一骑绝尘 一騎絕塵 yī qí jué chén (idiom) to lead the pack by a wide margin / to leave one's competitors trailing behind in one's dust 一骑绝尘 一騎絕塵 yī qí - jué chén (idiom) to lead the pack by a wide margin / to leave one's competitors trailing behind in one's dust 除尘器 chú chén qì de-duster / dust collector / dust separator / precipitator 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] 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 后脚 後腳 hòu jiǎo (one moment ...,) the next ... / trailing foot (in walking) 蔓生 màn shēng trailing plant / liana / creeper / overgrown 尾流 wěi liú wake (trailing behind a ship, airplane etc) / slipstream 后缘 後緣 hòu yuán trailing edge (of airplane wing) 后钩 後鉤 hòu gōu (dialect) unfinished business / trailing sound 蘝 liǎn variant of 蘞|蔹, trailing plant / liana / creeper / wild vine (Gynostemma pentaphyllum or Vitis pentaphylla) 蔹 蘞 liǎn trailing plant / liana / creeper / wild vine (Gynostemma pentaphyllum or Vitis pentaphylla) 阿留申群岛 阿留申群島 ā liú shēn qún dǎo Aleutian Islands (trailing 2250 km southwest of Alaska almost down to Kamtchatka) 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 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 风尘仆仆 風塵僕僕 fēng chén pú pú lit. covered in dust (idiom) / fig. travel-worn 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) 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) 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 满脸风尘 滿臉風塵 mǎn liǎn fēng chén lit. with a face full of dust / showing the hardships of travel (idiom) 吹灯拔蜡 吹燈拔蠟 chuī dēng bá là lit. to blow out the lamp and put out the candle (idiom) / fig. to die / to bite the dust / to be over and done with 灰尘 灰塵 huī chén dust syn 尘埃 塵埃 chén āi dust syn 粉末 fěn mò fine powder / dust syn 尘土 塵土 chén tǔ dust syn 卷起 捲起 juǎn qǐ to roll up / to curl up / (of dust etc) to swirl up syn 风尘 風塵 fēng chén windblown dust / hardships of travel / vicissitudes of life / prostitution syn 沾满 沾滿 zhān mǎn muddy / covered in (mud, dust, sweat, blood etc) / daubed in syn 除尘 除塵 chú chén to eliminate dust (i.e. filter out suspended particles) 尘封 塵封 chén fēng covered in dust / dusty / lying unused for a long time 烟尘 煙塵 yān chén smoke and dust / air pollution syn 沙尘 沙塵 shā chén airborne sand and dust 沙尘暴 沙塵暴 shā chén bào sand and dust storm syn 粉尘 粉塵 fěn chén dust / airborne powder / solid particulate matter 吸尘器 吸塵器 xī chén qì vacuum cleaner / dust catcher 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 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 灰土 huī tǔ dust / (soil taxonomy) spodosol syn 尘雾 塵霧 chén wù cloud of dust / smog 浮土 fú tǔ topsoil / surface dust 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 征尘 征塵 zhēng chén the dust of a long journey syn 尘螨 塵蟎 chén mǎn dust mite 末子 mò zi powder / dust syn 埃 āi dust / dirt / angstrom / phonetic ai or e syn 末 mò tip / end / final stage / latter part / inessential detail / powder / dust / opera role of old man syn 灰 huī ash / dust / lime / gray / discouraged / dejected syn 尘 塵 chén dust / dirt / earth syn 眯 mí to blind (as with dust) / Taiwan pr. [mi3] syn 掸 撣 dǎn to brush away / to dust off / brush / duster / CL:把[ba3] 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 万念俱灰 萬念俱灰 wàn niàn jù huī every hope turns to dust (idiom) / completely disheartened syn 壒 ài dust / mud 撢 dǎn to dust 煤屑 méi xiè coal dust / coal slack 坱 yǎng fine dust / plentiful / vast 尘暴 塵暴 chén bào dust devil 坋 fèn dust, earth / a bank of earth / to dig / to bring together 吹灰 chuī huī to blow away dust 塕埲 wěng běng dust storm 尘云 塵雲 chén yún dust cloud 已见分晓 已見分曉 yǐ jiàn fēn xiǎo the result becomes apparent / (after) the dust has settled 涓埃 juān āi tiny stream of dust / tiny things / negligible syn 涤尘 滌塵 dí chén to wash off dust 滤尘器 濾塵器 lǜ chén qì dust filter 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 降尘 降塵 jiàng chén dust fall / fallout (volcanic, nuclear etc) / particulate matter 除尘机 除塵機 chú chén jī dusting machine / dust filter 飘尘 飄塵 piāo chén floating dust / atmospheric particles 玩完 wán wán (coll.) to end in failure / to come to grief / to bite the dust 氧化铀粉末 yǎng huà yóu fěn mò uranium oxide dust 人为尘埃 人為塵埃 man-made dust 重力尘土采样器 重力塵土采樣器 gravimetric dust sampler 落尘 落塵 luò chén dust fall / fallout (volcanic, nuclear etc) / particulate matter 宇宙尘 宇宙塵 yǔ zhòu chén cosmic dust 彗星冰尘实验 彗星冰塵實驗 huì xīng bīng chén shí yàn Cometary Ice and Dust Experiment 坲 fó (of dust) to rise in the air 微尘 微塵 wēi chén dust / (Buddhism) minutest particle of matter 封尘 封塵 fēng chén to gather dust 书腰 書腰 shū yāo (Tw) (publishing) belly band (paper sash around a book, outside the dust jacket) 吃灰 chī huī (neologism c. 2019) (coll.) to gather dust 一尘不染 一塵不染 yī chén - bù rǎn (idiom) untainted by even a speck of dust / spotlessly clean / (of a person) honest / incorruptible syn 嘎了 gǎ le (slang) (I'm, you're) toast / so screwed / it's game over (for sb) / (sth) bit the dust 承尘 承塵 chéng chén (literary) ceiling / (literary) canopy over a seat in ancient times to keep off dust Ｋ书 Ｋ書 K shū to cram (Taiwan, from Taiwanese khè su 齧書, lit. to gnaw a book) / to study / see also 啃書|啃书[ken3 shu1] / (Tw) to cram (from Taiwanese 齧書, Tai-lo pr. [khè su], lit. to gnaw a book) / to study / see also 啃書|啃书[ken3 shu1] 目光 mù guāng gaze / (fig.) attention / expression in one's eyes / look / (lit. and fig.) sight / vision syn 导航 導航 dǎo háng (lit. and fig.) to navigate syn 污染 wū rǎn to pollute / to contaminate (lit. and fig.) syn 焦点 焦點 jiāo diǎn (lit. and fig.) focal point / focus syn 舞台 舞臺 wǔ tái (lit. and fig.) stage / arena syn 提起 tí qǐ to mention / to bring up / (lit. and fig.) to lift / to raise / to initiate (legal proceedings) syn 那个人 那個人 nà gè rén lit. that person / fig. the person you have been looking for / Mr Right / the girl of one's dreams 联手 聯手 lián shǒu lit. to join hands / to act together syn 纵横 縱橫 zòng héng lit. warp and weft in weaving / vertically and horizontal / length and breadth / criss-crossed / able to move unhindered / abbr. for 合縱連橫|合纵连横[He2 zong4 Lian2 heng2], School of Diplomacy during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) syn 