眼 yǎn eye (CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1]) / (often used with 一[yi1]) a look / a glance / small hole / (bound form) salient point / classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc syn 摇滚 搖滾 yáo gǔn rock 'n' roll (music) / to rock / to fall off 石 shí rock / stone / stone inscription / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1] syn 岩石 yán shí rock syn 洞穴 dòng xué cave / cavern 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 山洞 shān dòng cavern / cave 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 穴居 xué jū to live in a cave / (of animals) to be of burrowing habit 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 洞口 dòng kǒu cave mouth / tunnel entrance 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 塌陷 tā xiàn to subside / to sink / to cave in syn 凹陷 āo xiàn to cave in / hollow / sunken / depressed syn 地洞 dì dòng tunnel / cave / burrow / dugout 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 塌方 tā fāng to cave in / to collapse / to have a landslide syn 沉降 chén jiàng to subside / to cave in / subsidence syn 洞窟 dòng kū a cave syn 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 石塔 shí tǎ pinnacle rock 顶板 頂板 dǐng bǎn roof / roof plate / rock layer forming roof of a cave or mine / abacus 溶洞 róng dòng (geology) solutional cave (typically, a limestone cave) 窑洞 窯洞 yáo dòng yaodong (a kind of cave dwelling in the Loess Plateau in northwest China) / CL:孔[kong3] syn 岩画 巖畫 yán huà rock painting / picture or writing carved on rocks 沉陷 chén xiàn to sink / to cave in / (of a building etc) to subside / (fig.) to get lost (in contemplation, daydreams etc) syn 滚石 滾石 gǔn shí Rock Records, Taiwanese record label / the Rolling Stones, British rock band / Rolling Stone (magazine) 攀岩 pān yán rock climbing / to climb a rockface 石洞 shí dòng cave / cavern 洞府 dòng fǔ cave dwelling / legendary abode of immortals 须弥 須彌 xū mí Mt Meru or Sumeru, sacred mountain in Buddhist and Jain tradition / Mt Xumi in Guyuan 固原[Gu4 yuan2], Ningxia, with many Buddhist cave statues 龙洞 龍洞 lóng dòng cave / natural cavern (in limestone) 水帘洞 水簾洞 shuǐ lián dòng cave with a waterfall at its mouth 前仰后合 前仰後合 qián yǎng hòu hé to sway to and fro / to rock back and forth syn 白水晶 bái shuǐ jīng rock crystal (mineral) 橄榄石 橄欖石 gǎn lǎn shí olivine (rock-forming mineral magnesium-iron silicate (Mg,Fe)2SiO4) / peridot 阴穴 陰穴 yīn xué cave / (coll.) vagina 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 洞 dòng cave / hole / zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 摇 搖 yáo to shake / to rock / to row / to crank syn 陷 xiàn pitfall / trap / to get stuck / to sink / to cave in / to frame (false charge) / to capture (a city in battle) / to fall (to the enemy) / defect syn 孔 kǒng hole / CL:個|个[ge4] / classifier for cave dwellings syn 穴 xué cave / cavity / hole / acupuncture point / Taiwan pr. [xue4] syn 窟 kū cave / hole syn 掀 xiān to lift (a lid) / to rock / to convulse syn 礁 jiāo reef / shoal rock syn 磐 pán firm / stable / rock syn 堀 kū cave / hole 土窑 土窯 tǔ yáo earthen kiln / loess cave 空穴来风 空穴來風 kōng xué lái fēng lit. wind from an empty cave (idiom) / fig. unfounded (story) / baseless (claim) 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) 辉石 輝石 huī shí pyroxene (family of rock-forming minerals) / augite 峒 dòng cave / cavern 硐 dòng variant of 洞[dong4] / cave / pit 钎 釺 qiān a drill (for boring through rock) syn 围岩 圍岩 wéi yán enclosing rock 凿岩 鑿岩 záo yán (rock) drilling 岩穴 yán xué grotto / cave 穴居人 xué jū rén cave man 凿岩机 鑿岩機 záo yán jī rock drill syn 英石 yīng shí ornamental limestone rock (供石[gong1 shi2]) from Yingde 英德[Ying1 de2], Guangdong 磊 lěi lumpy / rock pile / uneven / fig. sincere / open and honest 岫 xiù cave / mountain peak 砬 lá a huge boulder / a towering rock 坻 chí islet / rock in river syn 空洞无物 空洞無物 kōng dòng wú wù empty cave, nothing there (idiom) / devoid of substance / nothing new to show syn 月岩 yuè yán moon rock 钎子 釺子 qiān zi hammer drill for boring through rock syn 变质岩 變質岩 biàn zhì yán metamorphic rock (geology) 窾 kuǎn crack / hollow / cavity / to excavate or hollow out / (onom.) water hitting rock / (old) variant of 款[kuan3] 一物降一物 yī wù xiáng yī wù lit. one object bests another object / every item has a weakness (idiom) / there is a rock to every scissor, a scissor to every paper, and a paper to every rock 左右两难 左右兩難 zuǒ yòu liǎng nán (idiom) between a rock and a hard place / in a dilemma 颜面扫地 顏面掃地 yán miàn sǎo dì lit. for one's face to reach rock bottom / to be thoroughly discredited (idiom) 前俯后仰 前俯後仰 qián fǔ hòu yǎng to rock one's body backward and forward / to be convulsed (with laughter etc) syn 悬崖绝壁 懸崖絕壁 xuán yá jué bì sheer cliffs and precipitous rock faces (idiom) 藏经洞 藏經洞 zàng jīng dòng cave holding scripture depository, part of Mogao cave complex 莫高窟, Dunhuang 敦煌 热室 熱室 rè shì hot cell / hot cave / cave 