"Wood" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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木材 mù cái wood
木杆 mù gān wooden pole / wood (golf club)
木 mù tree / wood / coffin / wooden / simple / numb / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
木头 mù tou slow-witted / blockhead / log (of wood, timber etc) / CL:塊|块[kuai4],根[gen1]
五行 wǔ xíng five phases of Chinese philosophy: wood 木, fire 火, earth 土, metal 金, water 水
纹理 wén lǐ vein lines (in marble or fingerprint) / grain (in wood etc)
丁丁 zhēng zhēng sound of chopping wood, chess pieces hitting the board etc
甲醇 jiǎ chún methyl alcohol / methanol CH3OH / wood alcohol / wood spirit
红木 hóng mù red wood / mahogany / rosewood / padauk
木耳 mù ěr wood ear / jelly ear (edible fungus) / CL:朵[duo3]
纹路 wén lù veined pattern / wrinkles / vein lines (in marble or fingerprint) / grain (in wood etc)
篱笆 lí ba fence (esp. of bamboo or wood railings)
竹木 zhú mù bamboo and wood
朽木 xiǔ mù rotten wood
伐木 fá mù to cut wood / tree-felling / lumbering
松木 sōng mù pine wood / deal / larch
木屑 mù xiè wood shavings / sawdust
蛀虫 zhù chóng insect that eats into wood, books, clothes etc / fig. vermin
劈柴 pǐ chái chopped wood / firewood
苏木 sū mù sappan wood (Caesalpinia sappan), used in Chinese medicine / administrative subdivision of banner 旗 / (county) in Inner Mongolia (Mongol: arrow)
砍树 kǎn shù to chop wood / to chop down trees
木片 mù piàn flat piece of wood / wood chip / CL:塊|块[kuai4],片[pian4]
八音 bā yīn ancient classification system for musical instruments, based on the material of which the instrument is made (metal 金, stone 石, clay 土, leather 革, silk 絲|丝, wood 木, gourd 匏, bamboo 竹) / the eight kinds of sound produced by instruments in these categories / music
门闩 mén shuān horizontal bar to hold a door closed (made of wood or metal) / door bolt
灌木林 guàn mù lín shrubbery / low wood
刨花 bào huā wood shavings
盲人摸象 máng rén mō xiàng blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[da4 ban1 Nie4 pan2 jing1]) / fig. unable to see the big picture / to mistake the part for the whole / unable to see the wood for the trees
硅化木 guī huà mù petrified wood (geology)
签 qiān inscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc) / small wood sliver / label / tag
纹 wén line / trace / mark / pattern / grain (of wood etc)
炭 tàn wood charcoal / coal
栈 zhàn a wooden or bamboo pen for sheep or cattle / wood or bamboo trestlework / a warehouse / (computing) stack
札 zhá thin piece of wood used a writing tablet (in ancient China) / a kind of official document (in former times) / letter / note / plague
樵 qiáo firewood / gather wood
镌 juān to engrave (on wood or stone) / to inscribe
燧 suì fire / speculum / to obtain fire by drilling wood, striking flint, sun's rays etc
槎 chá a raft made of bamboo or wood / to fell trees / to hew
巽 xùn to obey / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing wood and wind / ☴ / ancient Chinese compass point: 135° / (southeast)
桄 guàng woven wood and bamboo utensil / classifier for threads and strings
剞 jī curved wood graver
一叶障目 yī yè zhàng mù lit. eyes obscured by a single leaf (idiom) / fig. not seeing the wider picture / can't see the wood for the trees
只见树木不见森林 zhǐ jiàn shù mù bù jiàn sēn lín unable to see the wood for the trees / fig. only able to see isolated details, and not the bigger picture
土木形骸 tǔ mù xíng hái earth and wood framework (idiom) / plain and undecorated body
木人石心 mù rén shí xīn lit. body made of wood, heart made of stone (idiom) / fig. heartless
烈火干柴 liè huǒ gān chái lit. intense fire to dry wood (idiom) / inferno in a woodpile / fig. consuming passion between lovers
