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"to chop wood" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
砍树 砍樹 kǎn shù to chop wood / to chop down trees
Chinese Pinyin Translation
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
出局 chū jú (of a batter) to be put out (in baseball) / to be dismissed (in cricket) / (of a player or team) to be eliminated from a competition / (fig.) to be weeded out / to get the chop (in a competitive environment)
木头 木頭 mù tou slow-witted / blockhead / log (of wood, timber etc) / CL:塊|块[kuai4],根[gen1] syn
排骨 pái gǔ pork chop / pork cutlet / spare ribs / (coll.) skinny person syn
篱笆 籬笆 lí ba fence (esp. of bamboo or wood railings) syn
木材 mù cái wood syn
猪排 豬排 zhū pái pork ribs / pork chop
印章 yìn zhāng seal / signet / chop / stamp / CL:方[fang1] 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
松木 sōng mù pine wood / deal / larch
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
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
斩断 斬斷 zhǎn duàn to cut off / to chop sth in half
蛀虫 蛀蟲 zhù chóng insect that eats into wood, books, clothes etc / fig. vermin syn
朽木 xiǔ mù rotten wood syn
甲醇 jiǎ chún methyl alcohol / methanol CH3OH / wood alcohol / wood spirit
斩钉截铁 斬釘截鐵 zhǎn dīng jié tiě lit. to chop the nail and slice the iron (idiom) / fig. resolute and decisive / unhesitating / categorical syn
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
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
砍断 砍斷 kǎn duàn to chop off
竹木 zhú mù bamboo and wood
切碎 qiē suì to chop
茯苓 fú líng Wolfiporia extensa (a wood-decay fungus) / fu ling / tuckahoe
劈柴 pī chái to chop firewood / to split logs
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)
腰斩 腰斬 yāo zhǎn to chop sb in half at the waist (capital punishment) / to cut sth in half / to reduce sth by a dramatic margin / to terminate / to cut short
木片 mù piàn flat piece of wood / wood chip / CL:塊|块[kuai4],片[pian4]
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)
羊排 yáng pái lamb chop
打柴 dǎ chái to chop firewood / to gather firewood
灌木林 guàn mù lín shrubbery / low wood
签 籤 qiān inscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc) / small wood sliver / label / tag syn
砍 kǎn to chop / to cut down / to throw sth at sb 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
劈 pī to hack / to chop / to split open / (of lightning) to strike syn
剁 duò to chop up (meat etc) / to chop off (sb's hand etc) syn
斩 斬 zhǎn to behead (as form of capital punishment) / to chop 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
栈 棧 zhàn a wooden or bamboo pen for sheep or cattle / wood or bamboo trestlework / a warehouse / (computing) stack syn
铡 鍘 zhá lever-style guillotine / to chop using this type of guillotine 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
削球 xiāo qiú (sport) to chop / to cut
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
槁 gǎo dried up (wood) / dead tree
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)
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
斲 zhuó chop / carve wood
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)
木精 mù jīng methanol / methyl alcohol / wood alcohol / wood spirit
亚马孙破布木 亞馬孫破布木 cordia wood / jenny wood
黑林鸽 黑林鴿 hēi lín gē (bird species of China) black wood pigeon / Japanese wood pigeon (Columba janthina)
刜 fú to chop / strike
莝 cuò to chop straw fine for animals
劈挂拳 劈掛拳 pī guà quán Piguaquan "Chop-Hanging Fist" (Chinese Martial Art)
连骨肉 連骨肉 lián gǔ ròu chop / rib meat
手刀 shǒu dāo hand formed into a flat shape, as for a karate chop
李鸿章杂碎 李鴻章雜碎 lǐ hóng zhāng zá sui chop suey (American Chinese dish)
杂碎 雜碎 zá sui offal / cooked minced offal / chop suey (American Chinese dish) / incoherent (information) / (derog.) asshat / jerk syn
斩钉截铁 斬釘截鐵 zhǎn dīng - jié tiě lit. to chop the nail and slice the iron (idiom) / fig. resolute and decisive / unhesitating / categorical syn
柮 duò wood scraps
榾 gǔ scraps of wood
檮 táo blockhead / wood-block
樿 zhǎn (wood)
棻 fēn aromatic wood / perfume / fragrance
彔 lù to carve wood
槢 xí a hard wood
枟 yùn wood streaks
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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