"Sieve" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 lu:4 wǎng filter / a sieve
 shāi zi sieve / CL:面[mian4]
 shāi (bound form) a sieve / to sieve / to sift / to filter / to eliminate through selection / to warm a pot of rice wine (over a fire or in hot water) / to pour (wine or tea) / (dialect) to strike (a gong)
 xǐ sieve / to sift, to strain
 lòu guō colander / strainer / sieve / leaky pot
 shà (dialect) to sift / to sieve
 fēn zǐ shāi molecular sieve
 guò shāi to put through a sieve / to sift (flour etc) / to strain (a liquid) / (fig.) to screen / to filter / to select
 kǒng yǎn hole (e.g. of sieve or colander)
 luó quān round frame of a sieve
 shāi fǎ the sieve method (for primes)
 lu:4 pàn sieve plate / sieve tray / perforated tray
  sieve rake
 shāi guǎn (botany) sieve tube
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