"wood-based industries" Chinese-English Dictionary

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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
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
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
新兴 新興 xīn xīng (of markets, industries, infectious diseases etc) rising / emerging / in the ascendant syn
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
舰载 艦載 jiàn zài shipboard (radar system etc) / ship-based / carrier-based (aircraft)
甲醇 jiǎ chún methyl alcohol / methanol CH3OH / wood alcohol / wood spirit
劈柴 pǐ chái chopped wood / firewood
五行 wǔ xíng five phases of Chinese philosophy: wood 木, fire 火, earth 土, metal 金, water 水 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
新竹 xīn zhú Xinzhu or Hsinchu city in northern Taiwan, noted for high tech industries / Xinzhu or Hsinchu county in northwest Taiwan
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
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
采掘业 extractive industries
qiān inscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc) / small wood sliver / label / tag syn
(bound form) tree / (bound form) wood / unresponsive / numb / wooden syn
wén line / trace / mark / pattern / grain (of wood etc) syn
tàn wood charcoal / coal syn
zhá thin piece of wood used a writing tablet (in ancient China) / a kind of official document (in former times) / letter / note / plague syn
zhàn a wooden or bamboo pen for sheep or cattle / wood or bamboo trestlework / a warehouse / (computing) stack syn
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
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)
新竹市 xīn zhú shì Hsinchu, city in north Taiwan noted for its high tech industries
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)
qiáo firewood / gather wood syn
juān to engrave (on wood or stone) / to inscribe syn
wood-boring insect syn
gǎo dried up (wood) / dead tree
chá a raft made of bamboo or wood / to fell trees / to hew syn
xùn to obey / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing wood and wind / / ancient Chinese compass point: 135° (southeast)
sōu to engrave (metal of wood) syn
guàng woven wood and bamboo utensil / classifier for threads and strings
根据 根據 gēn jù according to / based on / basis / foundation / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
卡门 卡門 kǎ mén Carmen (name) / Carmen, 1875 opera by Georges Bizet 比才 based on novel by Prosper Mérimée 梅里美[Mei2 li3 mei3]
法定 fǎ dìng statutory / law-based / legal syn
定律 dìng lǜ scientific law (e.g. law of conservation of energy) / (in human affairs) a generalization based on observation (e.g. "power corrupts") syn
专访 專訪 zhuān fǎng to interview (a particular person or on a particular topic) / special interview / special report based on such an interview
劳埃德 勞埃德 láo āi dé Lloyd (name) / Lloyd's (London-based insurance group)
复古 復古 fù gǔ to return to old ways (a Confucian aspiration) / to turn back the clock / neoclassical school during Tang and Song associated with classical writing 古文 / retro (fashion style based on nostalgia, esp. for 1960s) syn
踏实 踏實 tā shi firmly-based / steady / steadfast / to have peace of mind / free from anxiety / Taiwan pr. [ta4 shi2] syn
冷面 冷麵 lěng miàn naengmyeon (Korean dish based on cold noodles in soup)
水性 shuǐ xìng swimming ability / characteristics of a body of water (depth, currents etc) / aqueous / water-based (paint etc)
陆上 陸上 lù shàng land-based / on land syn
本着 本著 běn zhe based on... / in conformance with.. / taking as one's main principle syn
油膏 yóu gāo semi-solid fat-based substance / (medicine) ointment
蓝本 藍本 lán běn blueprint / source material on which later works (books, movies etc) are based syn
道家 dào jiā Daoist School of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC), based on the teachings of Laozi or Lao-tze 老子[Lao3 zi3] (c. 500 BC-) and Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3] (369-286 BC) syn
礼尚往来 禮尚往來 lǐ shàng wǎng lái lit. proper behavior is based on reciprocity (idiom) / fig. to return politeness for politeness syn
豆制品 豆製品 dòu zhì pǐn legume-based product / soybean product
国联 國聯 guó lián abbr. for 國際聯盟|国际联盟[Guo2 ji4 Lian2 meng2], League of Nations (1920-1946), based in Geneva, precursor of the UN
走马观花 走馬觀花 zǒu mǎ guān huā lit. flower viewing from horseback (idiom) / a fleeting glance in passing / fig. superficial understanding from cursory observation / to make a quick judgment based on inadequate information
股份制 gǔ fèn zhì (a company) based on share-holding
恶搞 惡搞 è gǎo spoof (web-based genre in PRC, acquiring cult status from 2005, involving humorous, satirical or fantastical videos, photo collections, texts, poems etc)
封神榜 fēng shén bǎng Investiture of the Gods, major Ming dynasty vernacular novel of mythology and fantasy, very loosely based on King Wu of Zhou's 周武王[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2] overthrow of the Shang, subsequent material for opera, film, TV series, computer games etc
大乘 dà shèng Mahayana, the Great Vehicle / Buddhism based on the Mayahana sutras, as spread to Central Asia, China and beyond / also pr. [Da4 cheng2]
乐购 樂購 lè gòu Tesco, UK-based supermarket chain
普桑 pǔ sāng a model of Volkswagen Santana based on the Passat B2 / Poussin (name)
长荣 長榮 cháng róng Evergreen (Group), Taiwan-based shipping and transportation conglomerate
时点 時點 shí diǎn point of time (in time-based systems)
分则 分則 fēn zé specific provisions (based on general regulations)
计件工资 計件工資 jì jiàn gōng zī piece rate wage / remuneration based on one's output / opposite: time rate wage 計時工資|计时工资[ji4 shi2 gong1 zi1]
唐三藏 táng sān zàng Tripitaka, the central character of the 16th century novel "Journey to the West" 西遊記|西游记[Xi1you2Ji4], based on the monk Xuanzang 玄奘[Xuan2zang4] (602-664)
三岔口 sān chà kǒu At the Crossroads, famous opera, based on a story from 水滸傳|水浒传[Shui3 hu3 Zhuan4]
封神演义 封神演義 fēng shén yǎn yì Investiture of the Gods, major Ming dynasty vernacular novel of mythology and fantasy, very loosely based on King Wu of Zhou's 周武王[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2] overthrow of the Shang, subsequent material for opera, film, TV series, computer games etc
春蚕 春蠶 chūn cán Silkworms in Spring (1933), Chinese silent movie in socialist realist style, based on novel by Mao Dun 茅盾[Mao2 Dun4]
法制晚报 法製晚報 fǎ zhì wǎn bào Legal Evening News, a Beijing-based legal affairs newspaper launched in 2004 and shut down in 2019
舰载机 艦載機 jiàn zài jī carrier-based aircraft
华容道 華容道 huá róng dào Huarong Road (traditional puzzle involving sliding wooden blocks, loosely based on an episode in Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4])
话本 話本 huà běn Song and Yuan literary form based on vernacular folk stories
汾酒 fén jiǔ Fenjiu (sorghum-based Chinese liquor)
歼击 殲擊 jiān jī to annihilate / to attack and destroy / Jianji, PRC fighter plane based on Soviet MiG / usually 殲擊8型|歼击8型 syn
关东煮 關東煮 guān dōng zhǔ oden, Japanese dish made with boiled eggs, processed fish cakes, daikon radish, tofu etc in a kelp-based broth
相面 xiàng miàn fortune telling based on the subject's face syn
蛋品 dàn pǐn egg products / egg-based products
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
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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