机制 機製 jī zhì machine-processed / machine-made syn 数控机床 數控機床 shù kòng jī chuáng computer numerical control machine tool (CNC machine tool) 扫射 掃射 sǎo shè to rake with machine gunfire / to strafe / to machine-gun down 平衡机 平衡機 centrifugal balancing machine / balancing machine 订书机 訂書機 dìng shū jī stapler / stapling machine / bookbinding machine / CL:臺|台[tai2] 心电图机 xīn diàn tú jī ECG machine / EKG machine / electrocardiograph 支票打印机 支票打印機 cheque imprinting machine / cheque printing machine 分装机 分裝機 fēn zhuāng jī racking machine / filling machine 机关炮 機關炮 jī guān pào machine cannon / machine-gun cannon 洗涤机 洗滌機 xǐ dí jī washer / washing machine / rinsing machine 长纤维卷绕机 filament winding machine / winding machine / filament winder PK机枪 pkjī qiāng PK machine gun / PKM machine gun 滚压成形机床 flow-forming machine / flow-turning machine 核反应堆燃料装卸机 fuel loading machine / nuclear reactor fuel charging and discharging machine 计算机数控机床 computerized numerical control machine / CNC machine 单机检测 單機檢測 single-machine trial / single-machine test 离心力式平衡机 離心力式平衡機 centrifugal balancing machine / balancing machine 无聊 無聊 wú liáo bored / boring / senseless syn 没意思 沒意思 méi yì si boring / of no interest syn 没劲 沒勁 méi jìn to have no strength / to feel weak / exhausted / feeling listless / boring / of no interest syn 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 生厌 生厭 shēng yàn to disgust / to pall / fed up / tedious / cloying / boring / irritating 螟虫 螟蟲 míng chóng boring insect / snout moth's larva (Aphomia gullaris or Plodia interpuncuella or Heliothus armigera etc), major agricultural pest syn 枯 kū (of plants) withered / (of wells, rivers, etc) dried up / (bound form) dull / boring / (bound form) residue of pressed oilseeds syn 蠡 lǐ wood-boring insect syn 螟 míng boring insect / snout moth's larva (Aphomia gullaris or Plodia interpuncuella or Heliothus armigera etc), major agricultural pest syn 钎 釺 qiān a drill (for boring through rock) syn 钻坚仰高 鑽堅仰高 zuān jiān yǎng gāo lit. looking up to it, it gets higher / boring into it, it gets harder (idiom) (from Analects) / fig. to delve deeply into one's studies / meticulous and diligent study 陈谷子烂芝麻 陳谷子爛芝麻 chén gǔ zi làn zhī ma lit. stale grain, overcooked sesame (idiom) / fig. the same boring old gossip 没有意思 沒有意思 méi yǒu yì si boring / of no interest 灰不溜丢 灰不溜丟 huī bu liū diū gloomy and dull (idiom) / boring and gray / unpleasantly murky 炮钎 炮釺 pào qiān a drill / a hammer drill for boring through rock / same as 釺子|钎子 絮烦 絮煩 xù fán boring prattle 腻人 膩人 nì rén greasy / boring 莫名奇妙 mò míng qí miào odd / baffling / unaccountable / mysterious / boring (e.g. movie) 钎子 釺子 qiān zi hammer drill for boring through rock syn 釺 鐱 qiān a drill (for boring through rock) 钻心虫 鑽心蟲 zuān xīn chóng boring insect / snout moth's larva (Aphomia gullaris or Plodia interpuncuella or Heliothus armigera etc), major agricultural pest syn 尿点 尿點 niào diǎn the boring part of something (film, show, etc.) where a bathroom break can be taken 地道 dì dào tunnel / causeway syn 隧道 suì dào tunnel 洞口 dòng kǒu cave mouth / tunnel entrance 地洞 dì dòng tunnel / cave / burrow / dugout syn 甬道 yǒng dào walled-in path / paved pathway / canopied passageway / corridor / tunnel syn 柳暗花明 liǔ àn huā míng lit. the willow trees make the shade, the flowers give the light (idiom) / at one's darkest hour, a glimmer of hope / light at the end of the tunnel 开凿 開鑿 kāi záo to cut (a canal, tunnel, well etc) syn 坑道 kēng dào mine shaft / gallery / tunnel syn 风洞 風洞 fēng dòng wind tunnel 隧洞 suì dòng tunnel syn 钻洞 鑽洞 zuān dòng to bore / to burrow / to crawl through a tunnel 隧 suì tunnel / underground