摇 滚 yáo gǔn rock 'n' roll (music) / to rock / to fall off 岩 石 yán shí rock 摇 to shake / to rock / to row / to crank 动 摇 dòng yáo to sway / to waver / to rock / to rattle / to destabilize / to pose a challenge to 晃 动 huàng dòng to sway / to rock 摇 晃 yáo huàng to rock / to shake / to sway 忽 悠 hū you to rock / to sway / to flicker (e.g. of lights reflected on water) / to flutter (e.g. of a flag) / to trick sb into doing sth / to dupe / to con 石 块 shí kuài stone / rock 晃 荡 huàng dang to rock / to sway / to shake 摇 撼 yáo hàn to shake / to rock 石 rock / stone / stone inscription / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1] 掀 to lift (a lid) / to rock / to convulse 磐 firm / stable / rock 乭 rock / phonetic "dol" used in names (Korean kugja) 杠 荡 gàng dàng to shake / to rock 巨 石 jù shí huge rock / boulder / monolith 滚 石 Gǔn shí Rock Records, Taiwanese record label / the Rolling Stones, British rock band / Rolling Stone (magazine) 摇 滚 乐 yáo gǔn yuè rock music / rock 'n roll 碎 石 suì shí gravel / crushed rock / rock debris 攀 岩 pān yán rock climbing / to climb a rockface 扫 地 sǎo dì to sweep the floor / (fig.) (of one's reputation etc) to reach rock bottom / to be at an all-time low 石 窟 shí kū rock cave / grotto / cliff caves (often with Buddhist statues) 假 山 jiǎ shān rock garden / rockery 左 右 为 难 zuǒ yòu wéi nán (idiom) between a rock and a hard place / in a dilemma 冰 糖 bīng táng crystal sugar / rock candy 招 摇 zhāo yáo to rock back and forth / (fig.) to act ostentatiously / to brag / to show off 悬 崖 峭 壁 xuán yá qiào bì sheer cliffs and precipitous rock faces (idiom) 岩 画 yán huà rock painting / picture or writing carved on rocks 岩 层 yán céng variant of 岩層|岩层[yan2 ceng2] / rock strata 前 仰 后 合 qián yǎng hòu hé to sway to and fro / to rock back and forth 白 水 晶 bái shuǐ jīng rock crystal (mineral) 煤 矸 石 méi gān shí waste rock (in coal mining) 石 塔 shí tǎ pinnacle rock 顶 板 dǐng bǎn roof / roof plate / rock layer forming roof of a cave or mine / abacus 火 山 岩 huǒ shān yán volcanic rock 不 插 电 bù chā diàn unplugged (of rock musicians performing on acoustic instruments) 山 子 shān zi rock garden / rockery 矸 石 gān shí waste rock (mining) / gangue (worthless minerals mixed in with coal or ore) 硅 石 guī shí siliceous rock 围 岩 wéi yán enclosing rock 沉 积 岩 chén jī yán sedimentary rock (geology) 岩 盐 yán yán rock salt 火 成 岩 huǒ chéng yán igneous rock (geology) / volcanic rock 凿 岩 机 záo yán jī rock drill 英 石 yīng shí ornamental limestone rock (供石[gong1 shi2]) from Yingde 英德[Ying1 de2], Guangdong 礁 reef / shoal rock 磊 lumpy / rock pile / uneven / fig. sincere / open and honest 碉 rock cave (archaic) 矸 a rock or cliff 砬 a huge boulder / a towering rock 坻 islet / rock in river 窾 crack / hollow / cavity / to excavate or hollow out / (onom.) water hitting rock / (old) variant of 款[kuan3] 左 右 两 难 zuǒ yòu liǎng nán (idiom) between a rock and a hard place / in a dilemma 颜 面 扫 地 yán miàn sǎo dì lit. for one's face to reach rock bottom / to be thoroughly discredited (idiom) 前 俯 后 仰 qián fǔ hòu yǎng to rock one's body backward and forward / to be convulsed (with laughter etc) 悬 崖 绝 壁 xuán yá jué bì sheer cliffs and precipitous rock faces (idiom) 一 物 降 一 物 yī wù xiáng yī wù lit. one object bests another object / every item has a weakness (idiom) / there is a rock to every scissor, a scissor to every paper, and a paper to every rock 月 岩 yuè yán moon rock 钎 子 qiān zi hammer drill for boring through rock 变 质 岩 biàn zhì yán metamorphic rock (geology) 安 如 磐 石 ān rú pán shí as solid as rock (idiom) / as sure as houses 安 如 泰 山 ān rú Tài Shān as secure as Mount Taishan / as solid as a rock 盖 层 gài céng cap rock 深 成 岩 shēn chéng yán plutonic rock / abyssal rock 碳 酸 岩 tàn suān yán carbonate rock (geology) 凿 石 场 záo shí chǎng rock quarry 望 夫 石 Wàng fū Shí Amah Rock in Sha Tin 沙田[Sha1 tian2], Hong Kong 岩 浆 岩 yán jiāng yán igneous rock 侵 入 岩 qīn rù yán intrusive rock 冰 碛 bīng qì moraine / rock debris from glacier 含 油 岩 hán yóu yán oil bearing rock 噴 出 岩 pēn chū yán extrusive rock (geology) 大 麦 地 Dà mài dì place name in Ningxia with rock carving conjectured to be a stage in the development of Chinese characters 层 岩 céng yán stratified rock / flagstone 岩 滨 鹬 yán bīn yù (bird species of China) rock sandpiper (Calidris ptilocnemis) 岩 石 层 yán shí céng rock stratum 崖 刻 yá kè rock carving / cliff engraving / words carved into cliff face 巖 層 yán céng variant of 岩層|岩层 / rock strata 母 质 mǔ zhì parent material (e.g. the eroded rock making up sediment) 流 纹 岩 liú wén yán rhyolite (extrusive igneous rock, chemically equivalent to granite) 炮 钎 pào qiān a drill / a hammer drill for boring through rock / same as 釺子|钎子 烏 魯 汝 wū lǔ rǔ Uluru, iconic large rock formation in central Australia, sacred to Aboriginals, a World Heritage Site / also known as Ayers Rock 石 庭 shí tíng rock garden 石 罅 shí xià a crack in a rock 石 盐 shí yán rock salt 矸 子 gān zi waste rock (mining) / gangue (worthless minerals mixed in with coal or ore) 硅 质 岩 guī zhì yán siliceous rock (mostly composed of silica) 硅 铝 质 guī lu:3 zhì sial rock (containing silicon and aluminium, so comparatively light, making continental plates) 碎 屑 岩 suì xiè yán clastic rock (geology) 磷 酸 盐 岩 lín suān yán yán phosphorite / phosphate rock 粗 盐 cū yán coarse salt / rock salt 裸 岩 luǒ yán bare rock 谁 人 乐 队 Shéi rén yuè duì The Who (1960s UK rock band) 超 基 性 岩 chāo jī xìng yán ultrabasic rock (geology, rock containing less than 45 percent silicates) 跌 至 谷 底 diē zhì gǔ dǐ to hit rock bottom (idiom) 铁 镁 质 tiě měi zhì mafic rock (containing magnesium and iron, so comparatively heavy, making oceanic plates) 非 层 岩 fēi céng yán unstratified rock 碱 性 岩 jiǎn xìng yán basic rock / mafic rock (with less silicon and more magnesium, iron etc) 龙 安 寺 Lóng ān sì Ryōanji, temple in northwest Kyōto 京都, Japan with famous rock garden 原 鸽 yuán gē (bird species of China) rock dove (Columba livia)
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