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 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 左右为难 左右為難 zuǒ yòu wéi nán (idiom) between a rock and a hard place / in a dilemma 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 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 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) 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 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) 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 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 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) 辉石 輝石 huī shí pyroxene (family of rock-forming minerals) / augite 钎 釺 qiān a drill (for boring through rock) 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 月岩 yuè yán moon rock 钎子 釺子 qiān zi hammer drill for boring through rock syn 变质岩 變質岩 biàn zhì yán metamorphic rock (geology) 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) 玻璃砂 bō li shā siliceous sand (geology) 硅质 硅質 guī zhì siliceous / containing silica 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) 碱性岩 鹼性巖 jiǎn xìng yán basic rock / mafic rock (with less silicon and more magnesium, iron etc) 乌鲁汝 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 安如磐石 ān rú pán shí as solid as rock (idiom) / as sure as houses 安如泰山 ān rú tài shān as secure as Mount Taishan / as solid as a rock syn 盖层 蓋層 gài céng cap rock 碳酸岩 tàn suān yán carbonate rock (geology) 凿石场 鑿石場 záo shí chǎng rock quarry 旝 kuài (literary) standard / banner (raised for battle) / (literary) catapult, or a rock launched by a catapult 望夫石 wàng fū shí Amah Rock in Sha Tin 沙田[Sha1 tian2], Hong Kong 岩浆岩 岩漿岩 yán jiāng yán igneous rock 乭 shí rock / phonetic "dol" used in names (Korean kugja) 侵入岩 qīn rù yán intrusive rock 冰碛 冰磧 bīng qì moraine / rock debris from glacier 含油岩 hán yóu yán oil bearing rock 噴出岩 pēn chū yán extrusive rock (geology) 大麦地 大麥地 dà mài dì place name in Ningxia with rock carving conjectured to be a stage in the development of Chinese characters 层岩 層巖 céng yán stratified rock / flagstone 岩屑 yán xiè (rock) debris / scree 岩石层 岩石層 yán shí céng rock stratum 崖刻 yá kè rock carving / cliff engraving / words carved into cliff face 巖層 yán céng variant of 岩層|岩层 / rock strata 斜长石 斜長石 xié cháng shí plagioclase (rock-forming mineral, type of feldspar) 普通角闪石 普通角閃石 pǔ tōng jiǎo shǎn shí hornblende (rock-forming mineral, type of amphibole) 杠荡 槓盪 gàng dàng to shake / to rock 正长石 正長石 zhēng cháng shí orthoclase KAlSi3O8 (rock-forming mineral, type of feldspar) 母质 母質 mǔ zhì parent material (e.g. the eroded rock making up sediment) 流纹岩 流紋岩 liú wén yán rhyolite (extrusive igneous rock, chemically equivalent to granite) 火成 huǒ chéng (geology) igneous / volcanic (rock) 炮钎 炮釺 pào qiān a drill / a hammer drill for boring through rock / same as 釺子|钎子 石庭 shí tíng rock garden 