砚台 硯臺 yàn tái ink stone / ink slab / CL:方[fang1] syn 砚池 硯池 yàn chí (concave) ink stone or ink slab syn 墨 mò ink stick / China ink / CL:塊|块[kuai4] / corporal punishment consisting of tattooing characters on the victim's forehead syn 墨渍 墨漬 mò zì ink stain / ink blot / spot / smudge 墨砚 墨硯 mò yàn ink slab / ink stone 瓦砚 瓦硯 wǎ yàn ink stone or ink slab made from an antique palace tile 砚盒 硯盒 yàn hé case for an ink stone or ink slab 砚石 硯石 yàn shí ink stone / ink slab 辟雍砚 辟雍硯 pì yōng yàn ink slab or ink stone of celadon or white porcelain with unglazed surface 中成药 中成藥 zhōng chéng yào prepared prescription (Chinese medicine) 中成葯 中成藥 zhōng chéng yào prepared prescription (Chinese medicine) 渲染 xuàn rǎn rendering (computing) / to add washes of ink or color to a drawing (Chinese painting) / to exaggerate / to embellish syn 国语 國語 guó yǔ Chinese language (Mandarin), emphasizing its national nature / Chinese as a primary or secondary school subject / Chinese in the context of the Nationalist Government / Guoyu, book of historical narrative c. 10th-5th century BC syn 华侨 華僑 huá qiáo overseas Chinese / (in a restricted sense) Chinese emigrant who still retains Chinese nationality / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2] 华裔 華裔 huá yì ethnic Chinese / non-Chinese citizen of Chinese ancestry syn 字头 字頭 zì tóu single-character headword (in a dictionary) / first character of a Chinese word / the top part (esp. a radical) of a Chinese character / the initial of a Chinese syllable 夔 kuí one-legged mountain demon of Chinese mythology / Chinese mythical figure who invented music and dancing / Chinese rain god / surname Kui 峇峇娘惹 bā bā niáng rě Peranakan Chinese (Baba-Nyonya), an ethnic group of Chinese residing in the Malay peninsula (also known as Straits Chinese) 二毛子 èr máo zi lit. secondary foreigner / (derogatory term for Chinese Christians and others associated with foreigners, used at the time of the Boxer Rebellion) / (coll.) westernized Chinese person / (derog.) person of mixed Chinese and Russian blood / (slang) Ukraine / German shepherd dog / (dialect) two-year-old goat 备战 備戰 bèi zhàn prepared against war / to prepare for war / warmongering syn 底线 底線 dǐ xiàn bottom line / the limit of what one is prepared to accept / (sports) baseline / (sewing) under thread / spy / informer / plant syn 宣读 宣讀 xuān dú to read out loud to an audience / a prepared speech (e.g. to a party conference) syn 吃法 chī fǎ way of eating / how something is eaten / how a dish is prepared / the way a dish is to be cooked 菜式 cài shì dish (food prepared according to a specific recipe) 熟食 shú shí cooked food / prepared food / deli food syn 生鲜 生鮮 shēng xiān fresh produce and freshly prepared foods syn 不吝 bù lìn not to stint / to be generous (with praise etc) / to be prepared to (pay a fee, give of one's time etc) syn 善罢甘休 善罷甘休 shàn bà gān xiū to leave the matter at that / to be prepared to let go / to be willing to take things lying down syn 有备无患 有備無患 yǒu bèi wú huàn Preparedness averts peril. / to be prepared, just in case (idiom) 好吃懒做 好吃懶做 hào chī lǎn zuò happy to partake but not prepared to do any work (idiom) / all take and no give syn 脱稿 脫稿 tuō gǎo (of a manuscript) to be completed / to do without prepared notes (when giving a speech) syn 客饭 客飯 kè fàn cafeteria meal specially prepared for a group of visitors / set meal syn 粉 fěn powder / cosmetic face powder / food prepared from starch / noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour / to turn to powder / (dialect) to whitewash / white / pink / (suffix) fan (abbr. for 粉絲|粉丝[fen3si1]) / to be a fan of syn 以防万一 以防萬一 yǐ fáng wàn yī to guard against the unexpected (idiom) / just in case / prepared for any eventualities syn 枕戈待旦 zhěn gē dài dàn lit. to wait for dawn, one's head resting on a spear (idiom) / fig. fully prepared and biding one's time before the battle syn 厚积薄发 厚積薄發 hòu jī bó fā lit. to have accumulated knowledge and deliver it slowly (idiom) / good preparation is the key to success / to be well prepared 针尖对麦芒 針尖對麥芒 zhēn jiān duì mài máng sharply opposed to each other, with neither prepared to give an inch (idiom) 侅 gāi to give / prepared