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 盐湖城 鹽湖城 yán hú chéng Salt Lake City, capital of Utah 盐水 鹽水 yán shuǐ salt water / brine 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 淡水 dàn shuǐ potable water (water with low salt content) / fresh water 左右为难 左右為難 zuǒ yòu wéi nán (idiom) between a rock and a hard place / in a dilemma syn 咸肉 鹹肉 xián ròu bacon / salt-cured meat 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 氯化钠 氯化鈉 lǜ huà nà sodium chloride NaCl / common salt syn 盐巴 鹽巴 yán bā table salt syn 食盐 食鹽 shí yán edible salt 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 盐湖 鹽湖 yán hú salt lake 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) 碳酸盐 碳酸鹽 tàn suān yán carbonate salt (chemistry) 海盐 海鹽 hǎi yán sea salt 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) 攀岩 pān yán rock climbing / to climb a rockface 柴米油盐 柴米油鹽 chái mǐ yóu yán lit. firewood, rice, oil and salt / fig. life's daily necessities syn 无机盐 無機鹽 wú jī yán inorganic salt 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) 咸水 鹹水 xián shuǐ salt water / brine 橄榄石 橄欖石 gǎn lǎn shí olivine (rock-forming mineral magnesium-iron silicate (Mg,Fe)2SiO4) / peridot 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 芒硝 máng xiāo mirabilite (Na2SO4x10H2O) / Glauber's salt 摇 搖 yáo to shake / to rock / to row / to crank syn 盐 鹽 yán salt / CL:粒[li4] syn 腌 醃 yān to salt / to pickle / to cure (meat) / to marinate syn 掀 xiān to lift (a lid) / to rock / to convulse syn 礁 jiāo reef / shoal rock syn 磐 pán firm / stable / rock syn 卤 鹵 lǔ alkaline soil / salt / brine / halogen (chemistry) / crass / stupid 硅石 guī shí siliceous rock 火成岩 huǒ chéng yán igneous rock (geology) / volcanic rock 沉积岩 沉積岩 chén jī yán sedimentary rock (geology) 鹾 鹺 cuó brine / salt syn 辉石 輝石 huī shí pyroxene (family of rock-forming minerals) / augite 钎 釺 qiān a drill (for boring through rock) syn 腌肉 醃肉 yān ròu salt pork / bacon / marinaded meat / cured meat 咸水湖 鹹水湖 xián shuǐ hú salt lake 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 油盐酱醋 油鹽醬醋 yóu yán jiàng cù (lit.) oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar / (fig.) the trivia of everyday life syn 月岩 yuè yán moon rock 钎子 釺子 qiān zi hammer drill for boring through rock syn 盐滩 鹽灘 yán tān salt flats / salt lake 变质岩 變質岩 biàn zhì yán metamorphic rock (geology) 漤 lǎn to soak (fruits) in hot water or limewater to remove astringent taste / to marinate in salt etc / to pickle 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) 池盐 池鹽 chí yán salt from a salt lake 咸盐 鹹鹽 xián yán salt (colloquial) / table salt 咸水沼泽 咸水沼澤 xián shuǐ zhǎo zé salt water marsh / salt marsh 盐穹，盐底辟 鹽穹，鹽底辟 salt dome / salt diapir 细盐 細鹽 xì yán refined salt / table salt 官盐 官鹽 guān yán legally-traded salt (with salt tax paid) 私盐 私鹽 sī yán illegally-traded salt (with salt tax not paid) 罗布泊 羅布泊 luó bù pō Lop Nor, former salt lake in Xinjiang, now a salt-encrusted lake bed 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) 