"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
敖包 áo bāo (loanword from Mongolian) road or boundary marker made of piled up earth or stones, formerly worshipped as the dwelling place of spirits
嶅 áo hill strewn with stones / (used in place names)
海枯石烂 hǎi kū - shí làn lit. until the seas dry up and stones go soft (idiom) / fig. forever / until the end of time
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