冰機 zhì bīng jī ice maker 冷藏箱 lěng cáng xiāng cooler / ice chest / reefer container 海冰 hǎi bīng sea ice 冰期 bīng qī glacial epoch / ice age 冰桶 bīng tǒng ice bucket 破冰船 pò bīng chuán ice breaker 液态水 液態水 yè tài shuǐ liquid water (as opposed to steam or ice) 冰棍儿 冰棍兒 bīng gùn r ice lolly / popsicle syn 除冰 chú bīng to defrost / to get rid of ice 凌 líng to approach / to rise high / thick ice / to insult or maltreat syn 夏虫不可以语冰 夏蟲不可以語冰 xià chóng bù kě yǐ yǔ bīng a summer insect cannot discuss ice (idiom) 虎尾春冰 hǔ wěi chūn bīng lit. like stepping on a tiger's tail or spring ice (idiom) / fig. extremely dangerous situation syn 冰沙 bīng shā slushie / smoothie / crushed ice drink / frappucino 冰上运动 冰上運動 bīng shàng yùn dòng ice-sports 不冻港 不凍港 bù dòng gǎng ice-free port / open port 冫 bīng "ice" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 15), occurring in 冰[bing1], 次[ci4] etc, known as 兩點水|两点水[liang3 dian3 shui3] 加冰块 加冰塊 jiā bīng kuài on the rocks / with ice / iced 