重 zhòng heavy / serious / to attach importance to syn 酗酒 xù jiǔ heavy drinking / to get drunk / to drink to excess syn 大块头 大塊頭 dà kuài tóu heavy man / fat man / lunkhead / lummox / lug syn 沉重 chén zhòng heavy / hard / serious / critical syn 满怀 滿懷 mǎn huái to have one's heart filled with / (to collide) full on / (of farm animals) heavy with young syn 重金属 重金屬 zhòng jīn shǔ heavy metal 大雨 dà yǔ heavy rain / CL:場|场[chang2] syn 沉闷 沉悶 chén mèn oppressive (of weather) / heavy / depressed / not happy / (of sound) dull / muffled syn 重担 重擔 zhòng dàn heavy burden / difficult task / great responsibility syn 重型 zhòng xíng heavy / heavy duty / large caliber syn 重创 重創 zhòng chuāng to inflict heavy losses / to inflict serious damage syn 重任 zhòng rèn heavy responsibility syn 焦头烂额 焦頭爛額 jiāo tóu làn é lit. badly burned about the head (from trying to put out a fire) (idiom) / fig. hard-pressed / under pressure (from a heavy workload, creditors etc) syn 帷幕 wéi mù heavy curtain syn 机师 機師 jī shī (aviation) pilot / (heavy machinery) operator 负重 負重 fù zhòng (lit. and fig.) to carry a heavy load / to carry a heavy burden syn 笨重 bèn zhòng heavy / cumbersome / unwieldy / laborious / arduous syn 重物 zhòng wù heavy object 繁重 fán zhòng heavy / burdensome / heavy-duty / arduous / onerous syn 烟鬼 煙鬼 yān guǐ heavy smoker / chain smoker syn 厚重 hòu zhòng thick / heavy / thickset (body) / massive / generous / extravagant / profound / dignified syn 露点 露點 lù diǎn dew point / (coll.) (of a woman) to expose one of the three areas (nipples and genitals) 重磅 zhòng bàng (of a bomb) powerful / (of news) impactful / significant / (of fabric) heavy-duty 露水 lù shuǐ dew / fig. short-lasting / ephemeral syn 重武器 zhòng wǔ qì heavy weapon 浓郁 濃郁 nóng yù rich / strong / heavy (fragrance) / dense / full-bodied / intense syn 重机枪 重機槍 zhòng jī qiāng heavy machine gun 重活 zhòng huó heavy work 重负 重負 zhòng fù heavy load / heavy burden (also fig. of tax) syn 重水 zhòng shuǐ heavy water (chemistry) 重炮 重砲 zhòng pào heavy artillery 挑大梁 tiǎo dà liáng to play a leading role / to bear a heavy responsibility syn 浓重 濃重 nóng zhòng dense / thick / strong / rich (colors) / heavy (aroma) / deep (friendship) / profound (effect) syn 干涩 乾澀 gān sè dry and rough (skin) / hoarse (voice) / dry and heavy (style) syn 起重 qǐ zhòng to lift (sth heavy) using a crane or other mechanical means 重压 重壓 zhòng yā high pressure / bearing a heavy weight 任重道远 任重道遠 rèn zhòng dào yuǎn a heavy load and a long road / fig. to bear heavy responsibilities through a long struggle (cf Confucian Analects, 8.7) syn 白露 bái lù Bailu or White Dew, 15th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 8th-22nd September 粗活 cū huó unskilled labor / heavy manual work 激浪 jī làng Mountain Dew syn 凝重 níng zhòng dignified / grave (expression) / imposing (attitude) / heavy (atmosphere) / (music etc) deep and resounding syn 山洪 shān hóng deluge caused by torrential water flow off a mountain after heavy rain or snowmelt syn 沉甸甸 chén diàn diàn heavy syn 重载 重載 zhòng zài heavy load (on a truck) 栋梁 棟梁 dòng liáng ridgepole / ridgepole and beams / person able to bear heavy responsibility / mainstay (of organization) / pillar (of state) syn 咕咚 gū dōng splash / (onom.) for heavy things falling down syn 车水马龙 車水馬龍 chē shuǐ mǎ lóng endless stream of horse and carriages (idiom) / heavy traffic syn 朝露 zhāo lù morning dew / fig. precarious brevity of human life / ephemeral syn 重工 zhòng gōng heavy industry 雨露 yǔ lù rain and dew / (fig.) favor / grace syn 重工业 重工業 zhòng gōng yè heavy industry / manufacturing 重油 zhòng yóu (petrochemistry) heavy oil / fuel oil 任重 rèn zhòng a load / a heavy burden 浓妆 濃妝 nóng zhuāng heavy makeup and gaudy dress 血雨 xuè yǔ rain of blood / heavy rain colored by loess sandstorm 聚敛 聚斂 jù liǎn to accumulate / to gather / to amass wealth by heavy taxation or other unscrupulous means / (science) convergent syn 痛击 痛擊 tòng jī to deliver a punishing attack / to deal a heavy blow 重卡 zhòng kǎ heavy truck (abbr. for 重型卡車|重型卡车) 重责 重責 zhòng zé heavy responsibility / serious criticism 寒露 hán lù Hanlu or Cold Dew, 17th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 8th-22nd October syn 轻水 輕水 qīng shuǐ light water (as opposed to heavy water) / see light water reactor 輕水反應堆|轻水反应堆 浩繁 hào fán vast / voluminous / many and varied / numerous / extensive amount of / exhaustive / heavy (expenditure) / arduous / strenuous / exhausting / draining / burdensome syn 搬 bān to move (i.e. relocate oneself) / to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky) / to shift / to copy indiscriminately syn 露 lù dew / syrup / nectar / outdoors (not under cover) / to show / to reveal / to betray / to expose syn 盘 盤 pán tray / plate / dish / (finance) (bound form) market prices / (computing) (bound form) disk / to coil (a rope, pigtail etc) / to check / to examine / to investigate / to transfer / to sell (property) / to shift / to move (sth big and heavy) / classifier for things resembling a plate or dish / classifier for coils / classifier for games or matches (chess, table tennis etc) syn 沉 chén to submerge / to immerse / to sink / to keep down / to lower / to drop / deep / profound / heavy syn 抡 掄 lūn to swing (one's arms, a heavy object) / to wave (a sword, one's fists) / to fling (money) syn 度日如年 dù rì rú nián a day drags past like a year (idiom) / time hangs heavy / time crawls when one is wretched syn 憨 hān silly / simple-minded / foolish / naive / sturdy / tough / heavy (of rope) syn 粗笨 cū bèn awkward / clumsy / unwieldy / heavy-handed syn 潦 lǎo flooded / heavy rain 饧 餳 xíng maltose syrup / molasses / heavy (eyelids) / drowsy-eyed / listless / (of dough, candy etc) to soften / to become soft and sticky syn 氘 dāo deuterium 2H / heavy hydrogen, isotope of hydrogen having 1 neutron in its nucleus, so atomic weight 2 雱 páng heavy fall of rain or snow 霪 yín heavy rain 绋 紼 fú heavy rope / rope of a bier syn 晨露 chén lù morning dew 重元素 zhòng yuán sù heavy element (such as uranium) 重氢 重氫 zhòng qīng heavy hydrogen (isotope) / deuterium syn 浓墨重彩 濃墨重彩 nóng mò zhòng cǎi thick and heavy in colors / to describe sth in colorful language with attention to detail (idiom) 玉露 yù lù gyokuro (shaded Japanese green tea) / (old) early-morning autumn dew / fine liquor 鹅毛大雪 鵝毛大雪 é máo dà xuě goose feather snow (idiom) / big heavy snow fall syn 胖墩墩 pàng dūn dūn short and stout / heavy-set syn 綍 fú heavy rope / ropes of a bier 騺 zhì heavy horse / horse unable to move because of twisted leg / plodding 人生如朝露 rén shēng rú zhāo lù human life as the morning dew (idiom) / fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence 人生朝露 rén shēng zhāo lù human life as the morning dew (idiom) / fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence 危如朝露 wēi rú zhāo lù precarious as the morning dew (idiom) / fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence 危若朝露 wēi ruò zhāo lù precarious as morning dew (idiom) / unlikely to last out the day 朝露溘至 zhāo lù kè zhì the morning dew will swiftly dissipate (idiom) / fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence 浮云朝露 浮雲朝露 fú yún zhāo lù floating clouds, morning dew (idiom) / fig. ephemeral nature of human existence 溘先朝露 kè xiān zhāo lù the morning dew will swiftly dissipate (idiom) / fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence 身先朝露 shēn xiān zhāo lù body will go with the morning dew (idiom) / fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence 电光朝露 電光朝露 diàn guāng zhāo lù flash of lightning, morning dew (idiom) / fig. ephemeral / impermanent 尾大不掉 wěi dà bù diào large tail obstructs action (idiom) / bottom heavy / fig. rendered ineffective by subordinates 礮 pào ancient ballista for throwing heavy stones / variant of 炮[pao4], cannon 重机关枪 重機關槍 zhòng jī guān qiāng also written 重機槍|重机枪 / heavy machine gun 头重脚轻 頭重腳輕 tóu zhòng jiǎo qīng top-heavy / fig. unbalance in organization or political structure 鸿毛泰山 鴻毛泰山 hóng máo tài shān lit. light as a goose feather, heavy as Mt Tai (idiom) / fig. of no consequence to one person, a matter of life or death to another 