棍子 gùn zi stick / rod syn 杆菌 桿菌 gǎn jūn bacillus (any rod-shaped bacteria) 磨坊 mò fáng mill syn 自讨苦吃 自討苦吃 zì tǎo kǔ chī to ask for trouble (idiom) / to make a rod for one's own back syn 鱼竿 魚竿 yú gān fishing rod 推杆 推桿 tuī gān push rod or tappet (mechanics) / putter (golf) / to putt (golf) syn 避雷针 避雷針 bì léi zhēn lightning rod 纺织厂 紡織廠 fǎng zhī chǎng textile factory / cotton mill 钓竿 釣竿 diào gān fishing rod / CL:根[gen1] 铁棒 鐵棒 tiě bàng iron club / steel rod syn 厂子 廠子 chǎng zi (coll.) factory / mill / yard / depot syn 标尺 標尺 biāo chǐ surveyor's rod / staff / staff gauge / rear sight syn 铁杆 鐵桿 tiě gǎn iron rod / zealous / die-hard 球磨机 球磨機 qiú mó jī ball mill 轧机 軋機 zhá jī steel rolling mill syn 研磨机 硏磨機 yán mó jī grain mill 磨盘 磨盤 mò pán lower millstone / tray of a mill syn 棒材 bàng cái bar / rod 纱厂 紗廠 shā chǎng cotton mill / textile factory 炼钢厂 煉鋼廠 liàn gāng chǎng steel mill 轧钢厂 軋鋼廠 zhá gāng chǎng a steel rolling mill 棍 gùn stick / rod / truncheon / scoundrel / villain syn 坊 fáng workshop / mill / Taiwan pr. [fang1] syn 杖 zhàng a staff / a rod / cane / walking stick / to flog with a stick (old) syn 杠 槓 gàng coffin-bearing pole (old) / thick pole / bar / rod / thick line / to mark with a thick line / to sharpen (a knife, razor etc) / to get into a dispute with / standard / criterion / hyphen / dash syn 钓鱼竿 釣魚竿 diào yú gān fishing rod 姑息养奸 姑息養奸 gū xī yǎng jiān to tolerate is to nurture an evildoer (idiom) / spare the rod and spoil the child syn 铣 銑 xǐ to mill (machining) / Taiwan pr. [xian3] syn 碾磨 niǎn mó to mill / to grind / grinding stone 钢钎 鋼鐱 gāng qiān (mining) drill rod / drill steel 轧钢机 軋鋼機 zhá gāng jī a steel rolling mill 纸浆厂 紙漿廠 pulp mill 划子 huá zi rowboat / small boat / oar / paddle / thin rod used to control a curtain etc syn 砻 礱 lóng (dialect) tool used to hull rice (similar to a grain mill) / (dialect) to hull rice using this tool syn 硙 磑 wèi (literary) grindstone / (literary) to mill 磑 wèi mill 磨子 mò zǐ mill / grain mill / millstone syn 磨子 mò zi mill / grain mill / millstone syn 核反应堆控制棒 nuclear reactor control rod / control rod 尾水 wěi shuǐ tailwater / outflow (from mill or power plant) 水碾 shuǐ niǎn water mill 狼奔豕突 láng bēn shǐ tū the wolf runs and the wild boar rushes (idiom) / crowds of evil-doers mill around like wild beasts syn 碾坊 niǎn fáng grain mill syn 礲 lóng variant of 礱|砻, to grind / to mill 锯木厂 鋸木廠 jù mù chǎng sawmill / lumber mill 野鸡大学 野雞大學 yě jī dà xué diploma mill 文凭工厂 wén píng gōng chǎng diploma mill 辊式磨 輥式磨 roller mill 锤碎机 錘碎机 chuí suì jī hammer mill 盘式磨 盤式磨 plate mill 碎木机 suì mù jī shredder / hog mill / wood processor 冰川穴壶 bīng chuān xué hú moulin / glacier mill 冰川磨 moulin / glacier mill 铀矿厂尾矿 鈾礦廠尾礦 uranium mill tailings 挤来挤去 擠來擠去 jǐ lái jǐ qù to mill about / to jostle 历尽沧桑 歷盡滄桑 lì jìn cāng sāng to have been through the hardships of life / to have been through the mill 糖寮 táng liáo sugar mill 糖房 táng fáng sugar mill 捡到篮里就是菜 撿到籃裡就是菜 jiǎn dào lán lǐ jiù shì cài all is grist that comes to the mill (idiom) 电磨 電磨 diàn mò electric mill (for grinding wheat etc) 籊 tì long bamboo (for fishing rod) 不打不成才 bù dǎ bù chéng cái spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom) 单晶硅棒 單晶硅棒 dān jīng guī bàng single crystal silicon rod 探尺 tàn chǐ dipstick / measuring rod 杖头木偶 杖頭木偶 zhàng tóu mù ǒu zhangtou wooden rod puppetry syn 棍杖 gùn zhàng staff / rod 油尺 yóu chǐ dipstick / oil measuring rod 计量棒 計量棒 jì liàng bàng measuring rod / dipstick 量油尺 liáng yóu chǐ dipstick / oil measuring rod 金属棒 金屬棒 jīn shǔ bàng metal rod 钓杆 釣桿 diào gǎn fishing rod 钓鱼杆 釣魚杆 diào yú gān fishing rod / CL:根[gen1] 钢柱 鋼柱 gāng zhù iron pillar / iron rod 有争议的问题 有爭議的問題 yǒu zhēng yì de wèn tí lightening-rod issue 宁边核燃料元件制造厂 níng bian hé rán liào yuán jiàn zhì zào chǎng nuclear fuel rod fabrication facility at Yongbyon 燃料棒并装 rán liào bàng bìng zhuāng rod consolidation 敏感问题 敏感問題 mǐn gǎn wèn tí lightening-rod issue 燃料棒束 rán liào bàng shù fuel bundle / fuel cluster / fuel element cluster / rod cluster 燃料棒涂层 燃料棒涂層 rán liào bàng tú céng fuel rod coating 戳探杆 戳探桿 hand probe / rod / prodder 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 不打不成器 bù dǎ bù chéng qì spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom) 镁棒 鎂棒 měi bàng ferrocerium rod / fire steel 硅棒 guī bàng silicon rod 刑杖 xíng zhàng rod used for flogging offenders 拨浪鼓 撥浪鼓 bō lang gǔ rattle drum / pellet drum – a hand drum with two pellets attached to strings on either side, mounted on a rod that is twirled to make the pellets strike the drum (used in ritual music, as a children's toy or as a street vendor's noisemaker) syn 自讨苦吃 自討苦吃 zì tǎo - kǔ chī (idiom) to ask for trouble / to make a rod for one's own back syn 