"roof knocking" Chinese-English Dictionary

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敲屋顶 敲屋頂 qiāo wū dǐng roof-knocking / roof knocking
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
屋顶 屋頂 wū dǐng roof / CL:個|个[ge4]
房顶 房頂 fáng dǐng housetop / roof
屋檐 屋簷 wū yán eaves / roof (i.e. home) syn
车顶 車頂 chē dǐng car roof
天窗 tiān chuāng hatchway / skylight / sun roof
顶部 頂部 dǐng bù roof / topmost part / top (of tree, wall etc) / apex
马背 馬背 mǎ bèi horse's back / (traditional Chinese architecture) roof with a low-slung curved ridgelines and geometric shapes on the upper gable walls at the ends of the roof ridges
欢聚一堂 歡聚一堂 huān jù yī táng to gather happily under one roof syn
天井 tiān jǐng courtyard / atrium / opening in a roof / skylight / caisson ceiling / (TCM) acupuncture point TB10 syn
封顶 封頂 fēng dǐng to put a roof (on a building) / to cap the roof (finishing a building project) / fig. to put a ceiling (on spending, prize, ambition etc) / to top off / fig. to reach the highest point (of growth, profit, interest rates) / to stop growing (of plant bud or branch)
顶盖 頂蓋 dǐng gài roof / lid
济济一堂 濟濟一堂 jǐ jǐ yī táng to congregate in one hall (idiom) / to gather under one roof syn
屋脊 wū jǐ roof ridge syn
华盖 華蓋 huá gài imperial canopy (e.g. domed umbrella-like roof over carriage) / aureole / halo syn
捆扎 捆紮 kǔn zā to bundle up with rope (e.g. firewood) / to secure with rope (e.g. suitcases on the roof of a car) / to strap down syn
顶板 頂板 dǐng bǎn roof / roof plate / rock layer forming roof of a cave or mine / abacus
屋面 wū miàn roof
露台 露臺 lù tái balcony / patio / flat roof / terrace / deck (unroofed platform) / outdoor stage / ancient imperial celestial observation terrace
琉璃瓦 liú lí wǎ glazed roof tile
瓦楞 wǎ léng rows of tiles on a roof / corrugated syn
平顶 平頂 píng dǐng flat roof
穹顶 穹頂 qióng dǐng dome / vault / domed roof
上膛 shàng táng roof of the mouth / to load a gun syn
拱顶 拱頂 gǒng dǐng an arched roof / a dome / a vault
dǐng apex / crown of the head / top / roof / most / to carry on the head / to push to the top / to go against / to replace / to substitute / to be subjected to (an aerial bombing, hailstorm etc) / (slang) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile / classifier for headwear, hats, veils etc syn
roof tile / abbr. for 瓦特[wa3 te4] syn
zhuān brick / tile (floor or wall, not roof) / CL:塊|块[kuai4] syn
Caltrop or puncture vine (Tribulus terrestris) / to thatch (a roof) syn
héng pole plate / purlin (cross-beam in roof) / ridge-pole syn
è palate / roof of the mouth syn
屋架 wū jià a building / the frame of a building / roof beam / truss
board under tiles on roof / narrow
fén beams in roof / confused
tuó main beam of roof
梁上君子 liáng shàng jūn zǐ lit. the gentleman on the roof beam / fig. a thief syn
pǐn classifier for roof beams and trusses
méng rafters supporting tiles / ridge of a roof
三马同槽 三馬同槽 sān mǎ tóng cáo three horses at the same trough (idiom, alluding to Sima Yi 司馬懿|司马懿[Si1 ma3 Yi4] and his two sons) / conspirators under the same roof
坐不垂堂 zuò bù chuí táng lit. don't sit under the eaves (where tiles may fall from the roof) (idiom) / fig. keep out of danger
