蓄须明志 蓄鬚明志 xù xū míng zhì to grow a beard as a symbol of one's determination (as Mei Lanfang 梅蘭芳|梅兰芳[Mei2 Lan2 fang1] growing a beard and refusing to perform for the Japanese) 盘头 盤頭 pán tóu to coil hair into a bun / hair worn in bun / turban / hair ornament / to interrogate 焗油 jú yóu to condition or dye the hair using hair treatment product in conjunction with a hair steamer 头发胡子一把抓 頭髮鬍子一把抓 tóu fa hú zi yī bǎ zhuā lit. hair and beard all in one stroke / fig. to handle different things by the same method / one method to solve all problems / one size fits all 胡子 鬍子 hú zi beard / mustache or whiskers / facial hair / CL:撮[zuo3],根[gen1] / (coll.) bandit syn 美发 美髮 měi fà hairdressing / to give sb's hair a cut or other beauty treatment / beautiful hair syn 脱发 脫髮 tuō fà to lose one's hair / hair loss / alopecia 理发 理髮 lǐ fà to get a haircut / to have one's hair done / to cut (sb's) hair / to give (sb) a haircut syn 卷发 卷髮 juǎn fà curly hair / to curl hair 发卡 髮卡 fà qiǎ hair grip / hair clip syn 银发 銀髮 yín fà silver hair / gray hair syn 汗毛 hàn máo hair / soft hair / down syn 束发 束髮 shù fà to tie up one's hair / (literary) (of a boy) to be in one's adolescence (in ancient China, boys tied up their hair) 电棒 電棒 diàn bàng (coll.) flashlight / (Tw) stun baton / (Tw) hair iron / hair tongs syn 披头散发 披頭散髮 pī tóu sàn fà with dishevelled hair (idiom) / with one's hair down 挑染 tiāo rǎn highlight (hair) / partial hair dye 蓬茸 péng róng lush / luxuriant (of grass or hair) / soft lush hair 发卷 髮捲 fà juǎn hair roller / curl (of hair) 生发剂 生髮劑 shēng fà jì hair restorer / hair regrowth tonic 不让须眉 不讓鬚眉 bù ràng xū méi (idiom) to compare favorably with men in terms of ability, bravery etc / to be a match for men / lit. not conceding to men (beard and eyebrows) 假借义 假借義 jiǎ jiè yì the meaning of a phonetic loan character 假借字[jia3 jie4 zi4] acquired from a similar-sounding word (e.g. 而[er2] originally meant "beard" but acquired the meaning "and") 胡髭 鬍髭 hú zī beard and mustache 长出 長出 zhǎng chū to sprout (leaves, buds, a beard etc) syn 胡须 鬍鬚 hú xū beard / CL:根[gen1],綹|绺[liu3] syn 老生 lǎo shēng venerable middle-aged or elderly man, usually wearing an artificial beard (in Chinese opera) syn 络腮胡子 絡腮鬍子 luò sāi hú zi full beard syn 芒种 芒種 máng zhòng Mangzhong or Grain in Beard, 9th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 6th-20th June 须 鬚 xū beard / mustache / feeler (of an insect etc) / tassel syn 胡 鬍 hú beard / mustache / whiskers syn 蓄 xù to store up / to grow (e.g. a beard) / to entertain (ideas) syn 髯 rán beard / whiskers syn 耏 ér beard 胡茬 鬍茬 hú chá beard stubble 拉碴 lā chā (of beard etc) stubbly / scraggly / unkempt 髯口 rán kou artificial beard worn by Chinese opera actors 髯须 髯鬚 rán xū beard / whiskers 胡碴 鬍碴 hú chā beard stubble / Taiwan pr. [hu2 cha2] 磨刀不误砍柴工 磨刀不誤砍柴工 mó dāo bù wù kǎn chái gōng lit. sharpening the axe won't make the wood-splitting take longer (idiom) / fig. time invested in preparations is not lost / a beard well lathered is half shaved 龙须糖 龍鬚糖 lóng xū táng dragon's beard candy, a Chinese confection made from floured taffy pulled into flossy strands 蓄须 蓄鬚 xù xū to grow a beard 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 皮毛 pí máo fur / fur clothing / skin and hair / superficial / superficial knowledge syn 霜雪 shuāng xuě frost and snow / (fig.) snowy white (hair) / adversity 蓬头垢面 蓬頭垢面 péng tóu gòu miàn messy hair and dirty face / bad appearance syn 怒发冲冠 怒髮衝冠 nù fà chōng guān lit. hair stands up in anger and tips off one's hat (idiom) / fig. seething in anger / raise one's hackles syn 繁密 fán mì numerous and close together / (of hair) luxuriant / (of woods) dense / (of gunfire) intense syn 