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fossil
HSK 5
precious stone; gem / CL: , 顆|颗
HSK 4
foundation stone; cornerstone / (fig.) basis; foundation
bluestone / limestone (colloquial)
Jinguashi, town in Ruifang District, New Taipei City, Taiwan, noted for its historic gold and copper mines, used as a prisoner-of-war camp by the Japanese (1942-1945)
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
reef
HSK 7-9
Chiang Kai-shek (1887-1975), military leader, head of the Nationalist government in China 1928-1949 and the government in exile on Taiwan 1950-1975
stepping stone / fig. person used to advance one's career
soapstone
Wang Anshi (1021-1086), Song dynasty politician and writer, one of the Eight Giants 唐宋八大家
rock-solid
dental calculus; tartar
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.
marble
meteorite / aerolite / CL: 塊|块, 顆|颗
HSK 7-9
sapphire
diamond / CL: 顆|颗
HSK 7-9
brick
(geology) rock
HSK 7-9
diamond / also called 鑽石|钻石
beryl
huge rock; boulder; monolith
kidney stone
sand and stones
solitaire (puzzle)
limestone
touchstone / fig. test that sth is genuine
pebble / cobblestone
moonstone
gravel / pebbles
philosopher's stone
iron ore
lapis lazuli
stalactite
Dongshi or Tungshih Township in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县, west Taiwan
(mining) gangue
whetstone (for honing knives)
obsidian (mining)
rocks / stones / rubble / riprap
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surname Shi / abbr. for Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄, the capital of Hebei
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  *石* | 石* | *石
dry measure for grain equal to ten dou ; one hundred liters / ancient pr. [shi2]
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  *石* | 石* | *石
rock / stone / stone inscription / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音
niter / saltpeter / potassium nitrate KNO3
cobble; cobblestone; pebble
jade / jade and stone / (fig.) the good and the bad
(mineralogy) apatite
semi-precious stone
as solid as rock (idiom); as sure as houses
Jianshi or Chienshih township in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县, northwest Taiwan
zeolite
gravel; crushed rock; rock debris
turquoise (gemstone)
vermiculite
hectoliter / quintal
(mineralogy) carnallite
Natsume Sōseki (1867-1916), one of the first modern Japanese novelists
pumice
boulder
ruby
falling stone
fluorite CaF2 / fluorspar / fluor
flint
dolomite
ore
marble
magnet
Qiao Shi (1924-2015), Chinese politician
calcite (CaCO3 as rock-forming mineral)
tombstone; gravestone
flint
chondrite (type of meteorite)
chlorite (geology)
lit. to strike a stone with egg (idiom); to attempt the impossible / to invite disaster by overreaching oneself
garnet
pyroxene (family of rock-forming minerals) / augite
Rock Records, Taiwanese record label / the Rolling Stones, British rock band / Rolling Stone (magazine)
precious stone / jewel
sandstone / sand and stone / aggregate
Lingshi county in Jinzhong 晉中|晋中, Shanxi
flint (stone)
(mining) coal gangue
iron and stone
pillar
fluorite CaF2 / fluorspar / fluor
the Elgin Marbles, the Parthenon marbles stolen in 1801-1810 by Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin
solid as a boulder (idiom); absolutely secure / rock-firm and unyielding
pumice stone
(medicine) calculus; stone
living fossil
garnet (red gemstone Mg3Al2Si3O12)
stone (British unit of mass equal to 14 pounds (about 6.3 kilograms))
ornamental limestone rock (供石) from Yingde 英德, Guangdong
magnet
siliceous rock
opal
ocher (pigment)
metal and stone / fig. hard objects / inscription on metal or bronze
magnetite Fe3O4

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