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"rock-forming mineral" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
造岩矿物 造岩礦物 zào yán kuàng wù rock-forming mineral
Chinese Pinyin Translation
性 xìng nature / character / property / quality / attribute / sexuality / sex / gender / suffix forming adjective from verb / suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity / essence / CL:個|个[ge4] 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
宝藏 寶藏 bǎo zàng precious mineral deposits / hidden treasure / (fig.) treasure / (Buddhism) the treasure of Buddha's law 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
单元 單元 dān yuán unit (forming an entity) / element / (in a residential building) entrance or staircase
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
储藏 儲藏 chǔ cáng to store / deposit / (oil, mineral etc) deposits syn
矿泉水 礦泉水 kuàng quán shuǐ mineral water / CL:瓶[ping2],杯[bei1]
幕府 mù fǔ (orig.) tents forming the offices of a commanding officer / administration of a military government / (medieval Japan) "bakufu", administration of the shogun
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
矿物 礦物 kuàng wù mineral 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
矿物质 礦物質 kuàng wù zhì mineral, esp. dietary mineral syn
裂变 裂變 liè biàn (physics) to undergo nuclear fission / (fig.) to break apart, forming smaller units / to fragment
成群结队 成群結隊 chéng qún jié duì making up a group, forming a troupe (idiom) / in large numbers / as a large crowd 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
成套 chéng tào forming a complete set / complementing one another syn
矿泉 礦泉 kuàng quán mineral spring
苦水 kǔ shuǐ bitter water (e.g. mineral water containing sulfates) / suffering / digestive fluids rising from stomach to the mouth / fig. bitter complaint syn
玛瑙 瑪瑙 mǎ nǎo cornelian (mineral) / agate
矿藏 礦藏 kuàng cáng mineral resources syn
一气 一氣 yī qì at one go / at a stretch / for a period of time / forming a gang 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
象形 xiàng xíng pictogram / one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters / Chinese character derived from a picture / sometimes called hieroglyph
摇撼 搖撼 yáo hàn to shake / to rock syn
假借 jiǎ jiè to make use of / to use sth as pretext / under false pretenses / under the guise of / masquerading as / lenient / tolerant / loan character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) / character acquiring meanings by phonetic association / also called phonetic loan syn
石塔 shí tǎ pinnacle rock
会意 會意 huì yì combined ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书[liu4 shu1] of forming Chinese characters) / Chinese character that combines the meanings of existing elements / also known as joint ideogram or associative compound / to comprehend without being told explicitly / to cotton on / knowing (smile, glance etc) syn
鸭绿江 鴨綠江 yā lù jiāng Yalu River, forming part of the China-Korea border
顶板 頂板 dǐng bǎn roof / roof plate / rock layer forming roof of a cave or mine / abacus
黑龙江 黑龍江 hēi lóng jiāng see 黑龍江省|黑龙江省[Hei1long2jiang1 Sheng3] / Heilong River or Amur River, forming the border between northeast China and Russia
石窟 shí kū rock cave / grotto / cliff caves (often with Buddhist statues)
继往开来 繼往開來 jì wǎng kāi lái to follow the past and herald the future (idiom) / part of a historical transition / forming a bridge between earlier and later stages syn
选矿 選礦 xuǎn kuàng beneficiation / mineral dressing
连片 連片 lián piàn forming a continuous sheet / continuous / contiguous / closely grouped syn
岩画 巖畫 yán huà rock painting / picture or writing carved on rocks
矿床 礦床 kuàng chuáng (mineral) deposit
承前启后 承前啟後 chéng qián qǐ hòu to follow the past and herald the future (idiom) / part of a historical transition / forming a bridge between earlier and later stages syn
滚石 滾石 gǔn shí Rock Records, Taiwanese record label / the Rolling Stones, British rock band / Rolling Stone (magazine)
成形 chéng xíng to take shape / shaping / forming syn
矿产资源 礦產資源 kuàng chǎn zī yuán mineral resources
攀岩 pān yán rock climbing / to climb a rockface
翰林 hàn lín refers to academics employed as imperial secretaries from the Tang onwards, forming the Hanlin Imperial Academy 翰林院
秦岭 秦嶺 qín lǐng Qinling Mountain Range in Shaanxi forming a natural barrier between the Guanzhong Plain 關中平原|关中平原[Guan1 zhong1 Ping2 yuan2] and the Han River 漢水|汉水[Han4 shui3] valley
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)
造字 zào zì to create Chinese characters / cf Six Methods of forming Chinese characters 六書|六书[liu4 shu1]
三八线 三八線 sān bā xiàn 38th parallel, forming the DMZ border between North and South Korea
刚玉 剛玉 gāng yù corundum (mineral)
依云 依雲 yī yún Evian, mineral water company / Évian-les-Bains, resort and spa town in south-eastern France
河西走廊 hé xī zǒu láng Hexi Corridor (or Gansu Corridor), a string of oases running the length of Gansu, forming part of the Northern Silk Road
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)
焙烧 焙燒 bèi shāo to roast / to bake (e.g. mineral ore)
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
项英 項英 xiàng yīng Xiang Ying (1898-1941), communist general involved in forming the New Fourth Army 新四軍|新四军[Xin1 si4 jun1], killed in 1941 during the New Fourth Army incident 皖南事變|皖南事变[Wan3 nan2 Shi4 bian4]
摇 搖 yáo to shake / to rock / to row / to crank 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)
褡裢 褡褳 dā lian cloth pouch open in the middle, forming two bags / jacket worn for Chinese wrestling syn
象形字 xiàng xíng zì pictogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) / Chinese character derived from a picture / sometimes called hieroglyph
辉石 輝石 huī shí pyroxene (family of rock-forming minerals) / augite
钎 釺 qiān a drill (for boring through rock) syn
喀斯特地貌 kā sī tè dì mào karst landform (weathered limestone, often forming caves)
形声 形聲 xíng shēng ideogram plus phonetic (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) / also known as phonogram, phonetic compound or picto-phonetic character
围岩 圍岩 wéi yán enclosing rock
凿岩 鑿岩 záo yán (rock) drilling
六书 六書 liù shū Six Methods of forming Chinese characters, according to Han dictionary Shuowen 說文|说文 - namely, two primary methods: 象形 (pictogram), 指事 (ideogram), two compound methods: 會意|会意 (combined ideogram), 形聲|形声 (ideogram plus phonetic), and two transfer methods: 假借 (loan), 轉注|转注 (transfer)
图们江 圖們江 tú mén jiāng Tumen river in Jilin province 吉林省, forming the eastern border between China and North Korea
具体而微 具體而微 jù tǐ ér wēi miniature / scaled-down / forming a microcosm syn
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
垄 壟 lǒng ridge between fields / crop row / mounded soil forming a ridge in a field / grave mound syn
磊 lěi lumpy / rock pile / uneven / fig. sincere / open and honest
碉 diāo rock cave (archaic)
砬 lá a huge boulder / a towering rock
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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