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 垂髫 chuí tiáo hair hanging down (child's hairstyle) / (fig.) young child / early childhood syn 髫 tiáo (literary) hair hanging down in front (children's hairstyle) syn 庙堂 廟堂 miào táng imperial ancestral temple / imperial court / temple syn 雍和宫 雍和宮 yōng hé gōng Yonghe Temple / Lama Temple (Beijing) 悬空寺 懸空寺 xuán kōng sì Xuankong Temple or Suspended Temple near Yanyuan in Shanxi 耳鬓厮磨 耳鬢廝磨 ěr bìn sī mó lit. to play together ear to ear and temple to temple (idiom) / fig. (of a boy and a girl) to play together often during childhood syn 岱庙 岱廟 dài miào Dai Temple, a temple in Shandong for the god of Mount Tai 庙 廟 miào temple / ancestral shrine / CL:座[zuo4] / temple fair / great imperial hall / imperial syn 颞 顳 niè bones of the temple (on the human head) / see 顳顬|颞颥, temple 指南宫 指南宮 zhǐ nán gōng Zhinan Temple, Taoist temple in the hills of Muzha 木柵|木栅[Mu4 zha4], Taipei 夹山寺 夾山寺 jiā shān sì Jiashan Temple, Buddhist temple in Shimen county 石門縣|石门县[Shi2 men2 xian4], Changde 常德[Chang2 de2], Hunan, the purported final home and burial place of late Ming peasant rebel leader Li Zicheng 李自成[Li3 Zi4 cheng2] 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 垂头丧气 垂頭喪氣 chuí tóu sàng qì hanging one's head dispiritedly (idiom) / dejected / crestfallen syn 吊灯 吊燈 diào dēng hanging lamp 吊牌 弔牌 diào pái hangtag / swing tag / hanging sign 扣人心弦 kòu rén xīn xián to excite / to thrill / exciting / thrilling / cliff-hanging syn 铁马 鐵馬 tiě mǎ armored horse / cavalry / metal chimes hanging from eaves / steel barricade / (Tw) bike 吊死 diào sǐ death by hanging / to hang oneself syn 壁挂 壁掛 bì guà wall hanging 悬而未决 懸而未決 xuán ér wèi jué pending a decision / hanging in the balance 绞刑 絞刑 jiǎo xíng to execute by hanging 帘幕 lián mù hanging screen / curtain over shop door (for privacy and serving as advertisement) syn 提 tí to carry (hanging down from the hand) / to lift / to put forward / to mention / to raise (an issue) / upwards character stroke / lifting brush stroke (in painting) / scoop for measuring liquid syn 绞死 絞死 jiǎo sǐ to hang (i.e. execute by hanging) / to strangle 吊钩 吊鉤 diào gōu suspended hook / hanging hook / hanger 吊篮 吊籃 diào lán hanging basket (for flowers) / gondola (of cable car) 绞刑架 絞刑架 jiǎo xíng jià gibbet / hanging post 悬河 懸河 xuán hé "hanging" river (an embanked one whose riverbed is higher than the surrounding floodplain) / (literary) waterfall / cataract / (fig.) torrent of words 吊杆 diào gān a boom (i.e. transverse beam for hanging objects) 绞索 絞索 jiǎo suǒ a noose for hanging criminals 不绝如缕 不絕如縷 bù jué rú lǚ hanging by a thread / very precarious / almost extinct / (of sound) linger on faintly syn 缢死 縊死 yì sǐ to execute by hanging / to hang oneself 壁毯 bì tǎn tapestry (used as a wall hanging) 帘 簾 lián hanging screen or curtain syn 冕 miǎn crown in the form of a horizontal board with hanging decorations / imperial crown syn 撩 liāo to lift up (sth hanging down) / to raise (hem of skirt) / to pull up (sleeve) / to sprinkle (water with cupped hands) syn 揄 yú to draw out / to let hanging 缢 縊 yì (literary) to die by hanging or strangulation 幛 zhàng hanging scroll syn 跂 qì to stand on tiptoe / to sit with feet hanging 釭 gāng hanging bowl for lamp or fish 簨 sǔn cross-beam for hanging bells 解民倒悬 解民倒懸 jiě mín dào xuán lit. to rescue the people from