理 lǐ texture / grain (of wood) / inner essence / intrinsic order / reason / logic / truth / science / natural science (esp. physics) / to manage / to pay attention to / to run (affairs) / to handle / to put in order / to tidy up syn 木头 木頭 mù tou slow-witted / blockhead / log (of wood, timber etc) / CL:塊|块[kuai4],根[gen1] syn 确 確 què authenticated / solid / firm / real / true syn 实 實 shí real / true / honest / really / solid / fruit / seed / definitely syn 篱笆 籬笆 lí ba fence (esp. of bamboo or wood railings) syn 木材 mù cái wood syn 坚硬 堅硬 jiān yìng hard / solid syn 立体 立體 lì tǐ three-dimensional / solid / stereoscopic syn 伐木 fá mù to cut wood / tree-felling / lumbering syn 塑像 sù xiàng to sculpt or mold a statue (by shaping a pliable material such as clay, plaster or wax, which may later be cast in metal – as distinct from carving in stone or wood) / a statue created through such a process syn 巩固 鞏固 gǒng gù to consolidate / to strengthen / firm / solid / stable syn 坚实 堅實 jiān shí firm and substantial / solid syn 固体 固體 gù tǐ solid 松木 sōng mù pine wood / deal / larch 夹层 夾層 jiā céng hollow layer between two solid layers / (architecture) mezzanine 粗壮 粗壯 cū zhuàng thick and solid syn 木屑 mù xiè wood shavings / sawdust syn 门闩 門閂 mén shuān horizontal bar to hold a door closed (made of wood or metal) / door bolt syn 实心 實心 shí xīn sincere / solid syn 纹路 紋路 wén lù veined pattern / wrinkles / vein lines (in marble or fingerprint) / grain (in wood etc) syn 红木 紅木 hóng mù red wood / mahogany / rosewood / padauk 纹理 紋理 wén lǐ vein lines (in marble or fingerprint) / grain (in wood etc) syn 牢靠 láo kào firm and solid / robust / reliable syn 粉尘 粉塵 fěn chén dust / airborne powder / solid particulate matter 蛀虫 蛀蟲 zhù chóng insect that eats into wood, books, clothes etc / fig. vermin syn 厚实 厚實 hòu shi thick / substantial / sturdy / solid syn 固态 固態 gù tài solid state (physics) 朽木 xiǔ mù rotten wood syn 油膏 yóu gāo semi-solid fat-based substance / (medicine) ointment 杠子 槓子 gàng zi thick bar / solid carrying pole syn 甲醇 jiǎ chún methyl alcohol / methanol CH3OH / wood alcohol / wood spirit 劈柴 pǐ chái chopped wood / firewood 五行 wǔ xíng five phases of Chinese philosophy: wood 木, fire 火, earth 土, metal 金, water 水 syn 扎扎实实 扎扎實實 zhā zha shí shí firm / solid / reliable / real / practical syn 足金 zú jīn pure gold / solid gold syn 真才实学 真才實學 zhēn cái shí xué solid learning / real ability and learning / genuine talent 桐油 tóng yóu tung oil, from the Japanese wood-oil tree Aleurites cordata, used in making lacquer 木耳 mù ěr wood ear / jelly ear (edible fungus) / CL:朵[duo3] syn 丁丁 zhēng zhēng sound of chopping wood, chess pieces hitting the board etc syn 竹木 zhú mù bamboo and wood 茯苓 fú líng Wolfiporia extensa (a wood-decay fungus) / fu ling / tuckahoe 固体废物 固体廢物 gù tǐ fèi wù solid waste 苏木 蘇木 sū mù sappan wood (Caesalpinia sappan), used in Chinese medicine / administrative subdivision of banner 旗 (county) in Inner Mongolia (Mongol: arrow) 砍树 砍樹 kǎn shù to chop wood / to chop down trees 木片 mù piàn flat piece of wood / wood chip / CL:塊|块[kuai4],片[pian4] 春风化雨 春風化雨 chūn fēng huà yǔ lit. spring wind and rain (idiom) / fig. the long-term influence of a solid education syn 八音 bā yīn ancient classification system for musical instruments, based on the material of which the instrument is made (metal 金, stone 石, clay 土, leather 革, silk 絲|丝, wood 木, gourd 匏, bamboo 竹) / the eight kinds of sound produced by instruments in these categories / music 木杆 木桿 mù gān wooden pole / wood (golf club) 实线 實線 shí xiàn solid line / continuous line 坚如磐石 堅如磐石 jiān rú pán shí solid as a boulder (idiom) / absolutely secure / rock-firm and unyielding syn 灌木林 guàn mù lín shrubbery / low wood 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 签 籤 qiān inscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc) / small wood sliver / label / tag syn 硬 yìng hard / stiff / solid / (fig.) strong / firm / resolutely / uncompromisingly / laboriously / with great difficulty / good (quality) / able (person) / (of food) filling / substantial syn 木 mù (bound form) tree / (bound form) wood / unresponsive / numb / wooden syn 纹 紋 wén line / trace / mark / pattern / grain (of wood etc) syn 坚 堅 jiān strong / solid / firm / unyielding / resolute syn 酪 lào (bound form) semi-solid food made from milk (junket, cheese etc) / (bound form) fruit jelly / sweet paste made with crushed nuts / Taiwan pr. [luo4] syn 炭 tàn wood charcoal / coal syn 札 zhá thin piece of wood used a writing tablet (in ancient China) / a kind of official document (in former times) / letter / note / plague syn 固 gù hard / strong / solid / sure / assuredly / undoubtedly / of course / indeed / admittedly syn 栈 棧 zhàn a wooden or bamboo pen for sheep or cattle / wood or bamboo trestlework / a warehouse / (computing) stack syn 梓 zǐ Chinese catalpa (Catalpa ovata), a tree that serves as a symbol of one's hometown and whose wood is used to make various items / (bound form) printing blocks syn 颠扑不破 顛撲不破 diān pū bù pò solid / unbreakable / (fig.) irrefutable / incontrovertible / indisputable syn 油桐 yóu tóng Chinese wood-oil tree (Vernicia fordii) syn 刨花 bào huā wood shavings 盲人摸象 máng rén mō xiàng blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[da4 ban1 Nie4 pan2 jing1]) / fig. unable to see the big picture / to mistake the part for the whole / unable to see the wood for the trees syn 硅化木 guī huà mù petrified wood (geology) 鸡翅木 雞翅木 jī chì mù wenge or wengue (type of wood) 形成层 形成層 xíng chéng céng vascular cambium (layer of tissue responsible for growth inside wood) 边材 邊材 biān cái sapwood (between vascular cambium and pith inside growing wood) 樵 qiáo firewood / gather wood syn 镌 鐫 juān to engrave (on wood or stone) / to inscribe syn 蠡 lǐ wood-boring insect syn 锏 鐧 jiǎn ancient weapon like a long solid metal truncheon 槁 gǎo dried up (wood) / dead tree 爻 yáo the solid and broken lines of the eight trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], e.g. ☶ 槎 chá a raft made of bamboo or wood / to fell trees / to hew syn 巽 xùn to obey / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing wood and wind / ☴ / ancient Chinese compass point: 135° (southeast) 锼 鎪 sōu to engrave (metal of wood) syn 桄 guàng woven wood and bamboo utensil / classifier for threads and strings 一叶障目 一葉障目 yī yè zhàng mù lit. eyes obscured by a single leaf (idiom) / fig. not seeing the wider picture / can't see the wood for the trees syn 只见树木不见森林 只見樹木不見森林 zhǐ jiàn shù mù bù jiàn sēn lín unable to see the wood for the trees / fig. only able to see isolated details, and not the bigger picture 榫眼 sǔn yǎn mortise (slot cut into wood to receive a tenon) syn 丬 爿 qiáng "piece of wood" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 90), mirror image of 片[pian4] 爿 pán classifier for strips of land or bamboo, shops, factories etc / slit bamboo or chopped wood (dialect) 碻 què solid / firm 辁 輇 quán limited (of talent or ability) / (archaic) solid wheel (without spokes) 立体几何 立體幾何 lì tǐ jǐ hé solid geometry 乘坚策肥 乘堅策肥 chéng jiān cè féi to live in luxury / lit. to ride a solid carriage pulled by fat horses 土木形骸 tǔ mù xíng hái earth and wood framework (idiom) / plain and undecorated body 木人石心 mù rén shí xīn lit. body made of wood, heart made of stone (idiom) / fig. heartless syn 烈火干柴 烈火乾柴 liè huǒ gān chái lit. intense fire to dry wood (idiom) / inferno in a woodpile / fig. consuming passion between lovers 众盲摸象 眾盲摸象 zhòng máng mō xiàng multitude of blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[da4 ban1 Nie4 pan2 jing1]) / fig. unable to see the big picture / to mistake the part for the whole / unable to see the wood for the trees 鎸 juān variant of 鐫|镌, to engrave (on wood or stone) / to inscribe 城市固态废物 城市固態廢物 municipal solid waste / urban solid waste 固体堆芯 固體堆芯 solid pit / solid core 木醇 mù chún wood alcohol / wood spirit / methyl alcohol / methanol CH3OH / same as 甲醇[jia3 chun2] 树化玉 樹化玉 shù huà yù wood jade (type of petrified wood) 