大块头 大塊頭 dà kuài tóu heavy man / fat man / lunkhead / lummox / lug syn 老头子 老頭子 lǎo tóu zi (coll.) old man / (said of an aging husband) my old man syn 人造 rén zào man-made / artificial / synthetic syn 叫声 叫聲 jiào shēng yelling (sound made by person) / barking / braying / roaring (sound made by animals) syn 灰尘 灰塵 huī chén dust syn 特制 特製 tè zhì specially made / custom-made 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 人为 人為 rén wéi artificial / man-made / having human cause or origin / human attempt or effort syn 定制 定製 dìng zhì custom-made / made-to-order / to have sth custom made 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 天造地设 天造地設 tiān zào dì shè lit. made by Heaven and arranged by Earth(idiom) / ideal / perfect / (of a match) made in heaven / to be made for one another 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 订制 訂製 dìng zhì custom-made / made-to-order / to have sth custom made 烟尘 煙塵 yān chén smoke and dust / air pollution syn 粉尘 粉塵 fěn chén dust / airborne powder / solid particulate matter 老者 lǎo zhě old man / elderly man syn 除尘 除塵 chú chén to eliminate dust (i.e. filter out suspended particles) 大丈夫 dà zhàng fu a manly man / a man of character 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 老汉 老漢 lǎo hàn old man / I (an old man referring to himself) syn 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 化纤 化纖 huà xiān man-made fiber (abbr. for 化學纖維|化学纤维[hua4xue2 xian1wei2]) syn 天灾人祸 天災人禍 tiān zāi rén huò natural calamities and man-made disasters (idiom) syn 豆腐皮 dòu fu pí tofu skin (made by drying the skin that forms on the surface of soymilk during cooking, and therefore not actually made from tofu) syn 除尘器 chú chén qì de-duster / dust collector / dust separator / precipitator 原人 yuán rén prehistoric man / primitive man syn 人祸 人禍 rén huò man-made disaster 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 化学纤维 化學纖維 huà xué xiān wéi man-made fiber syn 人造纤维 人造纖維 rén zào xiān wéi man-made fiber 尘雾 塵霧 chén wù cloud of dust / smog 龟苓膏 龜苓膏 guī líng gāo turtle jelly, medicine made with powdered turtle shell and herbs / a similar product made without turtle shell and consumed as a dessert 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 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 酪 lào (bound form) semi-solid food made from milk (junket, cheese etc) / (bound form) fruit jelly / sweet paste made with crushed nuts / Taiwan pr. [luo4] 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 的 de of / ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的[pi2ge2 de5] "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的[pao3tang2r5de5] "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的[xin1 de5] "new one") / also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs syn 男人 nán rén a man / a male / men / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 杀手 殺手 shā shǒu killer / murderer / hit man / (sports) formidable player syn 小伙子 xiǎo huǒ zi young man / young guy / lad / youngster / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 白人 bái rén white man or woman / Caucasian 夫 fū husband / man / manual worker / conscripted laborer (old) syn 拜拜 bài bai to pay one's respects by bowing with hands in front of one's chest clasping joss sticks, or with palms pressed together / (Tw) religious ceremony in which offerings are made to a deity syn 大哥 dà gē eldest brother / big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself) / gang leader / boss syn 配合 pèi hé matching / fitting in with / compatible with / to correspond / to fit / to conform to / rapport / to coordinate with / to act in concert with / to cooperate / to become man and wife / to combine parts of machine syn 老头 老頭 lǎo tóu old fellow / old man / father / husband syn 老人 lǎo rén old man or woman / the elderly / one's aged parents or grandparents syn 男子 nán zǐ a man / a male syn 老爹 lǎo diē (dialect) father / old man / sir syn 少年 shào nián early youth / youngster / (literary) youth / young man syn 男士 nán shì man / gentleman syn 大叔 dà shū eldest of father's younger brothers / uncle (term used to address a man about the age of one's father) syn 男子汉 男子漢 nán zǐ hàn man (i.e. manly, masculine) syn 伴郎 伴郞 bàn láng best man syn 情妇 情婦 qíng fù mistress / paramour (of married man) syn 好家伙 hǎo jiā huo my God! / oh boy! / man! syn 自制 自製 zì zhì self-made / improvised / homemade / handmade syn 单身汉 單身漢 dān shēn hàn bachelor / single man syn 硬汉 硬漢 yìng hàn man of steel / unyielding, tough guy syn 老人家 lǎo rén jiā polite term for old woman or man syn 海绵 海綿 hǎi mián (zoology) sea sponge / (esp.) dried sea sponge / sponge (made from polyester or cellulose etc) / foam rubber 大爷 大爺 dà ye (coll.) father's older brother / uncle / term of respect for older man syn 出炉 出爐 chū lú to take out of the furnace / fresh out of the oven / fig. newly announced / recently made available 机制 機製 jī zhì machine-processed / machine-made syn 定做 dìng zuò to have something made to order 儿女 兒女 ér nǚ children / sons and daughters / a young man and a young woman (in love) syn 第三者 dì sān zhě sb who is romantically involved with sb already in a committed relationship / the other woman / the other man / third person / third party (in dispute) / disinterested party / number three in a list syn 背黑锅 背黑鍋 bēi hēi guō to be made a scapegoat / to be unjustly blamed syn 汉子 漢子 hàn zi man / fellow / (dialect) husband syn 尖兵 jiān bīng point man syn 兄长 兄長 xiōng zhǎng elder brother / term of respect for a man of about the same age syn 成家 chéng jiā to settle down and get married (of a man) / to become a recognized expert syn 智者 zhì zhě sage / wise man / clever and knowledgeable person syn 现成 現成 xiàn chéng ready-made / readily available syn 醉汉 醉漢 zuì hàn intoxicated man / drunkard syn 巫医 巫醫 wū yī witch doctor / medicine man / shaman 波罗 波羅 bō luó Polo (car made by Volkswagen) / surname Polo 穷光蛋 窮光蛋 qióng guāng dàn poor wretch / pauper / destitute man / poverty-stricken peasant / penniless good-for-nothing / impecunious vagabond syn 材质 材質 cái zhì texture of timber / quality of material / material (that sth is made of) syn 