"Ice" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 jiān bīng ice / (fig.) frosty relationship
 bīng xuě ice and snow
 bīng fēng to freeze over / to ice over / icebound / to shelve (a proposal etc)
 bīng qí lín ice cream
 bīng kuài ice cube / ice chunk
 bīng huǒ fire and ice / combination of sharply contrasting or incompatible elements
 xuě gāo ice cream bar / ice cream popsicle
 bīng tiān xuě dì a world of ice and snow
 bīng jī líng ice cream
 bīng shuāng (literary) ice formed in freezing weather as frost or icicles etc (often used as a metaphor for moral uprightness, strictness, sternness or aloofness)
 róng huà to melt (of ice, metals etc)
 bīng jīng ice crystals
 liū bīng ice skating / (slang) to do meth
 pò bīng to break the ice / groundbreaking (in relations)
 bīng gùn popsicle / ice lolly / CL:根[gen1]
 bīng qiú ice hockey / puck
 bīng diāo ice sculpture
 bīng yuán ice field
 rú lu:3 bó bīng lit. as if walking on thin ice (idiom) / fig. to be extremely cautious / to be skating on thin ice
 bīng huā ice crystal / frost (on windows)
 bīng bàng popsicle / ice pop / CL:根[gen1]
 liū bīng chǎng ice rink / skating rink
 bào bīng shaved or crushed ice dessert or beverage
 bīng dēng ice lantern
 bīng dài ice bag
 dì sì jì fourth period / quaternary (geological period covering the recent ice ages over the last 180,000 years)
 liū bīng xié skating shoes / ice skates / roller skates / roller blades
 bīng gài ice sheet
 fú bīng ice floe
 bīng dāo ice skates / ice skate blades
 gān bīng dry ice (i.e. frozen CO2) / CL:塊|块[kuai4]
 bīng dòng hole in ice / crevasse
 bīng chǎng skating or ice rink / ice stadium / ice arena
 zhì bīng jī ice maker
 lěng cáng xiāng cooler / ice chest / reefer container
 hǎi bīng sea ice
 bīng qī glacial epoch / ice age
 yù jié bīng qīng clear as ice and clean as jade (idiom) / spotless / irreproachable / incorruptible
 bīng tǒng ice bucket
 pò bīng chuán ice breaker
 bīng gùn r ice lolly / popsicle
 chú bīng to defrost / to get rid of ice
 bīng xiāo wǎ jiě to melt like ice and break like tiles / to disintegrate / to dissolve
 líng to approach / to rise high / thick ice / to insult or maltreat
 cuān ice spud (aka ice chisel) with a pointy tip / to break a hole in ice (for ice fishing etc) using an ice spud
 lěng ruò bīng shuāng as cold as ice and frost (idiom, usually of woman) / icy manner / frigid
 bīng qīng yù jié clear as ice and clean as jade (idiom) / spotless / irreproachable / incorruptible
 bīng hú qiū yuè jade ice jug and autumn moon (idiom, from poem by Song writer Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡) / fig. spotless white and pure / flawless person
 xià chóng bù kě yǐ yǔ bīng a summer insect cannot discuss ice (idiom)
 hǔ wěi chūn bīng lit. like stepping on a tiger's tail or spring ice (idiom) / fig. extremely dangerous situation
 bīng shā slushie / smoothie / crushed ice drink / frappucino
 bīng qiú chǎng ice hockey rink
 bīng xìn ice core
 bīng chuān qī ice age
 bīng guàn inland ice sheet
 bīng pái ice raft / ice floe
 bīng tàn bù xiāng róng as incompatible or irreconcilable as ice and hot coals
 quán xīn jì holocene / period since the last ice age
 Quán xīn shì Holocene (geological period covering approx 12000 years since the last ice age)
 jiā bīng kuài on the rocks / with ice / iced
 Yáo Bīn Yao Bin (1957-), PRC champion ice skater during early 1980s and more recently national skating coach
 bīng dòng sān chǐ , fēi yī rì zhī hán three feet of ice does not form in a single day (idiom) / Rome wasn't built in a day
 bīng tuó zi (coll.) chunks of ice
 bīng kuài hé ice cube tray
 bīng sāi ice blockage / freezing of waterway
 bīng hè ice gully
 bīng bà freezing blockage / dam of ice on river
 bīng hé shí qī ice age
 bīng hé qī ice age
 bīng tàn bù yán , lěng rè zì míng ice or coals, whether hot or cold goes without saying (idiom) / fig. sincerity is not expressed in words
 bīng chuán ice breaker (ship)
 bīng shí glaciated / eroded by ice
 Gēng xīn shì Pleistocene (geological epoch from 2m years ago, covering the most recent ice ages)
 shuǐ bīng water ice (i.e. frozen H2O)
 fú bīng qún ice pack
 yí bīng ignorant / doubt stemming from ignorance / (a summer insect has no word for ice, Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3])
 pò bīng jiàn ice breaker
 suì bīng chuán ice breaker / same as 冰船[bing1 chuan2]
 jī bīng ice accretion
 yǔ sōng frost / a patina of ice from freezing rain or water vapor
 xuě tiáo ice lolly / popsicle
 bīng jià ice shelf
 bīng yè rì zhōng huā ice plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum)
 jí dì bīng polar ice
  grounded ice
西  West Antarctic Ice Sheet Initiative
 xiǎo bīng chuān qī Little Ice Age
 nán jí bīng xìn gǔ huán jìng jì lù Paleoenvironmental Records from Antarctic Ice Cores
 fú bīng dǎo ice island
 xīn bīng young ice
 xī shū bīng open ice
 āi mò lǐ bīng jià hǎi yáng yán jiū fāng àn Amery Ice Shelf Ocean Research programme
  drift ice / ice pack / pack ice;
 máo bīng anchor ice
 nán jí bīng yuán qū hǎi yáng shēng tài xì tǒng yán jiū Antarctic Marine Ecosystem Research at the Ice Edge Zone
  European Programme for Ice Coring in Antarctica
 duō nián bīng multi-year ice
 lǎo bīng old ice
 hú bīng lake ice
 bīng hé shí dài ice age
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