灰尘 灰塵 huī chén dust syn 吸尘器 吸塵器 xī chén qì vacuum cleaner / dust catcher 粉末 fěn mò fine powder / dust syn 沾满 沾滿 zhān mǎn muddy / covered in (mud, dust, sweat, blood etc) / daubed in syn 尘土 塵土 chén tǔ dust syn 眩晕 眩暈 xuàn yùn vertigo / dizziness / fainting / feeling of swaying, head spinning, lack of balance or floating (e.g. from a stroke) / Taiwan pr. [xuan4 yun1] syn 尘埃 塵埃 chén āi dust syn 卷土重来 卷土重來 juǎn tǔ chóng lái lit. to return in a swirl of dust (idiom) / fig. to regroup and come back even stronger / to make a comeback syn 沙尘暴 沙塵暴 shā chén bào sand and dust storm syn 后尘 後塵 hòu chén lit. trailing dust / fig. sb's footsteps / course in life 尘封 塵封 chén fēng covered in dust / dusty / lying unused for a long time 一尘不染 一塵不染 yī chén bù rǎn untainted by even a speck of dust (idiom) / selfless and incorruptible / spotless syn 卷起 捲起 juǎn qǐ to roll up / to curl up / (of dust etc) to swirl up syn 烟尘 煙塵 yān chén smoke and dust / air pollution syn 粉尘 粉塵 fěn chén dust / airborne powder / solid particulate matter 沉浮 chén fú lit. sinking and floating / to bob up and down on water / ebb and flow / fig. rise and fall / ups and downs of fortune / vicissitudes syn 除尘 除塵 chú chén to eliminate dust (i.e. filter out suspended particles) 望尘莫及 望塵莫及 wàng chén mò jí lit. to see only the other rider's dust and have no hope of catching up (idiom) / to be far inferior syn 浮云 浮雲 fú yún floating clouds / fleeting / transient 风尘 風塵 fēng chén windblown dust / hardships of travel / vicissitudes of life / prostitution syn 沙尘 沙塵 shā chén airborne sand and dust 灰土 huī tǔ dust / (soil taxonomy) spodosol syn 风尘仆仆 風塵僕僕 fēng chén pú pú lit. covered in dust (idiom) / fig. travel-worn syn 除尘器 chú chén qì de-duster / dust collector / dust separator / precipitator 抑扬 抑揚 yì yáng modulation (rising and falling pitch) / intonation / a cadence / to rise and fall (of a body floating in water) syn 飘摇 飄搖 piāo yáo floating in the wind / swaying / tottering / unstable syn 流动人口 流動人口 liú dòng rén kǒu transient population / floating population 游资 遊資 yóu zī floating capital / idle fund / hot money 浮点 浮點 fú diǎn (computing) floating point 不费吹灰之力 不費吹灰之力 bù fèi chuī huī zhī lì as easy as blowing off dust / effortless / with ease syn 浮动汇率 floating exchange rate / flexible exchange rate 浮点数 浮點數 fú diǎn shù (computing) floating-point number / float 尘雾 塵霧 chén wù cloud of dust / smog 滥觞 濫觴 làn shāng lit. floating wine goblets on a stream / the origin (of some phenomenon) syn 土 tǔ earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1] syn 灰 huī ash / dust / lime / gray / discouraged / dejected syn 浮 fú to float / superficial / floating / unstable / movable / provisional / temporary / transient / impetuous / hollow / inflated / to exceed / superfluous / excessive / surplus syn 末 mò tip / end / final stage / latter part / inessential detail / powder / dust / opera role of old man syn 埃 āi dust / dirt / angstrom / phonetic ai or e syn 尘 塵 chén dust / dirt / earth syn 眯 mí to blind (as with dust) / Taiwan pr. [mi3] syn 尘埃落定 塵埃落定 chén āi luò dìng lit. the dust has settled (idiom) / fig. to get sorted out / to be finalized syn 掸 撣 dǎn to brush away / to dust off / brush / duster / CL:把[ba3] syn 末子 mò zi powder / dust syn 弹冠相庆 彈冠相慶 tán guān xiāng qìng lit. to flick dust off sb's cap (idiom) / to celebrate an