会 會 huì can / to have the skill / to know how to / to be likely to / to be sure to / to meet / to get together / meeting / gathering / (suffix) union / group / association / (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [hui3]) syn 聚会 聚會 jù huì party / gathering / to meet / to get together syn 场子 場子 chǎng zi (coll.) gathering place / public venue syn 劈柴 pī chái to chop firewood / to split logs 邀集 yāo jí to invite a group of people (to assemble for a gathering) syn 打柴 dǎ chái to chop firewood / to gather firewood 夜幕 yè mù curtain of night / gathering darkness syn 风起云涌 風起雲湧 fēng qǐ yún yǒng to surge like a gathering storm (idiom) / to grow by leaps and bounds syn 联欢会 聯歡會 lián huān huì social gathering / party 柴火 chái huo plant material used as fuel (firewood, straw, leaves etc) syn 群英会 群英會 qún yīng huì distinguished gathering / a meeting of heroes 柴米油盐 柴米油鹽 chái mǐ yóu yán lit. firewood, rice, oil and salt / fig. life's daily necessities syn 卧薪尝胆 臥薪嚐膽 wò xīn cháng dǎn lit. to lie on firewood and taste gall (idiom) / fig. suffering patiently, but firmly resolved on revenge syn 木柴 mù chái firewood syn 劈柴 pǐ chái chopped wood / firewood 杯水车薪 杯水車薪 bēi shuǐ chē xīn lit. a cup of water on a burning cart of firewood (idiom) / fig. an utterly inadequate measure syn 捆扎 捆紮 kǔn zā to bundle up with rope (e.g. firewood) / to secure with rope (e.g. suitcases on the roof of a car) / to strap down syn 柴草 chái cǎo firewood 同乐会 同樂會 tóng lè huì social gathering at which those attending take it in turns to perform for the whole group (music, dancing or comedy etc) 做礼拜 做禮拜 zuò lǐ bài to worship / to pray (esp. in a regular religious gathering at a church or mosque) 贮水 貯水 zhù shuǐ catchment / feeding ground / gathering ground 渊薮 淵藪 yuān sǒu (lit.) gathering place of fish or other creatures / (fig.) haunt / lair / nest / den / hotbed 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 万智牌 萬智牌 wàn zhì pái Magic the gathering (online fantasy game of card collecting and battling) 柴 chái firewood / lean (of meat) / thin (of a person) syn 薪 xīn (literary) firewood / fuel / (bound form) salary syn 蒸 zhēng to evaporate / (of cooking) to steam / torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old) / finely chopped firewood (old) syn 樵 qiáo firewood / gather wood syn 薮 藪 sǒu marsh / gathering place 抱薪救火 bào xīn jiù huǒ lit. to carry firewood to put out a fire (idiom) / fig. to make a problem worse by inappropriate action syn 反裘负刍 反裘負芻 fǎn qiú fù chú lit. to wear one's coat inside out and carry firewood on one's back (idiom) / fig. to live a life of poverty and hard work / fig. to act stupidly 救焚益薪 jiù fén yì xīn add firewood to put out the flames (idiom) / fig. ill-advised action that only makes the problem worse / to add fuel to the fire 食玉炊桂 shí yù chuī guì food is more precious than jade and firewood more expensive than cassia (idiom) / the cost of living is very high 熰 ǒu copious smoke produced by smoldering firewood / half alight / to use the smoke of burning wormwood etc to repel insects 木柴堆 mù chái duī pile of firewood / funeral pyre 柴薪 chái xīn firewood 刍荛 芻蕘 chú ráo to mow grass and cut firewood / grass mower / woodman syn 柴米油盐酱醋茶 柴米油鹽醬醋茶 chái mǐ yóu yán jiàng cù chá lit. firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy, vinegar, and tea / fig. life's daily necessities 厝火积薪 厝火積薪 cuò huǒ jī xīn lit. to put a fire under a pile of firewood (idiom) / fig. hidden danger / imminent danger syn 薪火相传 薪火相傳 xīn huǒ xiāng chuán lit. the flame of a burning piece of firewood passes on to the rest (idiom) / fig. (of knowledge, skill etc) to be passed on from teachers to students, one generation to another 曲突徙薪 qū tū xǐ xīn lit. to bend the chimney and remove the firewood (to prevent fire) (idiom) / fig. to take preventive measures syn 劈柴 pǐ chai chopped wood / firewood 𠙶 ǒu (name of a mountain) / copious smoke produced by smoldering firewood / half alight / to use the smoke of burning wormwood etc to repel insects 柴禾 chái hé plant material used as fuel (firewood, straw, leaves etc) syn 柴米油盐 柴米油鹽 chái - mǐ - yóu - yán lit. firewood, rice, oil and salt (idiom) / fig. life's daily necessities syn 柴米油盐酱醋茶 柴米油鹽醬醋茶 chái - mǐ - yóu - yán - jiàng - cù - chá lit. firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and tea / fig. life's daily necessities 合吃族 hé chī zú lit. joint eaters / a restaurant social gathering, esp. organized online among strangers 夜色苍茫 夜色蒼茫 yè sè cāng máng gathering dusk 纠合 糾合 jiū hé gathering / a get-together syn 鸾翔凤集 鸞翔鳳集 luán xiáng fèng jí lit. firebird and phoenix come together (idiom) / fig. a gathering of eminent people syn 贮水池 貯水池 zhǔ shuǐ chí catchment / feeding ground / gathering ground 机械收集 jī xiè shōu jí mechanical gathering 集页机操作员 集頁机操作員 jí yè jī cào zuò yuán Gathering Machine Operator 亚太区域青年友好会议 亞太區域青年友好會議 Friendly Gathering of Youth of the Asia and Pacific Region 收集和分析实况材料报告员 收集和分析實況材料報告員 Rapporteur on the Gathering and Analysis of Facts 近距离收集数据 近距離收集數據 close-in data gathering 解放与和解集会党 解放與和解集會黨 Liberation and Reconciliation Gathering 布里斯托尔集团 布里斯托爾集團 Bristol Gathering / Bristol Group 信息收集巡逻 信息收集巡邏 information-gathering patrol 轰趴 轟趴 hōng pā (loanword) party (social gathering) / (Tw) party (typically associated with sex and drugs) 情蒐 qíng sōu intelligence gathering 茶叙 茶敘 chá xù to take tea and chat / a small-scale informal gathering with tea and snacks 捡骨 撿骨 jiǎn gǔ bone-gathering, a custom of Fujian and Taiwan in which a son recovers the bones of his deceased father from the grave and places them in an urn for permanent storage at a different location 茶聚 chá jù informal gathering with refreshments provided 相亲角 xiāng qīn jiǎo "matchmaking corner", a gathering in a park for parents who seek marriage partners for their adult children by connecting with other parents who put up posters displaying their unmarried child's details 情搜 情蒐 qíng sōu intelligence gathering 