众盲摸象 zhòng máng mō xiàng multitude of blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[da4 ban1 Nie4 pan2 jing1]) / fig. unable to see the big picture / to mistake the part for the whole / unable to see the wood for the trees
鎸 juān variant of 鐫|镌, to engrave (on wood or stone) / to inscribe
榫眼 sǔn yǎn mortise (slot cut into wood to receive a tenon)
爿 pán classifier for strips of land or bamboo, shops, factories etc / slit bamboo or chopped wood (dialect)
柮 duò wood scraps
榾 gǔ scraps of wood
斲 zhuó chop / carve wood
棻 fēn aromatic wood / perfume / fragrance
彔 lù to carve wood
槢 xí a hard wood
枟 yùn wood streaks
丫杈 yā chà fork (of a tree) / tool made of forked wood
五常 wǔ cháng five constant virtues of Confucianism, namely: benevolence 仁, righteousness 義|义, propriety 禮|礼, wisdom 智 / and fidelity 信 / five cardinal relationships of Confucianism (between ruler and subject, father and son, husband and wife, brothers, friends) / five phases of Chinese philosophy: water 水, fire 火, wood 木, metal 金, earth 土
土木身 tǔ mù shēn one's body as wood and earth / undecorated / unvarnished (truth)
拼板玩具 pīn bǎn wán jù jigsaw puzzle / wood block puzzle
拼板游戏 pīn bǎn yóu xì jigsaw puzzle / wood block puzzle
木椆 mù zhòu type of wood used to make punting poles for boats (old)
木蠹 mù dù wood moth / carpenter moth / CL:隻|只[zhi1]
木蠹蛾 mù dù é wood moth / carpenter moth / CL:隻|只[zhi1]
木醇 mù chún wood alcohol / wood spirit / methyl alcohol / methanol CH3OH / same as 甲醇[jia3 chun2]
梧桐木 wú tóng mù Paulownia wood used for musical instruments
栈车 zhàn chē ancient vehicle made of wood and bamboo / CL:輛|辆[liang4]
榛薮 zhēn sǒu dense wood
椮 sēn lush growth (trees) / fishing using bundled wood (archaic)
树化玉 shù huà yù wood jade (type of petrified wood)
熏烤 xūn kǎo to smoke / to cure over a wood fire
留得青山在，不怕没柴烧 liú de qīng shān zài , bù pà méi chái shāo While the green hills last, there'll be wood to burn (idiom). Where there's life there's hope.
瞎子摸象 xiā zi mō xiàng blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[da4 ban1 Nie4 pan2 jing1]) / fig. unable to see the big picture / to mistake the part for the whole / unable to see the wood for the trees
纹缕 wén lu:3 veined pattern / wrinkles / vein lines (in marble or fingerprint) / grain (in wood etc)
胶黐 jiāo chī bird-lime / wood glue
苏枋木 sū fāng mù sappan wood (Caesalpinia sappan), used in Chinese medicine
兰舟 lán zhōu lit. boat made of lily magnolia wood / poetic term for boat
旋木 xuàn mù wood turning / woodwork lathe
钻木取火 zuān mù qǔ huǒ to drill wood to make fire
阴桫 yīn suō a hard wood
香木 xiāng mù incense wood
林柳莺 lín liǔ yīng (bird species of China) wood warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix)
林鹬 lín yù (bird species of China) wood sandpiper (Tringa glareola)
木版画 mù bǎn huà woodcut / wood engraving
木精 mù jīng methanol / methyl alcohol / wood alcohol / wood spirit
重齿铁线子木  bullet wood / beefwood
木材原产地  wood origin
亚太区域木柴能源开发方桉  Regional Wood Energy Development Programme in Asia and the Pacific
碎木机 suì mù jī shredder / hog mill / wood processor
废木材 fèi mù cái waste wood
木材削片  wood chip
无害环境森林公路和木材运输讨论会  Seminar on Environmentally Sound Forest Roads and Wood Transport
制材 zhì cái lumber / sawn wood
木质能源 mù zhì néng yuán wood energy
国际建筑工人和木工联合会  International Federation of Building and Wood Workers
封闭林 fēng bì lín closed wood
纸和木制品咨询委员会  Advisory Committee on Paper and Wood Products
柴灶 chái zào wood stove
可自由获取的木材资源  open-access wood resources
木材厚片加工机  wood chunker / chunkwood processor
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