打柴 dǎ chái to chop firewood / to gather firewood 厝火积薪 厝火積薪 cuò huǒ jī xīn lit. to put a fire under a pile of firewood (idiom) / fig. hidden danger / imminent danger syn 堆 duī to pile up / to heap up / a mass / pile / heap / stack / large amount syn 簇 cù (bound form) to cluster / to pile up / cluster / pile / classifier for bunches, clusters, piles etc syn 摞 luò to pile up / to stack / a pile / a stack syn 柴火 chái huo plant material used as fuel (firewood, straw, leaves etc) syn 柴米油盐 柴米油鹽 chái mǐ yóu yán lit. firewood, rice, oil and salt / fig. life's daily necessities syn 卧薪尝胆 臥薪嚐膽 wò xīn cháng dǎn lit. to lie on firewood and taste gall (idiom) / fig. suffering patiently, but firmly resolved on revenge syn 木柴 mù chái firewood syn 劈柴 pǐ chái chopped wood / firewood 劈柴 pī chái to chop firewood / to split logs 杯水车薪 杯水車薪 bēi shuǐ chē xīn lit. a cup of water on a burning cart of firewood (idiom) / fig. an utterly inadequate measure syn 捆扎 捆紮 kǔn zā to bundle up with rope (e.g. firewood) / to secure with rope (e.g. suitcases on the roof of a car) / to strap down syn 柴草 chái cǎo firewood 柴 chái firewood / lean (of meat) / thin (of a person) syn 薪 xīn (literary) firewood / fuel / (bound form) salary syn 蒸 zhēng to evaporate / (of cooking) to steam / torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old) / finely chopped firewood (old) syn 樵 qiáo firewood / gather wood syn 抱薪救火 bào xīn jiù huǒ lit. to carry firewood to put out a fire (idiom) / fig. to make a problem worse by inappropriate action syn 反裘负刍 反裘負芻 fǎn qiú fù chú lit. to wear one's coat inside out and carry firewood on one's back (idiom) / fig. to live a life of poverty and hard work / fig. to act stupidly 救焚益薪 jiù fén yì xīn add firewood to put out the flames (idiom) / fig. ill-advised action that only makes the problem worse / to add fuel to the fire 食玉炊桂 shí yù chuī guì food is more precious than jade and firewood more expensive than cassia (idiom) / the cost of living is very high 熰 ǒu copious smoke produced by smoldering firewood / half alight / to use the smoke of burning wormwood etc to repel insects 柴薪 chái xīn firewood 刍荛 芻蕘 chú ráo to mow grass and cut firewood / grass mower / woodman syn 捡柴 撿柴 firewood-gathering 柴米油盐酱醋茶 柴米油鹽醬醋茶 chái mǐ yóu yán jiàng cù chá lit. firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy, vinegar, and tea / fig. life's daily necessities 薪火相传 薪火相傳 xīn huǒ xiāng chuán lit. the flame of a burning piece of firewood passes on to the rest (idiom) / fig. (of knowledge, skill etc) to be passed on from teachers to students, one generation to another 曲突徙薪 qū tū xǐ xīn lit. to bend the chimney and remove the firewood (to prevent fire) (idiom) / fig. to take preventive measures syn 劈柴 pǐ chai chopped wood / firewood 𠙶 ǒu (name of a mountain) / copious smoke produced by smoldering firewood / half alight / to use the smoke of burning wormwood etc to repel insects 柴禾 chái hé plant material used as fuel (firewood, straw, leaves etc) syn 柴米油盐 柴米油鹽 chái - mǐ - yóu - yán lit. firewood, rice, oil and salt (idiom) / fig. life's daily necessities syn 柴米油盐酱醋茶 柴米油鹽醬醋茶 chái - mǐ - yóu - yán - jiàng - cù - chá lit. firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and tea / fig. life's daily necessities 一堆 yī duī pile 堆积 堆積 duī jī to pile up / to heap / accumulation syn 积压 積壓 jī yā to pile up / to accumulate without being dealt with syn 堆满 堆滿 duī mǎn to pile up 堆放 duī fàng to