解决 解決 jiě jué to solve / to resolve / to settle (a problem) / to eliminate / to wipe out (an enemy, bandits etc) syn 干杯 乾杯 gān bēi to drink a toast / Cheers! (proposing a toast) / Here's to you! / Bottoms up! / lit. dry cup 合 gě 100 ml / one-tenth of a peck / measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗 syn 治 zhì to rule / to govern / to manage / to control / to harness (a river) / to treat (a disease) / to wipe out (a pest) / to punish / to research syn 石 dàn dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗[dou3] / one hundred liters / ancient pr. [shi2] syn 陆地 陸地 lù dì dry land (as opposed to the sea) syn 脱水 脫水 tuō shuǐ to dry out / to extract water / dehydration / dehydrated / desiccation 擦掉 cā diào to wipe 干燥 乾燥 gān zào (of weather, climate, soil etc) dry / arid / (of skin, mouth etc) dry / (fig.) dull / dry / boring / (of timber etc) to dry out / to season / to cure syn 干洗 乾洗 gān xǐ to dry clean / dry cleaning 拭目以待 shì mù yǐ dài lit. to wipe one's eyes and wait (idiom) / to wait and see syn 枯燥 kū zào dry and dull / uninteresting / tedious syn 晒太阳 曬太陽 shài tài yáng to be in the sun (getting warm or sunbathing etc) / to put sth in the sun (e.g. to dry it) 报销 報銷 bào xiāo to submit an expense account / to apply for reimbursement / to write off / to wipe out syn 烘干 烘乾 hōng gān to dry over a stove 萎缩 萎縮 wěi suō to wither / to dry up (of a plant) / to atrophy (of muscle, social custom etc) syn 歼灭 殲滅 jiān miè to wipe out / to crush / to annihilate syn 干旱 乾旱 gān hàn drought / arid / dry syn 禁酒 jìn jiǔ prohibition / ban on alcohol / dry law 洗刷 xǐ shuā to wipe clean / to scrub / (fig.) to get rid of (a bad reputation, a misconception etc) syn 干冰 乾冰 gān bīng dry ice (i.e. frozen CO2) / CL:塊|块[kuai4] 擦拭 cā shì to wipe clean syn 干涸 乾涸 gān hé to dry up syn 扫除 掃除 sǎo chú to clean / to clean up / to eliminate / to wipe out syn 擦洗 cā xǐ to clean (with water or alcohol) / to wipe and wash / to swab / to scrub syn 搜刮 sōu guā to rake in (money) / to plunder / to milk people dry syn 晾干 晾乾 liàng gān to dry (sth) by airing 干巴巴 乾巴巴 gān bā bā dry / parched / dull / insipid syn 风干 風乾 fēng gān to air-dry / to season (timber etc) / air-dried / air-drying 干果 乾果 gān guǒ dried fruit / dry fruits (nuts etc) 索然 suǒ rán dull / dry syn 干涩 乾澀 gān sè dry and rough (skin) / hoarse (voice) / dry and heavy (style) syn 干渴 乾渴 gān kě parched / dry mouth 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 扫盲 掃盲 sǎo máng to wipe out illiteracy 全歼 全殲 quán jiān to annihilate / to wipe out completely / to exterminate syn 碾压 碾壓 niǎn yā to crush or compact (with a roller) / to run over (with a vehicle) / (fig.) to trounce / to wipe the floor with / to be far superior 干咳 乾咳 gān ké to cough without phlegm / a dry cough syn 干粉 乾粉 gān fěn dry powder 晒干 曬乾 shài gān to dry in the sun 干裂 乾裂 gān liè (of dry soil etc) to crack / (of skin) to chap syn 断流 斷流 duàn liú to run dry (of river) 枯草 kū cǎo withered grass / dry grass 吹干 吹乾 chuī gān to blow-dry 碳化 tàn huà to carbonize / dry distillation / carbonization 湿巾 濕巾 shī jīn wet wipe / towelette 报仇雪恨 報仇雪恨 bào chóu xuě hèn to take revenge and wipe out a grudge (idiom) 冻干 凍乾 dòng gān to freeze-dry / freeze-dried food (such as meat or fruit) 饲养场 飼養場 sì yǎng chǎng farm / feed lot / dry lot 阴干 陰乾 yīn gān to dry in the shade 诛灭 誅滅 zhū miè to wipe out / to exterminate 廓清 kuò qīng to clear up / to wipe out / to eradicate syn 干眼症 乾眼症 gān yǎn zhèng (medicine) xerophthalmia / dry eye syndrome 擦 cā to rub / to scratch / to wipe / to polish / to apply (lipstick, lotion etc) / to brush (past) / to shred (a vegetable etc) syn 剪 jiǎn (bound form) scissors or similar tool / to cut as with scissors / (bound form) to wipe out / to exterminate / to edit (video, audio etc) syn 雪 xuě snow / CL:場|场[chang2] / (literary) to