"Rocks" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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乱石	luàn shí	rocks / stones / rubble / riprap
水落石出	shuǐ luò shí chū	as the water recedes, the rocks appear (idiom) / the truth comes to light
岩画	yán huà	rock painting / picture or writing carved on rocks
碛	qì	moraine / rocks in shallow water
砩	fèi	dam up water with rocks
楗	jiàn	material (such as rocks, earth, bamboo etc) used to hastily repair a dike / (literary) door bar (vertical bar used to prevent the horizontal movement of a door bolt)
泉石膏肓	quán shí gāo huāng	lit. mountain springs and rocks in one's heart (idiom) / a deep love of mountain scenery
加冰	jiā bīng	(of a drink) iced / on the rocks
磊磊	lěi lěi	big pile of rocks / bighearted / open and honest
岩石学	yán shí xué	petrology / lithology / study of rocks
加冰块	jiā bīng kuài	on the rocks / with ice / iced
土坝	tǔ bà	earth dam / dam of earth and rocks (as opposed to waterproof dam of clay or concrete)
跳跳糖	tiào tiào táng	Pop Rocks / popping candy
砯	pīng	(old) (onom.) sound of water against rocks
供石	gōng shí	scholar's rock (one of the naturally-eroded, fantastically-shaped rocks put on display indoors or in gardens in China)