陂 bēi pool / pond / bank of a pond / mountain slope / Taiwan pr. [pi2] 宁做鸡头，不做凤尾 寧做雞頭，不做鳳尾 nìng zuò jī tóu , bù zuò fèng wěi lit. would rather be a chicken's head than a phoenix's tail (idiom) / fig. to prefer to be a big fish in a small pond rather than a small fish in a big pond 池塘 chí táng pool / pond syn 水池 shuǐ chí pond / pool / sink / washbasin 池子 chí zi pond / bathhouse pool / dance floor of a ballroom / (old) stalls (front rows in a theater) syn 水潭 shuǐ tán water pool / pond syn 池沼 chí zhǎo pool / pond syn 泽 澤 zé pool / pond / (of metals etc) luster / favor or beneficence / damp / moist syn 沼 zhǎo pond / pool syn 潭 tán deep pool / pond / pit (dialect) / depression syn 潴 瀦 zhū pool / pond 涂潭 塗潭 tú tán muddy water in a pool or pond 隐潭 隱潭 yǐn tán hidden pond or pool 陂塘 bēi táng pool / pond 喷池 噴池 pēn chí spray pool / spray condensing pool 游戏池 游戲池 yóu xì chí paddling pool / wading pool 月池 yuè chí moon pool / central pool 备用车队 備用車隊 dispatch pool / transport vehicle pool 积水 積水 jī shuǐ to collect water / to be covered with water / to pond / accumulated water / ponding syn 深潭 shēn tán deep natural pond / deep pit / abyss 旁氏 páng shì Pond's (brand of skin care products) 荡 蕩 dàng to wash / to squander / to sweep away / to move / to shake / dissolute / pond syn 池 chí pond / reservoir / moat syn 潢 huáng dye paper / lake / pond / mount scroll 溏 táng half congealed / pond 竭泽而渔 竭澤而漁 jié zé ér yú lit. to drain the pond to get at the fish (idiom) / fig. to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs syn 埧 jù diked pond 洿 wū dig (a pond) / stagnant water 水凼 shuǐ dàng pond 池鹭 池鷺 chí lù (bird species of China) Chinese pond heron (Ardeola bacchus) 沉潭 chén tán to sink sb to the bottom of a pond (a kind of private punishment, especially for unfaithful wives) 滊 xiē saline pond 潭子 tán zi deep natural pond 潭底 tán dǐ bottom of a (deep) pond 潭影 tán yǐng reflection in a deep pond 稳定塘 穩定塘 wěn dìng táng waste stabilization pond 庞氏 龐氏 páng shì Ponzi (name) / Pond's (brand of skin care products), also written 旁氏 许愿池 許願池 xǔ yuàn chí wishing pond 尾矿池 yǐ kuàng chí tailings pond 尾水池 yǐ shuǐ chí tailings pond 太阳能池 太陽能池 tài yáng néng chí solar pond 池塘生物 pond life 临渊羡鱼，不如退而结网 臨淵羨魚，不如退而結網 lín yuān xiàn yú , bù rú tuì ér jié wǎng better to go home and weave a net than to stand by the pond longing for fish (idiom) / one should take practical steps to achieve one's aim 碧池 bì chí bitch (loanword) (Internet slang) / clear water pond 塘堰 táng yàn irrigation pond or dam syn 泡子 pāo zi small lake / pond syn 爪哇池鹭 爪哇池鷺 zhǎo wā chí lù (bird species of China) Javan pond heron (Ardeola speciosa) 游泳池 yóu yǒng chí swimming pool 水道 shuǐ dào watercourse (river, canal, drain etc) / water route / lane (in a swimming pool) syn 泳池 yǒng chí swimming pool 血泊 xuè pō pool of blood 水塘 shuǐ táng pool 桌球 zhuō qiú table tennis / table tennis ball (Tw) / billiards / pool / snooker (HK, Singapore, Malaysia) 游泳馆 游泳館 yóu yǒng guǎn indoor swimming pool / natatorium 集思广益 集思廣益 jí sī guǎng yì collecting opinions is of wide benefit (idiom) / to pool wisdom for mutual benefit / to profit from widespread suggestions 撞球 zhuàng qiú billiards / billiards ball / pool (game) 凑钱 湊錢 còu qián to raise enough money to do sth / to pool money / to club together (to do sth) 沈括 shěn kuò Shen Kuo (1031-1095), Chinese polymath, scientist and statesman of Song dynasty, author of Dream Pool Essays 夢溪筆談|梦溪笔谈[Meng4 Xi1 Bi3 tan2] 梦溪笔谈 夢溪筆談 mèng xī bǐ tán Dream Pool Essays by Shen Kuo 沈括[Shen3 Kuo4], book on various fields of knowledge, the first to describe the magnetic needle compass 澡塘 zǎo táng communal bath / common pool in bath house syn 凑份子 湊份子 còu fèn zi to pool resources (for a gift, project etc) syn 拼 pīn to piece together / to put together / to pool (resources etc) / to share / to risk all / to go all out / to spell (words) syn 汪 wāng expanse of water / ooze / (onom.) bark / classifier for liquids: pool, puddle syn 滩 灘 tān beach / shoal / rapids / CL:片[pian4] / classifier for liquids: pool, puddle syn 渊 淵 yuān deep pool / deep / profound syn 凑 湊 còu to gather together, pool or collect / to happen by chance / to move close to / to exploit an opportunity syn 凼 dàng pool / pit / ditch / cesspit 醵 jù to contribute to a feast / to pool (money) 一潭死水 yī tán sǐ shuǐ a pool of stagnant water / stagnant or listless condition 池汤 池湯 chí tāng large pool in a bathhouse 主球 zhǔ qiú cue ball (in pool etc) 凼子 dàng zi pool / pit / ditch / cesspit 水球场 水球場 shuǐ qiú chǎng water polo pool 潭府 tán fǔ abyss / imposing dwellings and spacious courtyard / your residence / deep pool 湾潭 灣潭 wān tán curved pool 碧潭 bì tán green pool 西池 xī chí legendary pool 集恩广益 集恩廣益 jí ēn guǎng yì to pool knowledge and ideas to produce a better outcome 碳库 tàn kù carbon pool 不结盟国家通讯社经商新闻综合处 Eco-Pool of the News Agencies of Non-Aligned Countries 阿拉伯国际通讯社联营 Arab International News Agency Pool 供调度的车队 Transport Vehicle Pool 巴尔干邮政共同体 巴爾幹郵政共同體 Balkan Postal Pool 现金池 現金池 xiàn jīn chí cash pool 全球预防冲突协调小组 全球預防沖突協調小組 Global Conflict Prevention Pool 亚洲及太平洋航空合作 亞洲及太平洋航空合作 Asian and Pacific Aviation Pool 池式反应堆 池式反應堆 pool reactor 不结盟国家通讯社联营组织 不結盟國家通訊社聯營組織 bù jié méng guó jiā tòng xùn shè lián yíng zǔ zhī Non-Aligned News Agencies Pool 国际运输用联营集装箱海关过关公约 國際運輸用聯營集裝箱海關過關公約 Convention on Customs Treatment of Pool Containers used in International Transport 东盟内部散货集装体制 東盟內部散貨集裝體制 Inter-ASEAN Bulk Pool System 中非电力联营体 中非電力聯營體 Central Africa Power Pool 东非电力联营体 東非電力聯營體 dōng fēi diàn lì lián yíng tǐ Eastern Africa Power Pool 油池火灾 油池火災 yóu chí huǒ zāi pool fire 打字室主管 Pool Supervisor 非洲预防冲突协调小组 非洲預防沖突協調小組 Africa Conflict Prevention Pool 药品专利池倡议 藥品專利池倡議 Medicines Patent Pool Initiative 专利池 專利池 patent pool 共同资源 共同資源 common pool resources / common property resources 联合国训练援助队预备队 聯合國訓練援助隊預備隊 UNTAT reserve pool 