wipe away (a humiliation etc) syn 松 鬆 sōng loose / to loosen / to relax / floss (dry, fluffy food product made from shredded, seasoned meat or fish, used as a topping or filling) syn 斗 dǒu dry measure for grain equal to ten 升[sheng1] or one-tenth of a 石[dan4] / decaliter / peck / cup or dipper shaped object / old variant of 陡[dou3] syn 除 chú to get rid of / to remove / to exclude / to eliminate / to wipe out / to divide / except / not including syn 灭 滅 miè to extinguish or put out / to go out (of a fire etc) / to exterminate or wipe out / to drown syn 抹 mǒ to smear / to wipe / to erase / classifier for wisps of cloud, light-beams etc syn 抹 mā to wipe syn 晒 曬 shài (of the sun) to shine on / to bask in (the sunshine) / to dry (clothes, grain etc) in the sun / (fig.) to expose and share (one's experiences and thoughts) on the Web (loanword from "share") / (coll.) to give the cold shoulder to syn 扫 掃 sǎo to sweep (with a brush or broom) / to sweep away / to wipe out / to get rid of / to sweep (one's eyes etc) over / to scan syn 炮 bāo to sauté / to fry / to dry by heating syn 糗 qiǔ dry rations (for a journey) / (dialect) (of noodles etc) to become mush (from overcooking) / (coll.) embarrassing / embarrassment syn 擦屁股 cā pì gu to wipe one’s ass / (fig.) (coll.) to clean up sb else's mess syn 晾 liàng to dry in the air / (fig.) to cold-shoulder syn 燥 zào dry / parched / impatient / vexed / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [sao4]) minced meat syn 夷 yí non-Han people, esp. to the East of China / barbarians / to wipe out / to exterminate / to tear down / to raze syn 拭 shì to wipe syn 揩 kāi to wipe syn 焙 bèi to dry over a fire / to bake syn 炕 kàng kang (a heatable brick bed) / to bake / to dry by the heat of a fire syn 洗雪 xǐ xuě to erase / to wipe out (a previous humiliation etc) syn 甬 tǒng variant of 桶[tong3], bucket / (classifier) cubic dry measure (5 pecks 五斗, approx half-liter) 白板笔 白板筆 bái bǎn bǐ whiteboard marker / dry-erase marker 聚歼 聚殲 jù jiān to annihilate / to round up and wipe out syn 白鹤梁 白鶴梁 bái hè liáng White Crane Ridge at Fuling, Sichuan on the Changjiang River, that used to show above the water at dry periods, with famous carvings 涸 hé to dry / to dry up 隍 huáng dry moat / god of city 斛 hú ancient measuring vessel / fifty liters / dry measure for grain equal to five dou 五斗 (before Tang, ten pecks) syn 笾 籩 biān bamboo tazza used in ancient times to hold dry food for sacrifices or at banquets 阆 閬 làng (literary) vast / spacious / (literary) lofty / (literary) tall door / (literary) dry moat outside a city wall 糇 餱 hóu dry provisions 澌 sī drain dry / to exhaust 摩拳擦掌 mó quán cā zhǎng fig. to rub one's fists and wipe one's palms (idiom) / to roll up one's sleeves for battle / eager to get into action or start on a task syn 干爽 乾爽 gān shuǎng dry and clean / clear and fresh 连锅端 連鍋端 lián guō duān to take even the cooking pots (idiom) / to clean out / to wipe out syn 餱 hóu dry provisions 塥 gé dry clay lump 诛暴讨逆 誅暴討逆 zhū bào tǎo nì to wipe out the villains (e.g. insurgents, or people of another race) 诛锄异己 誅鋤異己 zhū chú yì jǐ to wipe out dissenters / to exterminate those who disagree 垲 塏 kǎi dry terrain 唾面自干 唾面自乾 tuò miàn zì gān to be spat on in the face and let it dry by itself, not wiping it off (idiom) / to turn the other cheek / to drain the cup of humiliation 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 羹藜含糗 gēng lí hán qiǔ nothing but herb soup and dry provisions to eat (idiom) / to survive on a coarse diet / à la guerre comme à la guerre 羹藜唅糗 gēng lí hān qiǔ nothing but herb soup and dry provisions to eat (idiom) / to survive on a coarse diet / à la guerre comme à la guerre 饭糗茹草 飯糗茹草 fàn qiǔ rú cǎo lit. to live on dry provisions and wild herbs (idiom) / fig. to live in abject poverty 