石头 (石頭) shítou
shítou
noun
rock; stone
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
, Subdomain: Nature
Notes: (Guoyu '石頭')
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- 搬起石头砸自己的脚(搬起石頭砸自己的腳) to crush one's own foot while trying to maneuver a rock (to a cliff edge, to drop on one's enemy)
- 摸石头过河(摸石頭過河) crossing the river by feeling for stones; improvise by trial-and-error; move cautiously
- 剪刀石头布(剪刀石頭布) rock-paper-scissors (game)
- 圆石头(圓石頭) boulder
- 鸡蛋碰石头(雞蛋碰石頭) an egg colliding with a rock; to attack sb stronger than oneself; to overrate one's abilities
- 石头火锅(石頭火鍋) claypot (used in cooking)
- 摸着石头过河(摸著石頭過河) to wade across the river, feeling for footholds as one goes; to advance cautiously, step by step
- 搬石头砸自己的脚(搬石頭砸自己的腳) to move a stone and stub one's toe; to shoot oneself in the foot
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- 卷一 本紀第一: 高祖上 Volume 1: Emperor Wu 1 Book of Chen 陳書 — count: 14
- 卷96 司馬叡列傳 賨李雄列傳 Volume 96: Biography of Sima Rui, Biography of Cong Lixiong Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 13
- 卷二十七 志第十七 五行上 Volume 27 Treatises 17: Five Elements Part One Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 12
- 卷一 本紀第一 高帝上 Volume 1 Annals 1: Emperor Gao of Southern Qi 1 Book of Southern Qi 南齊書 — count: 12
- 卷三十三 志第二十三 五行四 Volume 33 Treatises 23: Five Elements 4 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 12
- 卷二十六 列傳第十六 袁湛 Volume 26 Biographies 16: Yuan Zhan History of the Southern Dynasties 南史 — count: 11
- 第三十二回 Chapter 32 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 11
- 卷九 陳本紀上第九 武帝 文帝 廢帝 Volume 9 Chen Annals 1: Emperor Wu, Emperor Wen, Deposed Emperor History of the Southern Dynasties 南史 — count: 11
- 卷97 島夷桓玄 海夷馮跋 島夷劉裕 Volume 97: Huan Xuan of the Daoyi People, Feng Ba of the Haiyi, Liu Yu of the Daoyi Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 11
Collocations
- 入石头 (入石頭) 王濬傳載濬入石頭後上書有 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷三 帝紀第三 世祖武帝 Volume 3 Annals 3: Emperor Wu — count: 40
- 石头戍 (石頭戍) 領石頭戍事 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷六 本紀第六 孝武帝 Volume 6 Annals 6: Emperor Xiao Wu — count: 17
- 镇石头 (鎮石頭) 領兵鎮石頭 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷六十五 列傳第三十五 王導 Volume 65 Biographies 35: Wang Dao — count: 16
- 领石头 (領石頭) 領石頭戍事 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷六 本紀第六 孝武帝 Volume 6 Annals 6: Emperor Xiao Wu — count: 16
- 石头城 (石頭城) 袭石头城 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷五十六 吳書十一 朱治朱然呂範朱桓傳 Volume 56: Book of Wu 11 - Biographies of Zhu Zhi, Zhu Ran, Lü Fan, and Zhu Huan — count: 14
- 戍石头 (戍石頭) 戍石頭 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷七十九 列傳第四十九 謝尚 謝安 Volume 79 Biographies 49: Xie Shang; Xie An — count: 13
- 守石头 (守石頭) 右將軍周札守石頭 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷六 帝紀第六 中宗元帝 肅宗明帝 Volume 6 Annals 6: Emperor Yuan; Emperor Ming — count: 10
- 在石头 (在石頭) 令居惡虜在石頭山之西 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷二十六 魏書二十六 滿田牽郭傳 Volume 26: Book of Wei 26 - Biographies of Man, Tian, Qian, and Guo — count: 9
- 幸石头 (幸石頭) 峻又逼乘輿幸石頭 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷六十五 列傳第三十五 王導 Volume 65 Biographies 35: Wang Dao — count: 7
- 攻石头 (攻石頭) 敦前鋒攻石頭 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷六 帝紀第六 中宗元帝 肅宗明帝 Volume 6 Annals 6: Emperor Yuan; Emperor Ming — count: 6