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 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 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 登山 dēng shān to climb a mountain / climbing / mountaineering syn 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 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 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 高攀 gāo pān social climbing / to claim connections with people in higher social class 攀附 pān fù to climb (of climbing plants) / to creep / to cling on to / fig. to seek connection (with the rich and powerful) / social climbing 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 攀援 pān yuán to climb up (a rope etc) / climbing (plant) syn 顶板 頂板 dǐng bǎn roof / roof plate / rock layer forming roof of a cave or mine / abacus 石窟 shí kū rock cave / grotto / cliff caves (often with Buddhist statues) 岩画 巖畫 yán huà rock painting / picture or writing carved on rocks 滚石 滾石 gǔn shí Rock Records, Taiwanese record label / the Rolling Stones, British rock band / Rolling Stone (magazine) 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 蔓草 màn cǎo creeper / climbing plant / twiner 不插电 不插電 bù chā diàn unplugged (of rock musicians performing on acoustic instruments) 趋炎附势 趨炎附勢 qū yán fù shì to curry favor (idiom) / playing up to those in power / social climbing syn 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 摇 搖 yáo to shake / to rock / to row / to crank syn 扒 bā to peel / to skin / to tear / to pull down / to cling to (sth on which one is climbing) / to dig syn 掀 xiān to lift (a lid) / to rock / to convulse syn 礁 jiāo reef / shoal rock syn 磐 pán firm / stable / rock 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 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 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 碉 diāo rock cave (archaic) 砬 lá a huge boulder / a towering rock 坻 chí islet / rock in river 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) 薢 xiào woody climbing plant 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 夤缘攀附 夤緣攀附 yín yuán pān fù to cling to the rich and powerful (idiom) / to advance one's career by currying favor / social climbing 巴山越岭 巴山越嶺 bā shān yuè lǐng to climb hills and pass over mountains (idiom) / to cross mountain after mountain / good at climbing mountains 攀高结贵 攀高結貴 pān gāo jié guì lit. to cling to the high, connect to the rich (idiom) / to try to attach oneself to the rich and powerful / social climbing 蔓生植物 màn shēng zhí wù creeper / climbing plant / twiner 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) 爬竿 pá gān pole-climbing (as gymnastics or circus act) / climbing pole 深成岩 shēn chéng yán plutonic rock / abyssal rock 烏魯汝 wū lǔ rǔ Uluru, iconic large rock formation in central Australia, sacred to Aboriginals, a World Heritage Site / also known as Ayers Rock 超基性岩 chāo jī xìng yán ultrabasic rock (geology, rock containing less than 45 percent silicates) 碱性岩 鹼性巖 jiǎn xìng yán basic rock / mafic rock (with less silicon and more magnesium, iron etc) 乌鲁汝 烏魯汝 wū lǔ rǔ Uluru, iconic large rock formation in central Australia, sacred to Aboriginals, a World Heritage Site / also known as Ayers Rock 樏 lěi mountain-climbing shoes 攀附权贵 攀附權貴 pān fù quán guì to cling to the powerful and rich (idiom) / social climbing 登峰 dēng fēng to climb a mountain / to scale a peak / mountain climbing / mountaineering 蛇麻草 shé má cǎo hop (Humulus lupulus), climbing plant whose flower cones are used in brewing beer 难于登天 難於登天 nán yú dēng tiān harder than climbing to heaven (idiom) syn 蚂蚁上树 螞蟻上樹 mǎ yǐ shàng shù "ants climbing a tree", a Sichuan dish made with cellophane noodles 粉絲|粉丝[fen3 si1] and ground meat (so called because the particles of meat clinging to the noodles look like ants on the twigs of a tree) / (sex position) man standing, woman clinging to his upper body / (erotic massage) full-body licking 溯溪 sù xī river tracing / mountain stream climbing (recreational activity) 攀缘 攀緣 pān yuán to climb up (a rope etc) / climbing (plant) syn 百尺竿头，更进一步 百尺竿頭，更進一步 bǎi chǐ gān tóu , gèng jìn yī bù lit. after climbing a hundred feet up a pole, one should go even further (idiom) / fig. even if one has achieved a measure of success, one should strive to do even better syn 安如磐石 ān rú pán shí as solid as rock (idiom) / as sure as houses 安如泰山 ān rú tài shān as secure as Mount Taishan / as solid as a rock syn 盖层 蓋層 gài céng cap rock 碳酸岩 tàn suān yán carbonate rock (geology) 凿石场 鑿石場 záo shí chǎng rock quarry 旝 kuài (literary) standard / banner (raised for battle) / (literary) catapult, or a rock launched by a catapult 望夫石 wàng fū shí Amah Rock in Sha Tin 沙田[Sha1 tian2], Hong Kong 岩浆岩 岩漿岩 yán jiāng yán igneous rock 乭 shí rock / phonetic "dol" used in names (Korean kugja) 