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 耳朵 ěr duo ear / CL:隻|只[zhi1],個|个[ge4],對|对[dui4] / handle (on a cup) syn 迷路 mí lù to lose the way / lost / labyrinth / labyrinthus vestibularis (of the inner ear) syn 木头 木頭 mù tou slow-witted / blockhead / log (of wood, timber etc) / CL:塊|块[kuai4],根[gen1] syn 篱笆 籬笆 lí ba fence (esp. of bamboo or wood railings) syn 木材 mù cái wood syn 棒子 bàng zi stick / club / cudgel / maize (corn) / ear of maize / corncob / (derog.) Korean syn 耳语 耳語 ěr yǔ to whisper in sb's ear / a whisper 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 刺耳 cì ěr ear-piercing 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 充耳不闻 充耳不聞 chōng ěr bù wén to block one's ears and not listen (idiom) / to turn a deaf ear syn 置若罔闻 置若罔聞 zhì ruò wǎng wén to turn a deaf ear to (idiom) / to pretend not to hear syn 震耳欲聋 震耳欲聾 zhèn ěr yù lóng ear-splitting (idiom) / deafening syn 蛀虫 蛀蟲 zhù chóng insect that eats into wood, books, clothes etc / fig. vermin syn 内耳 內耳 nèi ěr inner ear syn 顺耳 順耳 shùn ěr pleasing to the ear syn 朽木 xiǔ mù rotten wood syn 交头接耳 交頭接耳 jiāo tóu jiē ěr to whisper to one another's ear syn 耳膜 ěr mó eardrum / tympanum (of the middle ear) / tympanic membrane 甲醇 jiǎ chún methyl alcohol / methanol CH3OH / wood alcohol / wood spirit 听写 聽寫 tīng xiě (of a pupil) to write down (in a dictation exercise) / dictation / (music) to transcribe by ear 如雷贯耳 如雷貫耳 rú léi guàn ěr lit. like thunder piercing the ear / a well-known reputation (idiom) syn 侧耳 側耳 cè ěr to bend an ear (to) / to listen 喜笑颜开 喜笑顏開 xǐ xiào yán kāi grinning from ear to ear (idiom) / beaming with happiness syn 劈柴 pǐ chái chopped wood / firewood 耳鼓 ěr gǔ eardrum / tympanum (of the middle ear) / tympanic membrane syn 笑容可掬 xiào róng kě jū smiling wholeheartedly (idiom) / beaming from ear to ear syn 听而不闻 聽而不聞 tīng ér bù wén to hear but not react (idiom) / to turn a deaf ear / to ignore deliberately syn 五行 wǔ xíng five phases of Chinese philosophy: wood 木, fire 火, earth 土, metal 金, water 水 syn 不绝于耳 不絕於耳 bù jué yú ěr (of sound) to never stop / to fall incessantly on the ear / to linger on syn 麦穗 麥穗 mài suì ear of wheat 中耳 zhōng ěr middle ear syn 中耳炎 zhōng ěr yán inflammation of middle ear / otitis media 桐油 tóng yóu tung oil, from the Japanese wood-oil tree Aleurites cordata, used in making lacquer 稻穗 dào suì rice ear 银耳 銀耳 yín ěr white fungus (Tremella fuciformis) / silver tree-ear fungus syn 附耳 fù ěr to approach sb's ear (to whisper) 外耳道 wài ěr dào external auditory meatus / auditory canal, between the outer ear 外耳 and tympanum 鼓膜 syn 满面 滿面 mǎn miàn across one's whole face / (smiling) from ear to ear 进水 進水 jìn shuǐ to have water get in (one's ear, shoes etc) / to get flooded / inflow of water 丁丁 zhēng zhēng sound of chopping wood, chess pieces hitting the board etc syn 竹木 zhú mù bamboo and wood 茯苓 fú líng Wolfiporia extensa (a wood-decay fungus) / fu ling / tuckahoe 震耳 zhèn ěr ear-splitting 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) 耳饰 耳飾 ěr shì ear ornament (earring, eardrop, stud etc) 砍树 砍樹 kǎn shù to chop wood / to chop down trees 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) 耳鬓厮磨 耳鬢廝磨 ěr bìn sī mó lit. to play together ear to ear and temple to temple (idiom) / fig. (of a boy and a girl) to play together often during childhood syn 灌木林 guàn mù lín shrubbery / low wood 咬耳朵 yǎo ěr duo (coll.) to whisper in sb's ear syn 签 籤 qiān inscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc) / small wood sliver / label / tag syn 屎 shǐ feces / excrement / a stool / (bound form) secretion (of the ear, eye etc) 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 耳 ěr ear / handle (archaeology) / and that is all (Classical Chinese) 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 耳边风 耳邊風 ěr biān fēng lit. wind past your ear / fig. sth you don't pay much attention to / in one ear and out the other syn 栈 棧 zhàn a wooden or bamboo pen for sheep or cattle / wood or bamboo trestlework / a warehouse / (computing) stack syn 耳旁风 耳旁風 ěr páng fēng lit. wind past your ear / fig. sth you don't pay much attention to / in one ear and out the other syn 穗 suì ear of grain / fringe / tassel syn 逆耳 nì ěr unpleasant to hear / grates on the ear (of home truths) 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 外耳 wài ěr outer ear syn 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) 咽鼓管 yān gǔ guǎn Eustachian tube (linking the pharynx 咽[yan1] to the tympanic cavity 鼓室[gu3 shi4] of the middle ear) / auditory tube 鼓室 gǔ shì tympanic cavity (of the middle ear) syn 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) 爱耳日 愛耳日 ài ěr rì Ear Care Day (March 3) 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 馘 guó (literary) to cut off the left ear of a slain enemy / the severed ear of a slain enemy 桄 guàng woven wood and bamboo utensil / classifier for threads and strings 合不拢嘴 合不攏嘴 hé bù lǒng zuǐ unable to conceal one's happiness, amazement, shock etc / grinning from ear to ear / mouth agape / gobsmacked syn 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 砧骨 zhēn gǔ incus or anvil bone of middle ear, passing sound vibration from malleus hammer bone to stapes stirrup bone 擗 pǐ (literary) to beat the breast / to break off / to snap off (a branch, an ear of corn etc) 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 听骨 聽骨 tīng gǔ ossicles (in the middle ear) / also written 聽小骨|听小骨 