灰尘 灰塵 huī chén dust syn 吸尘器 吸塵器 xī chén qì vacuum cleaner / dust catcher 粉末 fěn mò fine powder / dust syn 沾满 沾滿 zhān mǎn muddy / covered in (mud, dust, sweat, blood etc) / daubed in syn 尘土 塵土 chén tǔ dust syn 尘埃 塵埃 chén āi dust syn 卷土重来 卷土重來 juǎn tǔ chóng lái lit. to return in a swirl of dust (idiom) / fig. to regroup and come back even stronger / to make a comeback syn 沙尘暴 沙塵暴 shā chén bào sand and dust storm syn 后尘 後塵 hòu chén lit. trailing dust / fig. sb's footsteps / course in life 尘封 塵封 chén fēng covered in dust / dusty / lying unused for a long time 一尘不染 一塵不染 yī chén bù rǎn untainted by even a speck of dust (idiom) / selfless and incorruptible / spotless syn 卷起 捲起 juǎn qǐ to roll up / to curl up / (of dust etc) to swirl up syn 烟尘 煙塵 yān chén smoke and dust / air pollution syn 粉尘 粉塵 fěn chén dust / airborne powder / solid particulate matter 除尘 除塵 chú chén to eliminate dust (i.e. filter out suspended particles) 望尘莫及 望塵莫及 wàng chén mò jí lit. to see only the other rider's dust and have no hope of catching up (idiom) / to be far inferior syn 风尘 風塵 fēng chén windblown dust / hardships of travel / vicissitudes of life / prostitution syn 沙尘 沙塵 shā chén airborne sand and dust 灰土 huī tǔ dust / (soil taxonomy) spodosol syn 风尘仆仆 風塵僕僕 fēng chén pú pú lit. covered in dust (idiom) / fig. travel-worn syn 除尘器 chú chén qì de-duster / dust collector / dust separator / precipitator 不费吹灰之力 不費吹灰之力 bù fèi chuī huī zhī lì as easy as blowing off dust / effortless / with ease syn 尘雾 塵霧 chén wù cloud of dust / smog 土 tǔ earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1] syn 灰 huī ash / dust / lime / gray / discouraged / dejected syn 末 mò tip / end / final stage / latter part / inessential detail / powder / dust / opera role of old man syn 埃 āi dust / dirt / angstrom / phonetic ai or e syn 尘 塵 chén dust / dirt / earth syn 眯 mí to blind (as with dust) / Taiwan pr. [mi3] syn 尘埃落定 塵埃落定 chén āi luò dìng lit. the dust has settled (idiom) / fig. to get sorted out / to be finalized syn 掸 撣 dǎn to brush away / to dust off / brush / duster / CL:把[ba3] syn 末子 mò zi powder / dust syn 弹冠相庆 彈冠相慶 tán guān xiāng qìng lit. to flick dust off sb's cap (idiom) / to celebrate an official appointment / to congratulate and celebrate (promotion, graduation etc) 浮土 fú tǔ topsoil / surface dust syn 征尘 征塵 zhēng chén the dust of a long journey syn 尘螨 塵蟎 chén mǎn dust mite 万念俱灰 萬念俱灰 wàn niàn jù huī every hope turns to dust (idiom) / completely disheartened syn 甚嚣尘上 甚囂塵上 shèn xiāo chén shàng clamor raises the dust (idiom) / a tremendous clamor / to raise a tremendous stink syn 护封 護封 hù fēng dust jacket (of a book) / protective cover / document seal 金沙 jīn shā gold dust / salted egg yolk sauce 尘暴 塵暴 chén bào dust devil 抹一鼻子灰 mǒ yī bí zi huī lit. to rub one's nose with dust / to suffer a snub / to meet with a rebuff 逸尘断鞅 逸塵斷鞅 yì chén duàn yāng lit. kicking up the dust and breaking the harness / fig. to ride like the wind (idiom) 塕 wěng flying dust (dialect) / dust 灰霾 huī mái dust haze / dust storm 纤尘 纖塵 xiān chén speck of dust / fine dust syn 浮尘 浮塵 fú chén dust (floating in the air or settled on a surface) / large amount of airborne sand and dust, such as during a sandstorm syn 壒 ài dust / mud 煤屑 méi xiè coal dust / coal slack 坱 yǎng fine dust / plentiful / vast 坋 fèn dust, earth / a bank of earth / to dig / to bring together 吹灰 chuī huī to blow away dust 塕埲 wěng běng dust storm 尘云 塵雲 chén yún dust cloud 已见分晓 已見分曉 yǐ jiàn fēn xiǎo the result becomes apparent / (after) the dust has settled 涓埃 juān āi tiny stream of dust / tiny things / negligible syn 涤尘 滌塵 dí chén to wash off dust 满脸风尘 滿臉風塵 mǎn liǎn fēng chén lit. with a face full of dust / showing the hardships of travel (idiom) 滤尘器 濾塵器 lǜ chén qì dust filter 降尘 降塵 jiàng chén dust fall / fallout (volcanic, nuclear etc) / particulate matter 除尘机 除塵機 chú chén jī dusting machine / dust filter 飘尘 飄塵 piāo chén floating dust / atmospheric particles 玩完 wán wán (coll.) to end in failure / to come to grief / to bite the dust 氧化铀粉末 yǎng huà yóu fěn mò uranium oxide dust 人为尘埃 人為塵埃 man-made dust 重力尘土采样器 重力塵土采樣器 gravimetric dust sampler 落尘 落塵 luò chén dust fall / fallout (volcanic, nuclear etc) / particulate matter 宇宙尘 宇宙塵 yǔ zhòu chén cosmic dust 彗星冰尘实验 彗星冰塵實驗 huì xīng bīng chén shí yàn Cometary Ice and Dust Experiment 吹灯拔蜡 吹燈拔蠟 chuī dēng bá là lit. to blow out the lamp and put out the candle (idiom) / fig. to die / to bite the dust / to be over and done with 坲 fó (of dust) to rise in the air 微尘 微塵 wēi chén dust / (Buddhism) minutest particle of matter 封尘 封塵 fēng chén to gather dust 书腰 書腰 shū yāo (Tw) (publishing) belly band (paper sash around a book, outside the dust jacket) 吃灰 chī huī (neologism c. 2019) (coll.) to gather dust 一骑绝尘 一騎絕塵 yī qí jué chén (idiom) to lead the pack by a wide margin / to leave one's competitors trailing behind in one's dust 一尘不染 一塵不染 yī chén - bù rǎn (idiom) untainted by even a speck of dust / spotlessly clean / (of a person) honest / incorruptible syn 一骑绝尘 一騎絕塵 yī qí - jué chén (idiom) to lead the pack by a wide margin / to leave one's competitors trailing behind in one's dust 嘎了 gǎ le (slang) (I'm, you're) toast / so screwed / it's game over (for sb) / (sth) bit the dust 承尘 承塵 chéng chén (literary) ceiling / (literary) canopy over a seat in ancient times to keep off dust 