沙盘 沙盤 shā pán sand table (military) / 3D terrain (or site) model (for real estate marketing, geography class etc) / sand tray (on which to write characters) syn 风沙 風沙 fēng shā sand blown by wind / sandstorm 沙尘 沙塵 shā chén airborne sand and dust 沙尘暴 沙塵暴 shā chén bào sand and dust storm syn 沙地 shā dì sandy beach or river bank / sand dune / sandy land syn 沙丘 shā qiū sand dune / sandy hill syn 砂石 shā shí sandstone / sand and stone / aggregate syn 沙石 shā shí sand and stones 沙漏 shā lòu hourglass / sand filter 沙粒 shā lì grain of sand 沙包 shā bāo sandbag / punching bag (trad. filled with sand) / sand dune / footbag / hacky sack syn 沙袋 shā dài sandbag / punching bag (trad. filled with sand) syn 细沙 細沙 xì shā fine sand 沙砾 沙礫 shā lì grains of sand syn 掩耳盗铃 掩耳盜鈴 yǎn ěr dào líng lit. to cover one's ears whilst stealing a bell / to deceive oneself / to bury one's head in the sand (idiom) syn 沙坑 shā kēng sandbox / jumping pit (athletics) / sand trap, bunker (golf) 骨料 gǔ liào aggregate (sand or gravel used in concrete 混凝土) 沙雕 沙鵰 shā diāo sand sculpture 泥沙俱下 ní shā jù xià mud and sand flow together (idiom) / good and bad mingle syn 散沙 sǎn shā scattered sand / fig. lacking in cohesion or organization 射影 shè yǐng (geometry) projection / (Chinese mythology) creature that spits sand to make people ill 聚沙成塔 jù shā chéng tǎ sand grains accumulate to make a tower a tower (idiom) / by gathering small amounts one gets a huge quantity / many a mickle makes a muckle syn 恒河沙数 恆河沙數 héng hé shā shù countless as the grains of sand in the Ganges (idiom) syn 油砂 yóu shā oil sand (mining) 鲫 鯽 jì bastard carp / sand perch syn 一盘散沙 一盤散沙 yī pán sǎn shā lit. like a sheet of loose sand / fig. unable to cooperate (idiom) syn 漏脯充饥 漏脯充飢 lòu fǔ chōng jī to bury one's head in the sand (idiom) 画荻教子 畫荻教子 huà dí jiào zǐ to write on the sand with reeds while teaching one's son (idiom) / mother's admirable dedication to her children's education 含沙量 hán shā liàng sand content / quantity of sediment (carried by a river) 鸵鸟政策 鴕鳥政策 tuó niǎo zhèng cè ostrich policy (sticking one's head in the sand, failing to acknowledge danger) 海砂 hǎi shā sea sand (sand of the ocean floor or seashore) 闭目塞听 閉目塞聽 bì mù sè tīng to shut one's eyes and stop one's ears / out of touch with reality / to bury one's head in the sand syn 三合土 sān hé tǔ traditional Chinese building material made by mixing three components (typically lime, clay, and sand) syn 采砂场 採砂場 cǎi shā chǎng sandpit / sand quarry 沙坑杆 沙坑桿 shā kēng gān sand wedge (golf) 沙坝 沙壩 shā bà a sandbank / a sand bar 沙画 沙畫 shā huà sand picture 流动性大沙漠 流動性大沙漠 liú dòng xìng dà shā mò shifting sand dunes 海砂屋 hǎi shā wū house built with cheap, unreliable concrete which contains a high quantity of sea sand 滤砂 濾砂 lǜ shā filter sand 焗 jú (dialect) to cook in salt or sand, inside a sealed pot / to steam / to bake 玻璃砂 bō li shā siliceous sand (geology) 硅沙 guī shā silicon sand 输沙量 輸沙量 shū shā liàng quantity of sand (transported by a river) / sediment content 锆英砂 鋯英砂 gào yīng shā zircon sand (zirconium ore) 防风固沙 防風固沙 fáng fēng gù shā sand break (in desert environment) 铁嘴沙鸻 鐵嘴沙鴴 tiě zuǐ shā héng (bird species of China) greater sand plover (Anarhynchus leschenaultii) 白蛉 bái líng sand fly 出砂 chū shā produced sand 沙盘推演 沙盤推演 shā pán tuī yǎn to plan a military mission on a sand table (idiom) / to rehearse a planned action or activity / to conduct a dry run 崖沙燕 yá shā yàn (bird species of China) sand martin (Riparia riparia) 蒙古沙鸻 蒙古沙鴴 měng gǔ shā héng (bird species of China) Siberian sand plover (Anarhynchus mongolus) 虾线 蝦線 xiā xiàn digestive tract of a shrimp / sand vein 浮尘 浮塵 fú chén dust (floating in the air or settled on a surface) / large amount of airborne sand and dust, such as during a sandstorm syn 折戟沉沙 zhé jǐ chén shā lit. broken halberds embedded in the sand (idiom) / fig. reminder of a fierce battle / remnants of a disastrous defeat 亚洲梨 亞洲梨 yà zhōu lí Asian pear / sand pear (Pyrus pyrifolia) 披沙拣金 披沙揀金 pī shā - jiǎn jīn lit. to sort the gold from the sand (idiom) / fig. to separate the wheat from the chaff syn 掺沙子 摻沙子 chān shā zi to mix in some sand (e.g. when making concrete) / (fig.) to place outsiders into a monolithic group (to infiltrate or disrupt it etc) 水梨 shuǐ lí Asian pear / sand pear (Pyrus pyrifolia) 沙梨 shā lí Asian pear / sand pear (Pyrus pyrifolia) 滩头 灘頭 tān tóu beach / sand bank syn 砂梨 shā lí Asian pear / sand pear (Pyrus pyrifolia) 聚沙成塔 jù shā - chéng tǎ lit. many sand grains accumulate to form a tower (idiom) / fig. many little things add up to sth great syn 苹果梨 蘋果梨 píng guǒ lí Asian pear / sand pear (Pyrus pyrifolia) 