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"wood turning" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
旋木 鏇木 xuàn mù wood turning / woodwork lathe
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
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
转折点 轉折點 zhuǎn zhé diǎn turning point / breaking point 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
天翻地覆 tiān fān dì fù sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom) / fig. complete confusion / everything turned on its head syn
转头 轉頭 zhuàn tóu nutation (plants turning to face the sun) syn
翻天覆地 fān tiān fù dì sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom) / fig. complete confusion / everything turned on its head 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
契机 契機 qì jī opportunity / turning point / juncture 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
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
劈柴 pǐ chái chopped wood / firewood
扭力 niǔ lì torque / turning force / torsion
五行 wǔ xíng five phases of Chinese philosophy: wood 木, fire 火, earth 土, metal 金, water 水 syn
终身大事 終身大事 zhōng shēn dà shì major turning point of lifelong import (esp. marriage) 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
扭矩 niǔ jǔ torque / turning force
丁丁 zhēng zhēng sound of chopping wood, chess pieces hitting the board etc syn
拐点 拐點 guǎi diǎn turning point / breaking point / inflexion point (math., a point of a curve at which the curvature changes sign)
竹木 zhú mù bamboo and wood
茯苓 fú líng Wolfiporia extensa (a wood-decay fungus) / fu ling / tuckahoe
拧开 擰開 nǐng kāi to unscrew / to twist off (a lid) / to turn on (a faucet) / to switch on (by turning a knob) / to turn (a door handle) / to wrench apart
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)
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)
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
木 mù (bound form) tree / (bound form) wood / unresponsive / numb / wooden syn
纹 紋 wén line / trace / mark / pattern / grain (of wood etc) syn
抄 chāo to make a copy / to plagiarize / to search and seize / to raid / to grab / to go off with / to take a shortcut / to make a turning move / to fold one's arms syn
乙 zhé turning stroke (in Chinese characters), aka 折[zhe2]
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
出岔子 chū chà zi to go wrong / to take a wrong turning syn
栈 棧 zhàn a wooden or bamboo pen for sheep or cattle / wood or bamboo trestlework / a warehouse / (computing) stack syn
峰回路转 峰回路轉 fēng huí lù zhuǎn the mountain road twists around each new peak (idiom) / (of a mountain road) twisting and turning / fig. an opportunity has come unexpectedly / things have taken a new turn 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
转捩点 轉捩點 zhuǎn liè diǎn turning point syn
吴仁宝 吳仁寶 wú rén bǎo Wu Renbao (1928-2013), former CCP chief of Huaxi Village 華西村|华西村[Hua2 xi1 Cun1], responsible for turning it into a modern rich community
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
逐客令 zhú kè lìng the First Emperor's order to expel foreigners / (fig.) notice to leave / words or behavior intended at turning visitors out
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
翻手为云覆手变雨 翻手為雲覆手變雨 fān shǒu wéi yún fù shǒu biàn yǔ lit. turning his hand palm up he gathers the clouds, turning his hand palm down he turns them to rain / very powerful and capable (idiom)
基线转折点 基線轉折點 baseline turning point / turning point / basepoint
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)
以子之矛，攻子之盾 yǐ zǐ zhī máo , gōng zǐ zhī dùn lit. use sb's spear to attack his shield (idiom, derived from Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子) / turning a weapon against its owner / fig. to attack an opponent using his own devices / hoist with his own petard
刹把 剎把 shā bǎ brake lever / crank handle for stopping or turning off machinery
懒驴上磨屎尿多 懶驢上磨屎尿多 lǎn lǘ shàng mò shǐ niào duō (proverb) A lazy person will find many excuses to delay working / lit. When a lazy donkey is turning a grindstone, it takes a lot of time off for peeing and pooing
旋转力 旋轉力 xuán zhuǎn lì turning force / torque
曲里拐弯 曲裡拐彎 qū lǐ guǎi wān winding and turning (idiom) syn
机头座 機頭座 jī tóu zuò headstock / turning head of a screw, drill, lathe etc
满舵 滿舵 mǎn duò on full rudder / turning as sharply as possible
瓜达卡纳尔战役 瓜達卡納爾戰役 guā dá kǎ nà ěr zhàn yì battle of Guadalcanal of late 1942, the turning point of the war in the Pacific
盘盘 盤盤 pán pán twisting and turning
绕绕 繞繞 rào rào twisting and turning / involved and tricky
羊肠小径 羊腸小徑 yáng cháng xiǎo jìng winding road (twisting and turning like a sheep's intestine)
转向信号 轉向信號 zhuǎn xiàng xìn hào turn signal (auto.) / turning indicator
转变抹角 轉變抹角 zhuǎn biàn mò jiǎo lit. (of road) winding and turning (idiom) / to speak in a roundabout way / to equivocate / to beat about the bush
头座 頭座 tóu zuò headstock / turning head of a screw, drill, lathe etc
不归路 不歸路 bù guī lù road to ruin / course of action from which there is no turning back
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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