"Ceiling" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 tiān huā bǎn ceiling
 tiān huā smallpox / ceiling / stamen of corn / (old) snow / (dialect) sesame oil
 dǐng péng ceiling / awning (under ceiling)
 tiān péng ceiling / awning
 qǐ jǐng ceiling (architecture)
 péng dǐng canopy / roof / ceiling
 péng dǐng canopy / roof / ceiling
 zuì gāo xiàn é maximum amount / ceiling / upper limit / quota
 fēng dǐng to put a roof (on a building) / to cap the roof (finishing a building project) / fig. to put a ceiling (on spending, prize, ambition etc) / to top off / fig. to reach the highest point (of growth, profit, interest rates) / to stop growing (of plant bud or branch)
 tiān jǐng courtyard / atrium / opening in a roof / skylight / caisson ceiling / (TCM) acupuncture point TB10
 xī dǐng dēng flush-mounted ceiling lamp (loanword)
 dǐng dēng dome light (of a taxi etc) / ceiling light (in a room) / interior light (of a car) / light on the top of a mast etc
 diào shàn a ceiling fan / a punka
 yǎng wū zhù shū lit. to stare at the ceiling while writing a book (idiom) / to put one's whole body and soul into a book
 yǎng wū to lie looking at the ceiling (in despair)
 yǎng wū xīng tàn to stare at the ceiling in despair / to find no way out / nothing you can do about it / at the end of one's wits
 zuì gāo gōng zī xiàn é wage ceiling
 bō li tiān huā bǎn glass ceiling
  statutory ceiling on pollution
  Direct Action Ceiling
 měi nián zuì gāo xiàn é annual ceiling
 cái wù shàng xiàn financial ceiling
  global allocation ceiling
  glass ceiling
  Director's Authorization Ceiling
  emission ceiling
  national ceiling
 tiāo gāo (architecture) high-ceilinged / to raise (a ceiling) to a height of / ceiling height
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