皓首苍颜 皓首蒼顏 hào shǒu cāng yán white hair and gray sunken cheeks (idiom) / decrepit old age 蓬头跣足 蓬頭跣足 péng tóu xiǎn zú matted hair and bare feet / unkempt 蓬首垢面 péng shǒu gòu miàn lit. with disheveled hair and a dirty face / of unkempt appearance (idiom) 发指眦裂 髮指眥裂 fà zhǐ zì liè hair standing up and eyes wide in anger (idiom) / enraged / in a towering rage 栉风沐雨 櫛風沐雨 zhì fēng mù yǔ lit. to comb one's hair in the wind and wash it in the rain (idiom) / fig. to work in the open regardless of the weather syn 开脸 開臉 kāi liǎn (of a bride-to-be) to remove facial hair and trim hairline (old) / to carve a face 披垂 pī chuí (of clothes, hair etc) to hang down and cover / to flow down 和尚打伞，无法无天 和尚打傘，無法無天 hé shang dǎ sǎn , wú fǎ wú tiān lit. like a monk holding an umbrella — no hair, no sky (idiom) (punning on 髮|发[fa4] vs 法[fa3]) / fig. defying the law and the principles of heaven / lawless 直顺 直順 zhí shùn straight and smooth (hair etc) 牛毛 niú máo ox hair (used as a metaphor for sth very numerous or sth fine and delicate) 头发 頭髮 tóu fa hair (on the head) syn 长发 長髮 cháng fà long hair 白发 白髮 bái fà white or gray hair / CL:根[gen1] 脱落 脫落 tuō luò to drop off / to fall off / (of hair, teeth etc) to fall out / to omit (a character when writing) 秀发 秀髮 xiù fà beautiful hair 惊心动魄 驚心動魄 jīng xīn dòng pò (idiom) heart-stopping / hair-raising / breathtaking syn 女孩儿 女孩兒 nǚ hái r erhua variant of 女孩[nu:3hai2] syn 黑发 黑髮 hēi fà black hair syn 上头 上頭 shàng tóu (of alcohol, love etc) to go to one’s head / (of an idea, a song etc) to get into one's head / to capture one's attention / (old) (of a girl on her wedding day) to start wearing one's hair in a bun (rather than a plait) syn 毛发 毛髮 máo fà hair syn 发丝 髮絲 fà sī hair (on the head) syn 毛骨悚然 máo gǔ sǒng rán to have one's hair stand on end (idiom) / to feel one's blood run cold syn 披肩 pī jiān cape / shawl / (of long hair) to trail over one's shoulders syn 分头 分頭 fēn tóu separately / severally / parted hair syn 一丝不苟 一絲不苟 yī sī bù gǒu not one thread loose (idiom) / strictly according to the rules / meticulous / not one hair out of place syn 染发 染髮 rǎn fà to dye one's hair / rinse / tint 洗头 洗頭 xǐ tóu to wash one's hair / to have a shampoo 冉冉 rǎn rǎn gradually / slowly / (of branches or hair) softly drooping syn 发廊 髮廊 fà láng hair salon / hairdresser's shop / CL:家[jia1],間|间[jian1] syn 修整 xiū zhěng to spruce up / to renovate / to tend (a garden) / to groom (one's hair) / to finish (a rough surface) / to trim (a lawn) / to touch up (a photo) syn 刘海 劉海 liú hǎi bangs / fringe (hair) syn 青丝 青絲 qīng sī fine black hair / dried plum (sliced, as cake ingredient) syn 花白 huā bái grizzled (hair) syn 毫发 毫髮 háo fà a hair / the slightest syn 阴毛 陰毛 yīn máo pubic hair 卷曲 捲曲 juǎn qū to curl (hair) / to crimp / to roll up / curly syn 直发 直髮 zhí fà straight hair 发包 髮包 fà bāo bun hair extension 一丝一毫 一絲一毫 yī sī yī háo one thread, one hair (idiom) / a tiny bit / an iota syn 梳头 梳頭 shū tóu to comb one's hair syn 平头 平頭 píng tóu closely cropped hair / crew cut / (of people) common / ordinary syn 走失 zǒu shī lost / missing / to lose (sb in one's charge) / to get lost / to wander away / to lose (flavor, freshness, shape, hair, one's good looks etc) / to lose meaning (in translation) syn 光秃秃 光禿禿 guāng tū tū bald / bare (no hair, no leaves, no vegetation etc) syn 发夹 髮夾 fà jiā hair clip syn 发髻 髮髻 fà jì hair worn in a bun or coil syn 脱毛 脫毛 tuō máo to lose hair or feathers / to molt / depilation / to shave 发 髮 fà hair / Taiwan pr. [fa3] syn 发型师 髮型師 fà xíng shī hair stylist 毛囊 máo náng hair follicle 华发 華髮 huá fà (literary) gray hair syn 吹风机 吹風機 chuī fēng jī hair dryer syn 寒毛 hán máo fine hair on the human body syn 