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"stones" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
乱石 亂石 luàn shí rocks / stones / rubble / riprap
Chinese Pinyin Translation
滚石 滾石 gǔn shí Rock Records, Taiwanese record label / the Rolling Stones, British rock band / Rolling Stone (magazine)
提子 tí zǐ to capture stones (in Go)
珠宝 珠寶 zhū bǎo pearls / jewels / precious stones
铺路 鋪路 pū lù to pave (with paving stones) / to lay a road / (fig.) to lay the groundwork (for sth) / to give a present to sb to ensure success
泥石流 ní shí liú landslide / torrent of mud and stones / mudslide
沙石 shā shí sand and stones
落井下石 luò jǐng xià shí to throw stones at sb who has fallen down a well (idiom) / to hit a person when he's down syn
海枯石烂 海枯石爛 hǎi kū shí làn lit. when the seas run dry and the stones go soft (idiom) / fig. forever / until the end of time syn
做活 zuò huó to work for a living (esp. of woman needleworker) / life of a group of stones in Go 圍棋|围棋[wei2 qi2]
针砭 針砭 zhēn biān to critique / to voice concerns about / ancient form of acupuncture using sharp stones as needles syn
精卫填海 精衛填海 jīng wèi tián hǎi lit. mythical bird Jingwei tries to fill the ocean with stones (idiom) / futile ambition / task of Sisyphus / determination in the face of impossible odds syn
垒 壘 lěi rampart / base (in baseball) / to build with stones, bricks etc syn
砌 qì to build by laying bricks or stones syn
磬 qìng chime stones, ancient percussion instrument made of stone or jade pieces hung in a row and struck as a xylophone syn
磥 lěi a heap of stones / boulders
投井下石 tóu jǐng xià shí to throw stones at sb who has fallen down a well (idiom) / to hit a person when he's down syn
礮 pào ancient ballista for throwing heavy stones / variant of 炮[pao4], cannon
硍 kèn rumbling of rolling stones
砅 lì cross stream by stepping on stones
打水漂 dǎ shuǐ piāo to skip stones (on water) / (coll.) to squander one's money on a bad investment
摸石头过河 摸石頭過河 mō shí tou guò hé lit. crossing the river by feeling for stones / improvise by trial-and-error / move cautiously
环状列石 環狀列石 huán zhuàng liè shí circular standing stones
盘陀 盤陀 pán tuó twisted / spiral / uneven stones
编磬 編磬 biān qìng musical instrument consisting of a set of chime stones suspended from a beam and struck as a xylophone
垒砌 壘砌 lěi qì to build a structure out of layered bricks or stones
礌石 lèi shí (old) stones that can be rolled down onto an attacking enemy
嶅 áo hill strewn with stones / (used in place names)
敖包 áo bāo (loanword from Mongolian) road or boundary marker made of piled up earth or stones, formerly worshipped as the dwelling place of spirits
海枯石烂 海枯石爛 hǎi kū - shí làn lit. until the seas dry up and stones go soft (idiom) / fig. forever / until the end of time 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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