"Carve" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 diāo kè to carve / to engrave / carving
 diāo sù a statue / a Buddhist image / sculpture / to carve
 kè quarter (hour) / moment / to carve / to engrave / to cut / oppressive / classifier for short time intervals
 qiē chéng to cut up (into pieces) / to slice / to carve / to dice / to shred
 diāo zhuó to sculpt / to carve (jade) / ornate artwork / overly elaborate prose
 diāo shì to carve / to decorate / carved / decorated
 lòu kè to carve / to engrave
 duī to sculpt / to carve / musical instrument (old)
 lè to rein in / to compel / to force / to carve / to engrave / (literary) to command / to lead / bridle / (physics) abbr. for 勒克斯[le4 ke4 si1], lux
 kān old variant of 刊[kan1] / to peel with a knife / to carve / to amend
 qì to carve / carved words / to agree / a contract / a deed
 jǔ carpenter's square / rule / regulation / pattern / to carve
 kōu to dig out / to pick out (with one's fingers) / to carve / to cut / to study meticulously / to lift one's clothes / stingy / miserly
 lòu to engrave / to carve / hard steel
 qiè to cut / to carve / to engrave / to chisel / fig. to chisel away at
 qín to carve
 qì carve / cut
 diāo juān to engrave (wood or stone) / to carve
 cuò to cut / to carve
 zhuó mó to carve and polish (jade) / to polish and refine a literary work
 zhuàn kè to carve a seal / a seal
 dǎ tiān xià to seize power / to conquer the world / to establish and expand a business / to carve out a career for oneself
 piàn thin piece / flake / a slice / film / TV play / to slice / to carve thin / partial / incomplete / one-sided / classifier for slices, tablets, tract of land, area of water / classifier for CDs, movies, DVDs etc / used with numeral 一[yi1]: classifier for scenario, scene, feeling, atmosphere, sound etc / Kangxi radical 91
 jǔ variant of 矩, carpenter's square / rule / regulation / pattern / to carve
 xì to engrave or carve, as a block for printing
 kè hú lèi wù to aim to carve a swan and get a semblance of a duck (idiom) / to fail utterly in trying to copy something / to get a reasonably good, if not perfect, result
 zhuó chop / carve wood
 cuān to engrave or carve, as a block for printing
 lù to carve wood
 āo diāo to engrave / to carve into
 diāo kè to carve / to engrave / carving
 kāi liǎn (of a bride-to-be) to remove facial hair and trim hairline (old) / to carve a face
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