official appointment / to congratulate and celebrate (promotion, graduation etc) 浮土 fú tǔ topsoil / surface dust syn 征尘 征塵 zhēng chén the dust of a long journey syn 尘螨 塵蟎 chén mǎn dust mite 荇 xìng yellow floating heart (Nymphoides peltatum) 万念俱灰 萬念俱灰 wàn niàn jù huī every hope turns to dust (idiom) / completely disheartened syn 甚嚣尘上 甚囂塵上 shèn xiāo chén shàng clamor raises the dust (idiom) / a tremendous clamor / to raise a tremendous stink syn 护封 護封 hù fēng dust jacket (of a book) / protective cover / document seal 金沙 jīn shā gold dust / salted egg yolk sauce 尘暴 塵暴 chén bào dust devil 飖 颻 yáo floating in the air 颻 yáo floating in the air 浮云朝露 浮雲朝露 fú yún zhāo lù floating clouds, morning dew (idiom) / fig. ephemeral nature of human existence 琴剑飘零 琴劍飄零 qín jiàn piāo líng floating between zither and sword (idiom) / fig. wandering aimlessly with no tenured position 抹一鼻子灰 mǒ yī bí zi huī lit. to rub one's nose with dust / to suffer a snub / to meet with a rebuff 逸尘断鞅 逸塵斷鞅 yì chén duàn yāng lit. kicking up the dust and breaking the harness / fig. to ride like the wind (idiom) 浮尘 浮塵 fú chén dust (floating in the air or settled on a surface) / large amount of airborne sand and dust, such as during a sandstorm syn 塕 wěng flying dust (dialect) / dust 灰霾 huī mái dust haze / dust storm 纤尘 纖塵 xiān chén speck of dust / fine dust syn 坋 bèn dust / to dust / a bank of earth / to bring together / to dig / also pr. [fen4] 渢 féng buoyant / floating 浮点运算 浮點運算 fú diǎn yùn suàn floating point operation 自由漂移的状态 自由漂移的狀態 zì yóu piāo yí de zhuàng tài free-floating state 沈复 沈復 shěn fù Shen Fu (1763-c. 1810), Qing dynasty writer, author of Six Records of a Floating Life 浮生六記|浮生六记[Fu2 Sheng1 Liu4 Ji4] 浮动地狱 浮動地獄 fú dòng dì yù floating hell / slave ships 浮生六记 浮生六記 fú shēng liù jì Six Records of a Floating Life, autobiographical novel and description of Qing dynasty life by 沈復|沈复[Shen3 Fu4], published 1808 漂雷 piāo léi floating mine 无党派投票人 無黨派投票人 wú dǎng pài tóu piào rén floating voter / non-partisan voter 荇菜 xìng cài yellow floating heart (Nymphoides peltatum) 虚飘飘 虛飄飄 xū piāo piāo light and airy / floating syn 云霭 雲靄 yún ǎi floating clouds 青荇 qīng xìng waterlily / floating heart (Nymphoides peltatum) 飐飐 颭颭 zhǎn zhǎn seems as if floating 浮动利率票据 浮動利率票據 fú dòng lì lǜ piào jù floating-rate note 浮式生产、储存、卸载设施 浮式生產、儲存、卸載設施 floating production, storage and offloading facility 浮桥飘浮部 fú qiáo piāo fú bù interior section / centre section / floating section / river pontoon unit 漂浮水稻 floating rice 浮式储存和卸载装置 浮式儲存和卸載裝置 floating storage and offloading units 支援舰 支援艦 zhī yuán jiàn support ship / floating base 浮动基地 浮動基地 support ship / floating base 浮式储存和再气化装置 浮式儲存和再氣化裝置 floating storage and regasification unit 浮息票据 浮息票據 floating-rate note 每秒浮点运算次数，浮点运算率 每秒浮點運算次數，浮點運算率 flops / Floating Point Operations Per Second 浮点型 浮點型 fú diǎn xíng (computing) floating-point / float 悬浮窗 懸浮窗 xuán fú chuāng (computing) floating window 浮动窗口 浮動窗口 fú dòng chuāng kǒu (computing) floating window 浮窗 fú chuāng (computing) floating window 沧海一粟 滄海一粟 cāng hǎi - yī sù lit. one grain floating on the ocean (idiom) / fig. a drop in the ocean syn 壒 ài dust / mud 撢 dǎn to dust 煤屑 méi xiè coal dust / coal slack 坱 yǎng fine dust / plentiful / vast 坋 fèn dust, earth / a bank of earth / to dig / to bring together 吹灰 chuī huī to blow away dust 