passage 地下通道 dì xià tōng dào underpass / subway / tunnel 时光隧道 時光隧道 shí guāng suì dào time tunnel 腕隧道症候群 wàn suì dào zhèng hòu qún carpal tunnel syndrome (pain in the hands due to pressure on the median nerve) / median neuropathy at the wrist 隧道尽头的光亮 隧道盡頭的光亮 suì dào jìn tóu de guāng liàng the light at the end of the tunnel 地道经济 tunnel economy 腕管综合征 wàn guǎn zōng hé zhēng carpal tunnel syndrome 喷漆房 paint tunnel 滑鼠手 huá shǔ shǒu carpal tunnel syndrome (Tw) 腕管综合症 腕管綜合症 wàn guǎn zōng hé zhèng carpal tunnel syndrome 熬头儿 熬頭兒 áo tou r (coll.) the reward of one's efforts / the light at the end of the tunnel 老天爷饿不死瞎家雀 老天爺餓不死瞎家雀 lǎo tiān yé è bù sǐ xiā jiā què lit. heaven won't let the sparrows go hungry (idiom) / fig. don't give up hope / if you tough it out, there will be light at the end of the tunnel 暗道 àn dào secret passage / secret tunnel 密道 mì dào secret passage / hidden tunnel 工作 gōng zuò to work / (of a machine) to operate / job / work / task / CL:個|个[ge4],份[fen4],項|项[xiang4] syn 机械 機械 jī xiè machine / machinery / mechanical / (old) cunning / scheming syn 启动 啟動 qǐ dòng to start (a machine) / (fig.) to set in motion / to launch (an operation) / to activate (a plan) syn 机关 機關 jī guān mechanism / gear / machine-operated / office / agency / organ / organization / establishment / institution / body / stratagem / scheme / intrigue / plot / trick / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 配合 pèi hé matching / fitting in with / compatible with / to correspond / to fit / to conform to / rapport / to coordinate with / to act in concert with / to cooperate / to become man and wife / to combine parts of machine syn 机器 機器 jī qì machine / CL:臺|台[tai2],部[bu4],個|个[ge4] syn 寿命 壽命 shòu mìng life span / life expectancy / lifetime (of a machine) syn 关机 關機 guān jī to turn off (a machine or device) / to finish shooting a film 机身 機身 jī shēn body of a vehicle or machine / fuselage of a plane 停车 停車 tíng chē to pull up (stop one's vehicle) / to park / (of a machine) to stop working / to stall 机房 機房 jī fáng machine room / engine room / computer room 洗衣机 洗衣機 xǐ yī jī washing machine / washer / CL:臺|台[tai2] 机床 機床 jī chuáng machine tool / a lathe / CL:張|张[zhang1] syn 机子 機子 jī zi machine / device syn 重启 重啟 chóng qǐ to restart (a machine etc) / to reactivate (a postponed project etc) 游戏机 遊戲機 yóu xì jī video game machine / video game console syn 齿轮 齒輪 chǐ lún (machine) gear / pinion (gear wheel) syn 联动 聯動 lián dòng (of the parts of a machine) to move together / to act in coordination / to be coupled / linkage 计算器 計算器 jì suàn qì calculator / calculating machine 过滤器 過濾器 guò lǜ qì filtering apparatus / (machine) filter 建模 jiàn mó to construct a model (an abstract model, as in applied mathematics or machine learning etc) 飞刀 飛刀 fēi dāo a throwing knife / fly cutter (machine tool) 主子 zhǔ zi Master (term used by servant) / Your Majesty / operator (of machine) syn 传真机 傳真機 chuán zhēn jī fax machine 包装机 包裝機 bāo zhuāng jī packing machine 录音机 錄音機 lù yīn jī (tape) recording machine / tape recorder / CL:臺|台[tai2] 停机 停機 tíng jī (of a machine) to stop / to shut down / to park a plane / to finish shooting (a TV program etc) / to suspend a phone line / (of a prepaid mobile phone) to be out of credit 老虎机 老虎機 lǎo hǔ jī slot machine syn 机枪 機槍 jī qiāng machine gun syn 失灵 失靈 shī líng out of order (of machine) / not working properly / a failing (of a system) syn 滚筒 滾筒 gǔn tǒng roller / cylinder (machine part) / drum 缝纫机 縫紉機 féng rèn jī sewing machine / CL:架[jia4] 扳手 bān shǒu spanner / wrench / lever (on a machine) syn 虚拟机 虛擬機 xū nǐ jī virtual machine 铣床 銑床 xǐ chuáng milling machine 