汗牛充栋 汗牛充棟 hàn niú chōng dòng lit. enough books to make a pack-ox sweat or to fill a house to the rafters (idiom) / fig. many books syn 满坑满谷 滿坑滿谷 mǎn kēng mǎn gǔ (idiom) all over the place / in every nook and cranny / packed to the rafters syn 绕梁三日 繞梁三日 rào liáng sān rì reverberates around the rafters for three days (idiom) / fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice) 余音绕梁 餘音繞梁 yú yīn rào liáng reverberates around the rafters (idiom) / fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice) syn 余响绕梁 餘響繞梁 yú xiǎng rào liáng reverberates around the rafters (idiom) / fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice) 梁架 liáng jià roof beam / rafters 出头的椽子先烂 出頭的椽子先爛 chū tóu de chuán zi xiān làn lit. rafters that jut out rot first (idiom) / fig. anyone who makes himself conspicuous will be targeted for attack 洗牌 xǐ pái to shuffle cards, dominoes or mahjong tiles etc / (fig.) to reshuffle / to reorganize / to shake up / to restructure 清一色 qīng yī sè (mahjong) flush / a complete hand where all tiles are of the same suit / (fig.) uniformly / each and every one syn 砖瓦 磚瓦 zhuān wǎ tiles and bricks 瓦楞 wǎ léng rows of tiles on a roof / corrugated syn 屋面瓦 wū miàn wǎ room tiles 冰消瓦解 bīng xiāo wǎ jiě to melt like ice and break like tiles / to disintegrate / to dissolve syn 笮 zé board under tiles on roof / narrow 坐不垂堂 zuò bù chuí táng lit. don't sit under the eaves (where tiles may fall from the roof) (idiom) / fig. keep out of danger 添砖加瓦 添磚加瓦 tiān zhuān jiā wǎ lit. contribute bricks and tiles for a building (idiom) / fig. to do one's bit to help 唏哩哗啦 唏哩嘩啦 xī lī huā lā (onom.) clatter (of mahjong tiles etc) 断瓦残垣 斷瓦殘垣 duàn wǎ cán yuán the tiles are broken, the walls dilapidated 方城 fāng chéng square castle / mahjong layout (with the tiles laid out as a square) 破瓦寒窑 破瓦寒窯 pò wǎ hán yáo lit. broken tiles, cold hearth / fig. a broken-down house / poor and shabby dwelling syn 三天不打，上房揭瓦 sān tiān bù dǎ , shàng fáng jiē wǎ three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom) / spare the rod, spoil the child 落汗 lào hàn to stop sweating / (mahjong and card games) to mark the tiles or cards with one's sweat, fragrance etc 绿叶 綠葉 lǜ yè green leaf / (fig.) actor playing a supporting role 配角 pèi jué supporting role / minor role / (of actors) to perform together syn 后援 後援 hòu yuán reinforcement / back-up / supporting force syn 爪 zhuǎ (coll.) foot of an animal or bird / (coll.) foot supporting a cooking pot etc syn 疏财重义 疏財重義 shū cái zhòng yì distributing money, supporting virtue (idiom) / fig. to give generously in a public cause 炉架 爐架 lú jià stove stand / grate (supporting a pot over the stove) / grate (in a fireplace) / oven rack 天柱 tiān zhù pillars supporting heaven 打下手 dǎ xià shǒu to act in a supporting role / fig. to play second fiddle syn 拖儿带女 拖兒帶女 tuō ér dài nǚ supporting a wife and children / dragged down by having a family to feed syn 捧哏 pěng gén straight man (supporting role in comic dialogue 對口相聲|对口相声[dui4kou3 xiang4sheng1]) / (of a straight man) to react with exasperation to the silliness of the funny man 逗哏[dou4gen2] 贴旦 貼旦 tiē dàn female supporting actress in a Chinese opera 贴生 貼生 tiē shēng male supporting actor in a Chinese opera 载漪 載漪 zài yī Zai Yi (1856-1922), Manchu imperial prince and politician, disgraced after supporting the Boxers 门墩 門墩 mén dūn wooden or stone block supporting the axle of a door 支援组织 zhī yuán zǔ zhī supporting organization 支援火力 zhī yuán huǒ lì supporting fire 单边自我维持开支 unilateral self-supporting expenditures 单边自我维持捐款 unilateral self-supporting contributions 支持性证据 zhī chí xìng zhèng jù supporting evidence 甄选和支助中介机构指导原则 甄選和支助中介機構指導原則 Guiding Principles for Selecting and Supporting Intermediaries 所附凭单 所附憑單 supporting voucher 经认证的单据 經認證的單據 certified supporting voucher 支持服务 支持服務 zhī chí fù wù supporting services 支持和关注恐怖主义受害者工作组 支持和關註恐怖主義受害者工作組 Working Group on Supporting and Highlighting Victims of Terrorism 科学和技术佐证数据 科學和技術佐證數據 supporting scientific and technical data / third part of a State's submission 国家所提划界桉的第叁部分 國家所提劃界桉的第三部分 supporting scientific and technical data / third part of a State's submission 支援指挥官 支援指揮官 supporting commander 支持巴勒斯坦权力机构伦敦会议 支持巴勒斯坦權力機構倫敦會議 London Meeting on Supporting the Palestinian Authority / London Meeting 种子倡议 －支持企业家促进环境与发展 種子倡議 －支持企業家促進環境與發展 Seed Initiative - Supporting Entrepreneurs for Environment and Development 趸柱 躉柱 dǔn zhù main supporting pillar 两脚架 兩腳架 liǎng jiǎo jià bipod (supporting a machine gun etc) 双脚架 雙腳架 shuāng jiǎo jià bipod (supporting a machine gun etc) 扶弟魔 fú dì mó (coll.) (neologism c. 2017, a play on 伏地魔[Fu2 di4 mo2]) woman who devotes herself to supporting her little brother (assisting him with his studies, giving money to help him buy a house etc) 