月 yuè moon / month / monthly / CL:個|个[ge4],輪|轮[lun2] syn 摇滚 搖滾 yáo gǔn rock 'n' roll (music) / to rock / to fall off 卫星 衛星 wèi xīng satellite / moon / CL:顆|颗[ke1] 石 shí rock / stone / stone inscription / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1] syn 月亮 yuè liang the moon syn 岩石 yán shí rock syn 月球 yuè qiú the moon syn 摇滚乐 搖滾樂 yáo gǔn yuè rock music / rock 'n roll 扫地 掃地 sǎo dì to sweep the floor / (fig.) (of one's reputation etc) to reach rock bottom / to be at an all-time low syn 动摇 動搖 dòng yáo to sway / to waver / to rock / to rattle / to destabilize / to pose a challenge to syn 忽悠 hū you to rock / to sway / to flicker (e.g. of lights reflected on water) / to flutter (e.g. of a flag) / to trick sb into doing sth / to dupe / to con syn 摇晃 搖晃 yáo huàng to rock / to shake / to sway syn 上山 shàng shān to climb a hill / to go to the mountains / (of silkworms) to go up bundles of straw (to spin cocoons) / to pass away / (of the sun or moon) to rise 千载难逢 千載難逢 qiān zǎi nán féng extremely rare (idiom) / once in a blue moon syn 满月 滿月 mǎn yuè full moon / whole month / baby's one-month old birthday syn 暗礁 àn jiāo submerged reef (rock) syn 石块 石塊 shí kuài stone / rock syn 晃荡 晃蕩 huàng dang to rock / to sway / to shake syn 晃动 晃動 huàng dòng to shake / to sway / to rock syn 招摇 招搖 zhāo yáo to rock back and forth / (fig.) to act ostentatiously / to brag / to show off syn 碎石 suì shí gravel / crushed rock / rock debris 巨石 jù shí huge rock / boulder / monolith syn 左右为难 左右為難 zuǒ yòu wéi nán (idiom) between a rock and a hard place / in a dilemma syn 下山 xià shān to go down a hill / (of the sun or moon) to set 泰坦 tài tǎn Titan (race of deities in Greek mythology, moon of Saturn etc) 明月 míng yuè bright moon / refers to 夜明珠, a legendary pearl that can glow in the dark / CL:輪|轮[lun2] syn 新月 xīn yuè new moon / crescent syn 猜拳 cāi quán finger-guessing game / rock-paper-scissors game / morra syn 岩层 巖層 yán céng variant of 岩層|岩层[yan2 ceng2] / rock strata syn 冰糖 bīng táng crystal sugar / rock candy 月食 yuè shí lunar eclipse / eclipse of the moon 望月 wàng yuè full moon syn 日月 rì yuè the sun and moon / day and month / every day and every month / season / life and livelihood syn 心花怒放 xīn huā nù fàng to burst with joy (idiom) / to be over the moon / to be elated syn 登月 dēng yuè to go (up) to the moon 火山岩 huǒ shān yán volcanic rock 假山 jiǎ shān rock garden / rockery 悬崖峭壁 懸崖峭壁 xuán yá qiào bì sheer cliffs and precipitous rock faces (idiom) syn 摇撼 搖撼 yáo hàn to shake / to rock syn 月牙 yuè yá crescent moon syn 残月 殘月 cán yuè waning moon 赏月 賞月 shǎng yuè to admire the full moon syn 石塔 shí tǎ pinnacle rock 月相 yuè xiàng phase of the moon 嫦娥 cháng é Chang'e, the lady in the moon (Chinese mythology) / one of the Chang'e series of PRC lunar spacecraft syn 玉兔 yù tù the Jade Hare (legendary rabbit said to live in the Moon) / the Moon syn 顶板 頂板 dǐng bǎn roof / roof plate / rock layer forming roof of a cave or mine / abacus 中秋 zhōng qiū the Mid-autumn festival, the traditional moon-viewing festival on the 15th of the 8th lunar month syn 石窟 shí kū rock cave / grotto / cliff caves (often with Buddhist statues) 月宫 月宮 yuè gōng Palace in the Moon (in folk tales) syn 奔月 bèn