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Definition
- stone
- rock
- stone inscription
- a Surname
- radical (Kang Xi 112)
Other pronunciations
| 石 | dàn |
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Compounds (164)
broken; to break; to damage; to destroy; torn; to cut; to split; lousy; to defeat; to eradicate; to get rid of
weight; number; code; to pile; to stack; classifier (for length or distance (yard), happenings etc); measure word
to rub; to grind; to polish; to sharpen; to wear down; to die out; to waste time; to pester; to insist
to break (down); to break into pieces; broken; fragmentary; to scatter; scattered; to crush; crushed; to smash; smashed; to torn; torned; to bust; busted
chime stones, ancient percussion instrument made of stone or jade pieces hung in a row and struck as a xylophone
a thorny tree; sugarcane; Cudrania triloba; three-bristle cudrania (Cudrania tricuspidata); Chinese mulberry (Cudrania)
Related words (273)
"shikumen" style architecture: traditional (ca. 19th century) residences with courtyards, once common in Shanghai
grouper (Portuguese: garoupa); also called 鮨; Epinephelinae (subfamily of Serranidae, fish family including grouper)
guardian lion, a lion statue traditionally placed at the entrance of Chinese imperial palaces, imperial tombs, temples etc
early form of Chinese characters inscribed in stone, a precursor of the small seal 小篆
silicosis (occupational disease of miners); grinder's disease; also written 矽末病
(lit.) crossing the river by feeling for stones; improvise by trial-and-error; move cautiously
Idioms (25)
(lit.) to throw a stone and see it sink without trace in the sea (idiom); (fig.) to elicit no response
(lit.) to strike a stone with egg (idiom); to attempt the impossible; to invite disaster by overreaching oneself
to throw stones at sb who fell down a well (idiom); to hit a person who is down
(lit.) to toss a stone to find out what's ahead (idiom); (fig.) to test the waters
dripping water penetrates the stone (idiom); constant perseverance yields success; persistent effort overcomes any difficulty
(lit.) mountain springs and rocks in one's heart (idiom); a deep love of mountain scenery
(lit.) when the seas run dry and the stones go soft (idiom); (fig.) forever; until the end of time
dripping water penetrates the stone (idiom); constant perseverance yields success; You can achieve your aim if you try hard without giving up.; Persistent effort overcomes any difficulty.
dripping water penetrates the stone (idiom); constant perseverance yields success; You can achieve your aim if you try hard without giving up.; Persistent effort overcomes any difficulty.
to touch base matter and turn it to gold (idiom); fig. to turn crude writing into a literary gem
to throw stones at sb who fell down a well (idiom); to hit a person who is down
(lit.) to use a sacred tripod as cooking pot and jade as ordinary stone (idiom); fig. a waste of precious material; casting pearls before swine
(lit.) the dragon-fly shakes the stone tower (idiom); fig. to overestimate one's capabilities
to wade the river by groping for stones (idiom); to advance step by step; to feel one's way around
(lit.) the other mountain's stone can polish jade (idiom); to improve oneself by accepting criticism from outside; to borrow talent from abroad to develop the nation effectively
to move a stone and stub one's toe; to shoot oneself in the foot (idiom)
to crush one's own foot while trying to maneuver a rock (to a cliff edge, to drop on one's enemy) (idiom); hoisted by one's own petard
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