"Dust" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 huī chén dust
 fěn mò fine powder / dust
 huī ash / dust / lime / gray / discouraged / dejected
 chén āi dust
 chén tǔ dust
 fěn chén dust / airborne powder / solid particulate matter
 huī tǔ dust / (soil taxonomy) spodosol
 tǔ earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
 mò zi powder / dust
 āi dust / dirt / angstrom / phonetic ai or e
 mò tip / end / final stage / latter part / inessential detail / powder / dust / opera role of old man
 chén dust / dirt / earth
 ài dust / mud
 dǎn to dust
 wěng flying dust (dialect) / dust
 fěn tǔ dust / sand
 wēi chén dust / (Buddhism) minutest particle of matter
 bèn dust / to dust / a bank of earth / to bring together / to dig / also pr. [fen4]
 fú chén dust (floating in the air or settled on a surface) / large amount of airborne sand and dust, such as during a sandstorm
 juǎn qǐ to roll up / to curl up / (of dust etc) to swirl up
 fēng chén windblown dust / hardships of travel / vicissitudes of life / prostitution
 zhān mǎn muddy / covered in (mud, dust, sweat, blood etc) / daubed in
 chú chén to eliminate dust (i.e. filter out suspended particles)
 chén fēng covered in dust / dusty / lying unused for a long time
 yān chén smoke and dust / air pollution
 shā chén airborne sand and dust
 shā chén bào sand and dust storm
 juǎn tǔ chóng lái lit. to return in a swirl of dust (idiom) / fig. to regroup and come back even stronger / to make a comeback
 xī chén qì vacuum cleaner / dust catcher
 yī chén bù rǎn untainted by even a speck of dust (idiom) / selfless and incorruptible / spotless
 hòu chén lit. trailing dust / fig. sb's footsteps / course in life
 wàng chén mò jí lit. to see only the other rider's dust and have no hope of catching up (idiom) / to be far inferior
 chú chén qì de-duster / dust collector / dust separator / precipitator
 fēng chén pú pú lit. covered in dust (idiom) / fig. travel-worn
 bù fèi chuī huī zhī lì as easy as blowing off dust / effortless / with ease
 chén wù cloud of dust / smog
 fú tǔ topsoil / surface dust
 zhēng chén the dust of a long journey
 chén mǎn dust mite
 tán guān xiāng qìng lit. to flick dust off sb's cap (idiom) / to celebrate an official appointment / to congratulate and celebrate (promotion, graduation etc)
 dǎn to brush away / to dust off / brush / duster / CL:把[ba3]
 wàn niàn jù huī every hope turns to dust (idiom) / completely disheartened
 shèn xiāo chén shàng clamor raises the dust (idiom) / a tremendous clamor / to raise a tremendous stink
 mǒ yī bí zi huī lit. to rub one's nose with dust / to suffer a snub / to meet with a rebuff
 yì chén duàn yāng lit. kicking up the dust and breaking the harness / fig. to ride like the wind (idiom)
 chén āi luò dìng lit. the dust has settled (idiom) / fig. to get sorted out / to be finalized
 hù fēng dust jacket (of a book) / protective cover / document seal
 chén bào dust devil
 méi xiè coal dust / coal slack
 yǎng fine dust / plentiful / vast
 fèn dust, earth / a bank of earth / to dig / to bring together
 chuī huī to blow away dust
 wěng běng dust storm
 chén yún dust cloud
 yǐ jiàn fēn xiǎo the result becomes apparent / (after) the dust has settled
 juān āi tiny stream of dust / tiny things / negligible
 dí chén to wash off dust
 mǎn liǎn fēng chén lit. with a face full of dust / showing the hardships of travel (idiom)
 lu:4 chén qì dust filter
 jiàng chén dust fall / fallout (volcanic, nuclear etc) / particulate matter
 chú chén jī dusting machine / dust filter
 piāo chén floating dust / atmospheric particles
 yǎng huà yóu fěn mò uranium oxide dust
  man-made dust
  gravimetric dust sampler
 luò chén dust fall / fallout (volcanic, nuclear etc) / particulate matter
 yǔ zhòu chén cosmic dust
 huì xīng bīng chén shí yàn Cometary Ice and Dust Experiment
 yī qí jué chén (idiom) to lead the pack by a wide margin / to leave one's competitors trailing behind in one's dust
 chuī dēng bá là lit. to blow out the lamp and put out the candle (idiom) / fig. to die / to bite the dust / to be over and done with
 huī mái dust haze / dust storm
 xiān chén speck of dust / fine dust
 fēng chén to gather dust
 shū yāo (Tw) (publishing) belly band (paper sash around a book, outside the dust jacket)
 chī huī (neologism c. 2019) (coll.) to gather dust
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