pile up / to stack syn 加压 加壓 jiā yā to pressurize / to pile on pressure 堆砌 duī qì lit. to pile up (bricks) / to pack / fig. to pad out (writing with fancy phrases) / ornate rhetoric syn 木桩 木樁 mù zhuāng wooden pile / stake 堆积如山 堆積如山 duī jī rú shān to pile up like a mountain (idiom) / a mountain of (paperwork etc) / a large number of sth syn 以讹传讹 以訛傳訛 yǐ é chuán é to spread falsehoods / to increasingly distort the truth / to pile errors on top of errors (idiom) syn 丛集 叢集 cóng jí to crowd together / to pile up / to cluster / (book) collection / series syn 打桩机 打樁機 dǎ zhuāng jī pile driver (machinery) 层 層 céng to pile on top of one another / layer / stratum / floor (of a building) / story / (math.) sheaf / classifier for layers syn 归拢 歸攏 guī lǒng to gather / to rake together / to pile up syn 危如累卵 wēi rú lěi luǎn precarious as pile of eggs (idiom) / ready to fall and break at any moment / in a dangerous state syn 码 碼 mǎ weight / number / code / to pile / to stack / classifier for length or distance (yard), happenings etc syn 叠 疊 dié to fold / to fold over in layers / to furl / to layer / to pile up / to repeat / to duplicate syn 桩 樁 zhuāng stump / stake / pile / classifier for events, cases, transactions, affairs etc syn 磊 lěi lumpy / rock pile / uneven / fig. sincere / open and honest 沓 dá classifier for sheets of papers etc: pile, pad / Taiwan pr. [ta4] syn 垛 duò pile syn 砢 luǒ a heap / pile (of rocks) 事危累卵 shì wēi lěi luǎn lit. the matter has become a pile of eggs (idiom) / fig. at a critical juncture 郢书燕说 郢書燕說 yǐng shū yān shuō lit. Ying writes a letter and Yan reads it / fig. to misinterpret the original meaning / to pile up errors / refers to the letter from capital 郢[Ying3] of 楚[Chu3] in which the inadvertent words "hold up the candle" are mistaken by the minister of 燕[Yan1] as "promote the wise" 堆金积玉 堆金積玉 duī jīn jī yù lit. pile up gold and jade / very rich syn 板桩 板樁 bǎn zhuāng sheet pile 礧 lèi roll stone down hill / stone pile 罏 lú pile of earth to keep wine jars 原子堆 yuán zǐ duī atomic pile (original form of nuclear reactor) 堆垒 堆壘 duī lěi to pile up / accumulative 废铜烂铁 廢銅爛鐵 fèi tóng làn tiě scrap metal / a pile of junk 扒搂 扒摟 bā lōu to pile together / to cram food into one's mouth (with chopsticks) / to eat fast 故纸堆 故紙堆 gù zhǐ duī a pile of old books 曡 dié variant of 疊|叠[die2], to fold / to fold over in layers / to furl / to layer / to pile up / to repeat / to duplicate 桩构栈道 樁構棧道 zhuāng gòu zhàn dào pile trestle 瓦砾堆 瓦礫堆 wǎ lì duī pile of rubble / debris 疉 dié variant of 疊|叠[die2], to fold / to fold over in layers / to furl / to layer / to pile up / to repeat / to duplicate 码放 碼放 mǎ fàng to pile up / to stack up syn 磊磊 lěi lěi big pile of rocks / bighearted / open and honest 积叠 積疊 jī dié to pile up layer upon layer 重沓 chóng tà redundant / to pile up 打桩车 pile driver truck 沉积堆 沈積堆 sediment pile 堆叠 duī dié to pile up / to put layer upon layer / (Tw) (computing) stack 鲜花插在牛粪上 鮮花插在牛糞上 xiān huā chā zài niú fèn shàng lit. a bunch of flowers poked into a pile of manure / fig. a terrible shame (as when a lovely woman marries an odious man) 补刀 補刀 bǔ dāo (gaming) to finish off a wounded combatant / (fig.) to attack sb who is already under fire / to pile on / (sphragistics) to retouch a seal after taking a first impression 渥堆 wò duī wet piling, aka wet pile fermentation (a stage in the production of certain types of tea, notably 熟普洱茶[shou2 Pu3er3 cha2], ripe Pu'er tea) 