yuè to fly to the moon 上弦 shàng xián to wind up a watch, clockwork toy etc / to tighten the string of a bow, violin etc / first quarter (phase of the moon) 白道 bái dào (astronomy) the moon's path around the earth / legitimate, lawful activities (contrasted with 黑道[hei1dao4]) / law-abiding citizenry 岩画 巖畫 yán huà rock painting / picture or writing carved on rocks 闭月羞花 閉月羞花 bì yuè xiū huā lit. hiding the moon, shaming the flowers (idiom) / fig. female beauty exceeding even that of the natural world syn 半月 bàn yuè half-moon / fortnight 滚石 滾石 gǔn shí Rock Records, Taiwanese record label / the Rolling Stones, British rock band / Rolling Stone (magazine) 星月 xīng yuè the moon and the stars 攀岩 pān yán rock climbing / to climb a rockface 圆月 圓月 yuán yuè full moon 初升 chū shēng rising (sun, moon etc) 太阴 太陰 tài yīn the Moon (esp. in Daoism) syn 花好月圆 花好月圓 huā hǎo yuè yuán lit. lovely flowers, round moon (idiom) / fig. everything is wonderful / perfect happiness / conjugal bliss syn 婵娟 嬋娟 chán juān (literary) beautiful woman / (literary) lovely / graceful / (literary) the moon syn 弯月 彎月 wān yuè crescent moon / crescent shape 圆缺 圓缺 yuán quē waxing and waning (of the moon) 日月潭 rì yuè tán Sun Moon Lake in Nantou County, Taiwan 蓝月亮 藍月亮 lán yuè liang Blue Moon, a hypothetical planet 前仰后合 前仰後合 qián yǎng hòu hé to sway to and fro / to rock back and forth syn 三光 sān guāng the sun, the moon, and the stars 白水晶 bái shuǐ jīng rock crystal (mineral) 上弦月 shàng xián yuè first quarter moon 橄榄石 橄欖石 gǎn lǎn shí olivine (rock-forming mineral magnesium-iron silicate (Mg,Fe)2SiO4) / peridot 月轮 月輪 yuè lún full moon syn 不插电 不插電 bù chā diàn unplugged (of rock musicians performing on acoustic instruments) 坚如磐石 堅如磐石 jiān rú pán shí solid as a boulder (idiom) / absolutely secure / rock-firm and unyielding syn 山子 shān zi rock garden / rockery 方解石 fāng jiě shí calcite (CaCO3 as rock-forming mineral) 巍然屹立 wēi rán yì lì to stand tall and rock-solid (idiom) / towering majestically / (of a person) to stand up against sb 晕 暈 yùn dizzy / halo / ring around moon or sun syn 圆 圓 yuán circle / round / circular / spherical / (of the moon) full / unit of Chinese currency (yuan) / tactful / to make consistent and whole (the narrative of a dream or a lie) syn 摇 搖 yáo to shake / to rock / to row / to crank syn 掀 xiān to lift (a lid) / to rock / to convulse syn 礁 jiāo reef / shoal rock syn 磐 pán firm / stable / rock syn 硅石 guī shí siliceous rock 火成岩 huǒ chéng yán igneous rock (geology) / volcanic rock 岩盐 岩鹽 yán yán rock salt syn 沉积岩 沉積岩 chén jī yán sedimentary rock (geology) 朔望 shuò wàng the new moon / the first day of the lunar month syn 蟾 chán toad ("chán" represents the sound of its croaking) / (mythology) the three-legged toad said to exist in the moon / (metonym) the moon 辉石 輝石 huī shí pyroxene (family of rock-forming minerals) / augite 月球车 月球車 yuè qiú chē moon buggy 钎 釺 qiān a drill (for boring through rock) syn 望日 wàng rì the full moon / the fifteenth day of each lunar month syn 日月如梭 rì yuè rú suō the sun and moon like a shuttle (idiom) / How time flies! syn 皎月 jiǎo yuè the bright moon syn 朔月 shuò yuè new moon / first day of the lunar month syn 围岩 圍岩 wéi yán enclosing rock 