积雪 積雪 jī xuě snow / snow cover / snow mantle syn 酸雪 acidic snow / acid snow / acidified snow 斯诺 斯諾 sī nuò Snow (name) / Edgar Snow (1905-1972), American journalist, reported from China 1928-1941, author of Red Star Over China 鹅毛大雪 鵝毛大雪 é máo dà xuě goose feather snow (idiom) / big heavy snow fall syn 雪山狮子旗 雪山獅子旗 xuě shān shī zi qí Snow lion banner, banned flag of Tibetan independence movement, featuring mythological Snow Leopard 雪盖 雪蓋 xuě gài snow cover / snow pack 雪被 xuě bèi snow cover / snow pack 三个和尚没水喝 三個和尚沒水喝 sān gè hé shang méi shuǐ hē lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom) / fig. everybody's business is nobody's business / (If there is one monk, he will fetch water for himself. If there are two, they will fetch water together. But if there are three or more, none will take it upon himself to fetch water.) 给 給 gěi to / for / for the benefit of / to give / to allow / to do sth (for sb) / (grammatical equivalent of 被) / (grammatical equivalent of 把) / (sentence intensifier) syn 三号电池 三號電池 sān hào diàn chí C size battery (PRC) (Taiwan equivalent: 二號電池|二号电池[er4 hao4 dian4 chi2]) / AA battery (Tw) (PRC equivalent: 五號電池|五号电池[wu3 hao4 dian4 chi2]) 二氧化碳当量 carbon dioxide equivalent / CO2 equivalent 等量二氧化碳 equivalent carbon dioxide / equivalent CO2 叁硝基甲苯当量 三硝基甲苯當量 trinitrotoluene equivalent / TNT equivalent 清水 qīng shuǐ fresh water / drinking water / clear water 淡水 dàn shuǐ potable water (water with low salt content) / fresh water 积水 積水 jī shuǐ to collect water / to be covered with water / to pond / accumulated water / ponding syn 吃水 chī shuǐ drinking water / to obtain water (for daily needs) / to absorb water / draft (of ship) syn 水枪 水槍 shuǐ qiāng water pistol (toy) / water gun / sprinkler / water cannon 水渍 水漬 shuǐ zì water spot / water stain / wet spot / damp patch / water damage 轻水 輕水 qīng shuǐ light water (as opposed to heavy water) / see light water reactor 輕水反應堆|轻水反应堆 吸附水 xī fù shuǐ pellicular water / hygroscopic water / sorption water 蕹菜 wèng cài water spinach / ong choy / swamp cabbage / water convolvulus / water morning-glory / Ipomoea aquatica (botany) 非洲部长级水事理事会 African Ministerial Council on Water / African Ministers' Council on Water / African Ministerial Conference on Water 非洲部长级水事会议 African Ministerial Council on Water / African Ministers' Council on Water / African Ministerial Conference on Water 世界水设想－大家的共同事务 World Water Vision - Making Water Everybody's Business / World Water Vision 薄膜水 pellicular water / hygroscopic water / sorption water 雪白 xuě bái snow white syn 冰雪 bīng xuě ice and snow syn 雪山 xuě shān snow-capped mountain 小雪 xiǎo xuě Xiaoxue or Lesser Snow, 20th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 22nd November-6th December 大雪 dà xuě Daxue or Great Snow, 21st of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 7th-21st December 飞雪 飛雪 fēi xuě Flying Snow, a character in "Hero" syn 下雪 xià xuě to snow syn 蒙蒙 méng méng drizzle (of rain or snow) syn 降水 jiàng shuǐ rain and snow / precipitation (meteorology) syn 天花 tiān huā smallpox / ceiling / stamen of corn / (old) snow / (dialect) sesame oil 雪莲 雪蓮 xuě lián snow lotus herb / Saussurea involucrata 雪亮 xuě liàng lit. bright as snow / shiny / dazzling / sharp (of eyes) syn 冰天雪地 bīng tiān xuě dì a world of ice and snow syn 踏雪 tà xuě to go for a walk in the snow 白茫茫 bái máng máng (of mist, snow, floodwater etc) a vast expanse of whiteness syn 雪梨 xuě lí snow pear (pyrus nivalis) 降雪 jiàng xuě to snow / snowfall syn 皑皑 皚皚 ái ái (literary) white as snow / pure white syn 瑞雪 ruì xuě timely snow 雪豹 xuě bào snow leopard 霜雪 shuāng xuě frost and snow / (fig.) snowy white (hair) / adversity 雨夹雪 雨夾雪 yǔ jiā