"Stones" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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乱石 luàn shí rocks / stones / rubble / riprap
珠宝 zhū bǎo pearls / jewels / precious stones
滚石 Gǔn shí Rock Records, Taiwanese record label / the Rolling Stones, British rock band / Rolling Stone (magazine)
泥石流 ní shí liú landslide / torrent of mud and stones / mudslide
沙石 shā shí sand and stones
落井下石 luò jǐng xià shí to throw stones at sb who has fallen down a well (idiom) / to hit a person when he's down
海枯石烂 hǎi kū shí làn lit. when the seas run dry and the stones go soft (idiom) / fig. forever / until the end of time
做活 zuò huó to work for a living (esp. of woman needleworker) / life of a group of stones in Go 圍棋|围棋[wei2 qi2]
提子 tí zǐ to capture stones (in Go)
针砭 zhēn biān to critique / to voice concerns about / ancient form of acupuncture using sharp stones as needles
精卫填海 Jīng wèi tián hǎi lit. mythical bird Jingwei tries to fill the ocean with stones (idiom) / futile ambition / task of Sisyphus / determination in the face of impossible odds
垒 lěi rampart / base (in baseball) / to build with stones, bricks etc
砌 qì to build by laying bricks or stones
磬 qìng chime stones, ancient percussion instrument made of stone or jade pieces hung in a row and struck as a xylophone
磥 lěi a heap of stones / boulders
投井下石 tóu jǐng xià shí to throw stones at sb who has fallen down a well (idiom) / to hit a person when he's down
礮 pào ancient ballista for throwing heavy stones / variant of 炮[pao4], cannon
硍 kèn rumbling of rolling stones
砅 lì cross stream by stepping on stones
打水漂 dǎ shuǐ piāo to skip stones (on water) / (coll.) to squander one's money on a bad investment
摸石头过河 mō shí tou guò hé lit. crossing the river by feeling for stones / improvise by trial-and-error / move cautiously
环状列石 huán zhuàng liè shí circular standing stones
盘陀 pán tuó twisted / spiral / uneven stones
编磬 biān qìng musical instrument consisting of a set of chime stones suspended from a beam and struck as a xylophone
垒砌 lěi qì to build a structure out of layered bricks or stones
礌石 lèi shí (old) stones that can be rolled down onto an attacking enemy
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