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to sway / to waver / to rock / to rattle / to destabilize / to pose a challenge to
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *掀* | 掀* | *掀
to lift (a lid) / to rock / to convulse
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *摇* | 摇* | *摇
to shake / to rock / to row / to crank
HSK 4
to rock / to sway / to flicker (e.g. of lights reflected on water) / to flutter (e.g. of a flag) / to trick sb into doing sth / to dupe / to con
HSK 7-9
rock garden / rockery
(bird species of China) rock bunting (Emberiza cia)
crystal sugar / rock candy
(coll.) rock-solid; no-nonsense; undeniably genuine (esp. of skills, effort, performance or service)
to rock; to shake; to sway
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *砬* | 砬* | *砬
a huge boulder / a towering rock
to sway to and fro / to rock back and forth
HSK 7-9
lit. one object bests another object / every item has a weakness (idiom) / there is a rock to every scissor, a scissor to every paper, and a paper to every rock
as secure as Mount Taishan / as solid as a rock
rock-solid
wooden horse / rocking horse / vaulting horse (gymnastics) / trojan horse (computing)
rock 'n' roll (music) / to rock / to fall off
HSK 7-9
to rock / to sway / to shake
HSK 7-9
rock
HSK 7-9
rock music / rock 'n roll
post-rock (music genre)
huge rock; boulder; monolith
to sweep the floor / (fig.) (of one's reputation etc) to reach rock bottom / to be at an all-time low
to stand tall and rock-solid (idiom) / towering majestically / (of a person) to stand up against sb
finger-guessing game / rock-paper-scissors game / morra
rock-paper-scissors (game)
intrusive rock
extrusive rock (geology)
(idiom) between a rock and a hard place / in a dilemma
submerged reef (rock)
igneous rock (geology) / volcanic rock
excavated soil and rock / construction spoil
heaven falls and earth rends (idiom); rocked by a major disaster / fig. violent revolution / major social upheaval
comfortable armchair; easy chair / rocking chair
metamorphic rock (geology)
rock-paper-scissors (game)
sedimentary rock (geology)
rhyolite (extrusive igneous rock, chemically equivalent to granite)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *石* | 石* | *石
rock / stone / stone inscription / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音
(idiom) sheer cliffs and precipitous rock faces
to shake; to sway; to rock
as solid as rock (idiom); as sure as houses
rock painting / picture or writing carved on rocks
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
gravel; crushed rock; rock debris
oil bearing rock
the Doors, US rock band
rock strata
Cui Jian (1961-), father of Chinese rock music
rock crystal (mineral)
rock-paper-scissors (hand game)
cap rock
rock garden / rockery
sheer cliffs and precipitous rock faces (idiom)
calcite (CaCO3 as rock-forming mineral)
to shake / to rock
(bird species of China) blue rock thrush (Monticola solitarius)
pyroxene (family of rock-forming minerals) / augite
(idiom) between a rock and a hard place / in a dilemma
(bird species of China) white-throated rock thrush (Monticola gularis)
lit. for one's face to reach rock bottom / to be thoroughly discredited (idiom)
Rock Records, Taiwanese record label / the Rolling Stones, British rock band / Rolling Stone (magazine)
Uluru, iconic large rock formation in central Australia, sacred to Aboriginals, a World Heritage Site / also known as Ayers Rock
The Who (1960s UK rock band)
unplugged (of rock musicians performing on acoustic instruments)
(bird species of China) chestnut-bellied rock thrush (Monticola rufiventris)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *碉* | 碉* | *碉
rock cave (archaic)
(bird species of China) common rock thrush (Monticola saxatilis)
solid as a boulder (idiom); absolutely secure / rock-firm and unyielding
post-rock (music genre)
ornamental limestone rock (供石) from Yingde 英德, Guangdong
rock climbing / to climb a rockface
stone / rock
siliceous rock
rock drill
stratified rock / flagstone
rocking chair
plutonic rock / abyssal rock
(geology) igneous; volcanic (rock)
roof / roof plate / rock layer forming roof of a cave or mine / abacus
(bird species of China) rock dove (Columba livia)
place name in Ningxia with rock carving conjectured to be a stage in the development of Chinese characters
rock cave / grotto / cliff caves (often with Buddhist statues)
unstratified rock
moraine / rock debris from glacier
lit. an egg colliding with a rock (idiom) / fig. to attack sb stronger than oneself / to overrate one's abilities
scholar's rock (one of the naturally-eroded, fantastically-shaped rocks put on display indoors or in gardens in China)
olivine (rock-forming mineral magnesium-iron silicate (Mg,Fe)2SiO4) / peridot
to rock one's body backward and forward / to be convulsed (with laughter etc)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *砄* | 砄* | *砄
stone / rock
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *旝* | 旝* | *旝
(literary) standard; banner (raised for battle) / (literary) catapult, or a rock launched by a catapult
a crack in a rock
ultrabasic rock (geology, rock containing less than 45 percent silicates)
a drill / a hammer drill for boring through rock / same as 釺子|钎子
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *岩* | 岩* | *岩
cliff / rock
(bird species of China) rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta)
bare rock
rock quarry
to shake / to rock
Amah Rock in Sha Tin 沙田, Hong Kong
to hit rock bottom (idiom)

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