hanging upside down (idiom, from Mencius) / to save the people from dire straits 风中之烛 風中之燭 fēng zhōng zhī zhú lit. candle in the wind (idiom) / fig. (of sb's life) feeble / hanging on a thread syn 屏条 屏條 píng tiáo set of (usually four) hanging scrolls syn 瑱 tiàn (literary) jade pendants attached to an official hat and hanging beside each ear, symbolizing refusal to listen to malicious talk / (literary) to fill up 吊死鬼 diào sǐ guǐ ghost of a person who died by hanging / hanged person / (coll.) inchworm / hangman (word game) 前途未卜 qián tú wèi bǔ hanging in the balance / the future is hard to forecast / ¿Qué serà? / who knows what the future holds? 劈挂拳 劈掛拳 pī guà quán Piguaquan "Chop-Hanging Fist" (Chinese Martial Art) 喜幛 xǐ zhàng celebratory hanging scroll 投缳 投繯 tóu huán to hang oneself / to commit suicide by hanging 缳首 繯首 huán shǒu death by hanging 短尾鹦鹉 短尾鸚鵡 duǎn wěi yīng wǔ (bird species of China) vernal hanging parrot (Loriculus vernalis) 挂轴 掛軸 guà zhóu hanging scroll (calligraphy or painting) 空中花园 空中花園 kōng zhōng huā yuán hanging gardens (Babylon etc) / rooftop garden 悬滴结晶 懸滴結晶 xuán dī jié jīng hanging drop crystallization 可轻易完成的目标 可輕易完成的目標 low-hanging fruit 轻而易举的工作 輕而易舉的工作 low-hanging fruit 风中烛，瓦上霜 風中燭，瓦上霜 fēng zhōng zhú , wǎ shàng shuāng lit. like a candle in the wind, or frost on the roof (idiom) / fig. (of sb's life) feeble / hanging on a thread 绞杀 絞殺 jiǎo shā to kill by strangling, hanging or garrotting / (fig.) to snuff out 挂饰 掛飾 guà shì hanging decoration 滴里耷拉 dī li - dā lā hanging down loosely / dangling in disorder 大殿 dà diàn main hall of a Buddhist temple 殿堂 diàn táng palace / hall / temple buildings syn 护法 護法 hù fǎ to keep the law / to protect Buddha's teachings / protector of Buddhist law (i.e. temple donor) 寺庙 寺廟 sì miào temple / monastery / shrine syn 永乐 永樂 yǒng lè Yongle Emperor, reign name of third Ming emperor Zhu Di 朱棣[Zhu1 Di4] (1360-1424), reigned 1403-1424, temple name 明成祖[Ming2 Cheng2 zu3] 寺院 sì yuàn cloister / temple / monastery / CL:座[zuo4] syn 大雄 dà xióng great hero / main Buddhist image (in temple) 龙华 龍華 lóng huá Longhua, the name of numerous streets, railway stations, temples and city districts etc, notably Longhua Temple 龍華寺|龙华寺[Long2 hua2 Si4] in Shanghai and Longhua District 龍華區|龙华区[Long2 hua2 Qu1] of Shenzhen, Guangdong 天宫 天宮 tiān gōng Temple in Heaven (e.g. of the Jade Emperor) / Tiangong, Chinese space station program syn 神庙 神廟 shén miào temple 香火 xiāng huǒ incense burning in front of a temple / burning joss sticks syn 庙宇 廟宇 miào yǔ temple syn 庙会 廟會 miào huì temple fair syn 太阳穴 太陽穴 tài yáng xué temple (on the sides of human head) 罗刹 羅剎 luó chà demon in Buddhism / poltergeist in temple that plays tricks on monks and has a taste for their food 天坛 天壇 tiān tán Temple of Heaven (in Beijing) 道观 道觀 dào guàn Daoist temple syn 正殿 zhèng diàn main hall of a Buddhist temple 古刹 古剎 gǔ chà old Buddhist temple 高宗 gāo zōng Gaozong, the temple name of various emperors, notably 唐高宗[Tang2 Gao1 zong1], 宋高宗[Song4 Gao1 zong1] and 清高宗[Qing1 Gao1 zong1] (aka 李治[Li3 Zhi4], 趙構|赵构[Zhao4 Gou4] and 乾隆[Qian2 long2] respectively) 洪武 hóng wǔ Hongwu Emperor, also written Hung-wu Ti, reign name of first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋[Zhu1 Yuan2 zhang1] (1328-1398), reigned 1386-1398, temple name 明太祖[Ming2 Tai4 zu3] 佛寺 fó sì Buddhist temple syn 