for included in / embraced in 以备不测 以備不測 yǐ bèi bù cè to be prepared for accidents 兵精粮足 兵精糧足 bīng jīng liáng zú elite soldiers, ample provisions (idiom) / well-prepared forces / preparations for war are in an advanced state 熟丝 熟絲 shú sī silk raw material (prepared by boiling in soap) 特别设计或配备的 especially designed or prepared 待命飞行器 aircraft prepared for service 备用任务 備用任務 bèi yòng rèn wù be-prepared mission 熟鸦片 熟鴉片 prepared opium 眼里容不得沙子 眼裡容不得沙子 yǎn lǐ róng bu dé shā zi can't bear having grit in one's eye (idiom) / unable to put sth objectionable out of one's mind / not prepared to turn a blind eye 不怕一万，就怕万一 不怕一萬，就怕萬一 bù pà yī wàn , jiù pà wàn yī better to be safe than sorry (proverb) / to be prepared just in case 加料钢琴 加料鋼琴 jiā liào gāng qín prepared piano 有备而来 有備而來 yǒu bèi ér lái to come prepared syn 分灶吃饭 分竈吃飯 fēn zào chī fàn "meals prepared at separate stoves", slogan of the program of fiscal decentralization that began in the 1980s in the PRC 茶水 chá shuǐ tea prepared in large quantity using inexpensive tea leaves 周备 周備 zhōu bèi thorough / carefully prepared 筒子米糕 tǒng zǐ mǐ gāo rice tube pudding, a single-serve column of glutinous rice topped with a sauce and garnished (Taiwanese dish, originally prepared by stuffing rice into bamboo tubes and steaming them) 舍不得孩子套不住狼 捨不得孩子套不住狼 shě bù de hái zi tào bù zhù láng one who is not prepared to risk his child will never catch the wolf (proverb) / (fig.) one who is unwilling to take risks will not achieve great things 穷家富路 窮家富路 qióng jiā fù lù (idiom) at home be frugal, but when traveling be prepared to spend 油墨 yóu mò printing ink 墨水 mò shuǐ ink / CL:瓶[ping2] syn 墨盒 mò hé ink cartridge 喷墨 噴墨 pēn mò ink jet 笔墨 筆墨 bǐ mò pen and ink / words / writing syn 喷墨打印机 噴墨打印機 pēn mò dǎ yìn jī ink jet printer 水墨 shuǐ mò ink (used in painting) 墨迹 墨跡 mò jì ink marks / original calligraphy or painting of famous person syn 水墨画 水墨畫 shuǐ mò huà ink and wash painting 签字笔 簽字筆 qiān zì bǐ felt-tip pen / roller ball pen / gel ink pen 白描 bái miáo line drawing in traditional ink-and-brush style / simple and straightforward style of writing 印泥 yìn ní red ink paste used for seal syn 端砚 端硯 duān yàn high-quality ink stonemade in Duanxi and Guangdong 鸡腿菇 雞腿菇 jī tuǐ gū shaggy ink cap (edible mushroom) / Coprinus comatus 印台 印臺 yìn tái ink pad / stamp pad syn 濡染 rú rǎn to infect / to influence / to dip (in ink) syn 徽墨 huī mò Anhui ink (known for its quality) 膏 gào to moisten / to grease / to apply (cream, ointment) / to dip a brush in ink syn 蘸 zhàn to dip in (ink, sauce etc) syn 砚 硯 yàn ink-stone syn 锭 錠 dìng (weaving) spindle / ingot / pressed cake of medicine etc / classifier for: gold and silver ingots, ink sticks syn 酽 釅 yàn (of tea, wine etc) strong / (of ink, aroma etc) thick / (of a color) deep / rich syn 掭 tiàn to smooth (a brush) against the inkstone (after dipping it in ink) syn 磨穿铁砚 磨穿鐵硯 mó chuān tiě yàn to grind one's way through an ink stone / to persevere in a difficult task (idiom) / to study diligently (idiom) 印盒 yìn hé seal case / box for seal and ink pad 古砚 古硯 gǔ yàn antique ink slab / CL:台[tai2] 墨匣 mò xiá ink cartridge 柘砚 柘硯 zhè yàn ink slabs from a place in Shandong 涤砚 滌硯 dí yàn to wash an ink-slab / to prepare for study (idiom) 濡毫 rú háo to dip the pen into ink / to write 焚砚 焚硯 fén yàn to destroy one's ink-slab (i.e. to write no more because others write so much better) 砚室 硯室 yàn shì case for an ink slab 砚席 硯席 yàn xí ink slab and sitting mat / place where one studies and teaches 砚水壶儿 硯水壺兒 yàn shuǐ hú r water container for an ink slab 砚滴 硯滴 yàn dī small cup for adding water to an ink stone 砚瓦 硯瓦 yàn wǎ ink slab 砚田 硯田 yàn tián ink stone / writing as a livelihood 笔砚 筆硯 bǐ yàn writing brush and ink stone 红墨水 紅墨水 hóng mò shuǐ red ink 着墨 著墨 zhuó mò to describe (in writing, applying ink) 输墨装置 輸墨裝置 shū mò zhuāng zhì ink supply mechanism 近朱者赤，近墨者黑 jìn zhū zhě chì , jìn mò zhě hēi those who handle cinnabar are stained red / those who work with ink are stained black (idiom) / you are the product of your environment 陶砚 陶硯 táo yàn ink stone made of pottery 欧洲油漆油墨油彩业理事会 歐洲油漆油墨油彩業理事會 European Council of the Paint, Printing Ink and Artists' Colours Industry 