a hanging spike of ice formed by the freezing of dripping water

circular cone; conical shape; taper

cone; pyramid; any solid body that tapers from a base to a single point

a conical shape, such as a cone, pyramid, or taper

a small tool with a sharp point used for making holes in leather or wood

A tool used for turning and installing or removing screws, usually with a handle and a flat or cross-shaped tip.

Erlenmeyer flask; a flat-bottomed conical laboratory flask

a conical surface or cone

a curve obtained by intersecting a cone with a plane, such as a circle, ellipse, parabola, or hyperbola

The degree to which a cone-shaped object narrows; specifically the ratio of the difference between the diameters of the two ends to the distance between them.

A polyhedron with a polygonal base and triangular sides that meet at a single point; also known as [[角锥|角錐|jiao3 zhui1]] in Taiwan.

circular cone; taper

A place just large enough to stick a needle; used to describe a very small space, often in the negative to mean having no place at all to call one's own.

without enough space to stick a needle; used to describe extreme poverty or a total lack of property

a tool used to cut internal screw threads inside a hole; also called [[丝攻|絲攻|si1 gong1]] or [[螺丝攻|螺絲攻|luo2 si1 gong1]]

A polyhedron with a polygonal base and several triangular faces that meet at a common vertex; also called [[角锥体|角錐體|jiao3 zhui1 ti3]] or [[棱锥|稜錐|leng2 zhui1]].

(physics) a surface in space-time that includes all possible paths of light starting from or arriving at a specific point

(botany) a loose branching cluster of flowers, such as those found on mango or red bean plants; also known as [[复总状花序|複總狀花序|fu4 zong3 zhuang4 hua1 xu4]]

(literary) writing brush; a Chinese brush pen

not even enough land to stand an awl; extremely poor; absolutely destitute

to start preparing only when the fight begins; to be too late to take action

literally meaning a sharp awl placed in a cloth bag will eventually poke through the fabric; used to describe a person of great talent whose abilities will inevitably be recognized even if they are currently hidden or ignored

extremely poor, with not even enough land to stand an awl on; as poor as a church mouse

the tip of an awl or a knife; used to describe petty profits or trivial matters

to study tirelessly or goad oneself to work hard; literally means to prick one's thigh with a spike to stay awake while reading

a pyramid with a triangular base and three triangular lateral faces; a tetrahedron

a three-dimensional shape with four triangular faces, any of which can serve as the base; also called a tetrahedron

traffic cone; road cone; a cone-shaped obstacle used to temporarily divide roads or provide warnings

A hanging spike of ice formed by the freezing of dripping water; an icicle.

an exceptionally talented person who has not yet been recognized or discovered

The part of a cone that remains after the top is cut off by a plane parallel to the base; also called [[圆台|圓台|yuan2 tai2]]

cone; conical or coniform shape

shaped like a cone; conical

(bird species of China) Swinhoe's snipe (Gallinago megala)

to study assiduously and tirelessly; literally "to hang one's head from a beam and prick one's thigh with an awl" to stay awake and focused

the solitary snipe (Gallinago solitaria), a bird species found in China

the common snipe (Gallinago gallinago), a species of wading bird with a long bill and distinctive fanned tail

(bird species of China) wood snipe (Gallinago nemoricola)

a polyhedron formed by connecting a polygonal base and a point called the apex

a geometric solid representing the portion of a pyramid that remains after its top is cut off by a plane parallel to its base

(literary) writing brush; a humorous or derogatory term for a Chinese calligraphy brush

a species of small tree in the beech family Castanopsis fordii native to southern China and Southeast Asia

the Latham's snipe, a species of bird native to East Asia and Australia with the scientific name Gallinago hardwickii

any of several plants in the genus Echinacea; purple coneflower

space to stick a needle; a very small patch of land or property

A solid shape with a polygon for a base and triangular sides that meet at a single point.

traffic cone; road cone

the pin-tailed snipe (Gallinago stenura), a species of migratory wading bird found in Asia

the part of a cone that remains after the top is cut off by a plane parallel to the base