寄人篱下 寄人籬下 jì rén lí xià to lodge under another person's roof (idiom) / to live relying on sb else's charity syn
热锅上的蚂蚁 熱鍋上的螞蟻 rè guō shang de mǎ yǐ (like) a cat on a hot tin roof / anxious / agitated
青堂瓦舍 qīng táng wǎ shè brick house with a tiled roof
冒顶 冒頂 mào dǐng (mining) roof fall / to have the roof cave in syn
liù swift current / rapids / (dialect) (of speech, actions etc) skilled / proficient / (of movements) quick / speedy / (bound form) rain runoff from a roof / (bound form) roof gutter / classifier for rows, lines etc / surroundings / neighborhood / (dialect) to practice / (dialect) to plaster / to fill in the cracks (with cement, lime plaster etc) syn
敲背 qiāo bèi back-knocking massage
爆震 bào zhèn knocking (fault in internal combustion engine)
磕磕 kē kē (onom.) knocking
毕毕剥剥 畢畢剝剝 bì bì bāo bāo (onom.) sound of knocking or bursting
毕毕剥剥 畢畢剝剝 bì bì bō bō (onom.) sound of knocking or bursting
𠳐 bāng (onom.) bang (door slamming shut etc) / rat-a-tat (knocking on a door etc)
máng ridge-pole in roof
茅屋顶 茅屋頂 máo wū dǐng thatched roof
伪顶 偽頂 wěi dǐng false roof
mián "roof" radical (Kangxi radical 40), occurring in 家, 定, 安 etc, referred to as 寶蓋|宝盖[bao3 gai4]
zhuó small pillars that support the roof, those which rest on the main beam
三代同堂 sān dài tóng táng three generations under one roof
世界屋脊 shì jiè wū jǐ the roof of the world (usually refers to Tibet or Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau 青藏高原[Qing1 Zang4 gao1 yuan2])
同堂 tóng táng to live under the same roof (of different generations)
四世同堂 sì shì tóng táng four generations under one roof (idiom)
太阳窗 太陽窗 tài yáng chuāng sun window / sun roof (of car)
宝盖 寶蓋 bǎo gài name of the "roof" radical 宀[mian2] (Kangxi radical 40)
封顶仪式 封頂儀式 fēng dǐng yí shì ceremony of capping the roof (to mark the completion of a building project)
方顶 方頂 fāng dǐng square roof
东茅草盖 東茅草蓋 dōng máo cǎo gài thatched roof
梁架 liáng jià roof beam / rafters
zhòu (wooden) stick / roof beam
气楼 氣樓 qì lóu small ventilation tower on roof of building
重屋 chóng wū lit. multiple roof / building of several stories
鸱甍 鴟甍 chī méng a kind of ornament on the roof ridge
棚顶 棚頂 péng dǐng canopy / roof / ceiling
上牙膛 shàng yá táng palate (roof of the mouth)
一站式服务措施 一站式服務措施 yī zhàn shì fù wù cuò shī one-roof service initiative
各人自扫门前雪,莫管他家瓦上霜 各人自掃門前雪,莫管他家瓦上霜 gè rén zì sǎo mén qián xuě , mò guǎn tā jiā wǎ shàng shuāng sweep the snow from your own door step, don't worry about the frost on your neighbor's roof (idiom)
篷顶 篷頂 péng dǐng canopy / roof / ceiling
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
zhuō (wooden) stick / roof beam
风中烛,瓦上霜 風中燭,瓦上霜 fēng zhōng zhú , wǎ shàng shuāng lit. like a candle in the wind, or frost on the roof (idiom) / fig. (of sb's life) feeble / hanging on a thread
歇山顶 歇山頂 xiē shān dǐng (East Asian) hip-and-gable roof
车顶架 車頂架 chē dǐng jià roof rack
捡漏 撿漏 jiǎn lòu to repair a leaky roof / (dialect) to find fault / to nitpick / (slang) to score a bargain (esp. when the seller is unaware of the item's true value) / (slang) to take advantage of an unexpected opportunity
房梁 fáng liáng roof beam syn
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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