xuě sleet / mixture of snow and rain 融雪 róng xuě melting snow / a thaw 雪线 雪線 xuě xiàn snow line 荷兰豆 荷蘭豆 hé lán dòu snow pea 白木耳 bái mù ěr white fungus (Tremella fuciformis) / snow fungus syn 防滑链 防滑鏈 fáng huá liàn snow chain (for a vehicle tire) 皓白 hào bái snow-white / spotless 雨 yù (literary) to rain / (of rain, snow etc) to fall / to precipitate / to wet syn 雪 xuě snow / CL:場|场[chang2] / (literary) to wipe away (a humiliation etc) syn 皑 皚 ái (literary) white as snow 霰 xiàn graupel / snow pellet / soft hail syn 霏 fēi fall of snow 雱 páng heavy fall of rain or snow 白雪皑皑 白雪皚皚 bái xuě ái ái brilliant white snow cover (esp. of distant peaks) 雪泥鸿爪 雪泥鴻爪 xuě ní hóng zhǎo a goose's footprint in the snow / vestiges of the past (idiom) / the fleeting nature of human life (idiom) 风花雪月 風花雪月 fēng huā xuě yuè wind, flower, snow and moon, trite poetry subject (idiom) / effete language without substance / love affair / romance is in the air / dissipated life 程门立雪 程門立雪 chéng mén lì xuě lit. the snow piles up at Cheng Yi's door (idiom) / fig. deep reverence for one's master 瀌 biāo copious (of rain or snow) 白雪公主 bái xuě gōng zhǔ Snow White 雪狼湖 xuě láng hú Snow 卡瓦格博峰 kǎ wǎ gé bó fēng Mt Kawakarpo (6740 m) in Yunnan, the highest peak of Meili Snow Mountains 梅里雪山[Mei2 li3 Xue3 shan1] 太子十三峰 tài zǐ shí sān fēng thirteen peaks of Meili Snow Mountains in Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 迪慶藏族自治州|迪庆藏族自治州[Di2 qing4 Zang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan / also written 梅里雪山[Mei2 li3 Xue3 shan1] 寒光闪闪 寒光閃閃 hán guāng shǎn shǎn to glitter like frost and snow (idiom) 梅里雪山 méi lǐ xuě shān Meili Snow Mountains, with peaks up to 6000 m., in Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 迪慶藏族自治州|迪庆藏族自治州[Di2 qing4 Zang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan 白雪 bái xuě snow syn 白马雪山 白馬雪山 bái mǎ xuě shān Baima Snow Mountains, up to 5430 m., in Dechen or Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 迪慶藏族自治州|迪庆藏族自治州[Di2 qing4 Zang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan 终年积雪 終年積雪 zhōng nián jī xuě permanent snow cover 踏雪寻梅 踏雪尋梅 tà xuě xún méi to walk in the snow to view the flowering plum 载途 載途 zài tú to cover the road (snow, wind, hazards etc) / distance (between locations) 障碍滑雪 障礙滑雪 zhàng ài huá xuě (snow skiing) slalom 雪地追踪 雪地追蹤 xuě dì zhuī zōng to pursue through snow 雪山太子 xuě shān tài zǐ Meili Snow Mountains in Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 迪慶藏族自治州|迪庆藏族自治州[Di2 qing4 Zang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan / also written 梅里雪山[Mei2 li3 Xue3 shan1] 雪山狮子 雪山獅子 xuě shān shī zi Snow lion, mythological animal, a banned symbol of Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism 雪泥 xuě ní dirty snow / slush / abbr. for 雪泥鴻爪|雪泥鸿爪[xue3 ni2 hong2 zhao3] 雪雁 xuě yàn (bird species of China) snow goose (Anser caerulescens) 雪耳 xuě ěr snow fungus (Tremella fuciformis) / white fungus 积雪测量 snow survey 雪融水 xuě róng shuǐ snow melt 解冻水 snow melt 雪地机动车 snow scooter / snowmobile 雪冰 xuě bīng snow ice 采雪器 snow sampler 量雪器 snow gauge 雪层稳定性 雪層穩定性 snow stability 雪深 snow depth 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) 埃德加・斯诺 埃德加・斯諾 āi dé jiā · sī nuò Edgar Snow (1905-1972), American journalist, reported from China 1928-1941, author of Red Star Over China 冰皮月饼 冰皮月餅 bīng pí yuè bǐng snow skin mooncake (with a soft casing which is not baked, instead of the traditional baked pastry casing) 漫天飞舞 漫天飛舞 màn tiān fēi wǔ (of snow etc) to fill the sky 雪仗 xuě zhàng snow fight / snowball fight 雪蟹 xuě xiè snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio) 雪鸽 雪鴿 xuě gē (bird species of China) snow pigeon (Columba leuconota) 