English Chinese Materials Vocabulary

As an Interior Designer, I always consider that the building materials is very important factor in the design plan and the cost of the projects. To understand well about material, I have to update regularly the basic knowledge from the various kind of material of the manufacturer's catalogs around the world. For example, like ceramics tiles, I always look for information from the Italy catalogs in English and the other catalogs in Chinese. So, it is sometime too bad to read the material catalogs with the fully descriptions written in Chinese. In my point of view, it should be better to have the ideal about what you are looking for. In other words, I have to learn Chinese language to read the building material catalogs. Now, this is the list of the building materials that I have written in the list in a few years ago. I think it is very useful for all of us.

原料	Yuán liào	Raw material
水泥	Shuǐní	Cement
铁	Tiě	Iron
砖	Zhuān	Brick
碎石	Suì shí	Crushed rock
沙	Shā	Sand
石	Shí	Stone
石膏	Shígāo	Gypsum
石墨	Shímò	Graphite
石板	Shí bǎn	Slabstone
石油	Shíyóu	Oil
硅	Guī	Silicon
陶瓷	Táocí	Ceramics
花砖	Huāzhuān	Encaustic tile
油漆	Yóuqī	Varnish
水漆	Shuǐqī	Water painting
混凝土	Hùnníngtǔ	Concrete
钢筋混凝土	Gāngjīnhùnníngtǔ	Reinforced concrete
木地板	Mù dì bǎn	Boarded floor
塑料	Sùliào	Plastic
羊毛	Yángmáo	Wool
锡	Xī	Tin
铜	Tóng	Copper
蜡	Là	Wax
黄铜	Huáng tóng	Brass
木头	Mùtou	Wood
液体	Yètǐ	Liquid
胶水	Jiāoshuǐ	Glue
眼镜	Yǎnjìng	Glasses
煤	Méi	Coal
橡胶	Xiàngjiāo	Rubber
铝	Lǚ	Aluminum
银	Yín	Silver
钻石	Zuànshí	Diamond
金	Jīn	Gold
水晶	Shuǐjīng	Crystal
明矾	Míngfán	Alum
酸	Suān	Acid
树脂	Shùzhī	Resin
皮革	Pígé	Leather
木料	Mùliào	Timber
灰泥	Huīní	Plaster
黏土	Niántǔ	Clay
锈钢	Xiù gāng	Stainless steel
乳胶漆	Rǔjiāoqī	Latex paint
玻璃	Bōli	Glass
彩釉玻璃	Yòu cǎi bō lí	Glaze glass
丙烯酸	Bǐngxīsuān	Acrylic
丙烯酸漆	Bǐngxīsuānqī	Acrylic paint
漆	Qī	Lacquer

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English Vietnamese Idioms

Learning English Idioms is the great way to improve your English knowledge. One of the benefits that you will be more intelligent of English language using. You have ability to read and to write English in the more naturally and smarter mind. For example, you will understand easily the meaning of this idiom "What comes around goes around". By contrast you will be getting in stuck of meaning. Next, you are also able to speak and to listen in the smooth way by using idioms. There are more of idioms that you will be heard in the lectures, the magazines or the conversations on the radio. In the other hand, you will be misunderstood without knowing English Idioms in the time of communication. So, remember that you don't have time to ask the partner again about what they said. At last, learning English Idioms as soon as possible. The more you know about the English idioms, the more you understand well the culture and language using.

A clear conscience fears no false accusation	Cây to không sợ gió
A flow will have an ebb	Sông có khúc, người có lúc
A rolling stone gathers no moss	Một nghề thì sống, đống nghề thì chết
A small lake sinks the great ship	Có chí thì nên
A word is enough to a wise	Người khôn nói ít hiểu nhiều
Adversity brings wisdom	Cái khó ló cái khôn
Beauty dies and fades away	Cái nết đánh chết cái đẹp
Beauty is only skin deep	Tốt gỗ hơn tốt nước sơn
Bite the hand that feeds	Ăn cháo đá bát
Blood is much thicker than water.	Một giọt máu đào hơn ao nước lã.
Catch the bear before you sell his skin	Chưa đỗ ông nghè đã đe hàng tổng.
Constant dripping wears away stone	Nước chảy đá mòn
Cut your coat according to your cloth	Liệu cơm gắp mắm
Empty barrels make the most noise	Thùng rỗng kêu to
Every dog has his day.	Ai giàu ba họ, ai khó ba đời
For mad words, deaf ears.	Tránh voi chẳng xấu mặt nào.
Grasp all, lose all	Tham thì thâm
Great minds think alike	Chí lớn thường gặp nhau
Haste makes waste.	Dục tốc bất đạt
If you play with fire you get burned	Chơi dao có ngày đứt tay
It is the first step that costs	Vạn sự khởi đầu nan
Laughter is the best medicine	Một nụ cười bằng mười thang thuốc bổ
Like father, like son	Cha nào, con nấy.
Losers are always in the wrong	Thắng là vua, thua là giặc.
Man propose, god dispose	Mưu sự tại nhân, thành sự tại thiên
Marriage are made in Heaven	Hôn nhân là do trời định
Men make houses, Women make home	Đàn ông xây nhà, Đàn bà xây tổ ấm
Necessity knows no laws.	Túng thế phải tùng quyền
Never write what you dare not sign	Bút sa gà chết
No pains, No gains	Tay làm hàm nhai
Nothing ventured, nothing gained	Phi thương bất phú
Observations is the best teacher	Trăm nghe không bằng mắt thấy.
Once a thief, always a thief.	Ăn cắp quen tay, ngủ ngày quen mắt
One false step leads to another	Sai một ly đi một dặm.
One fences the tree one eats	Ăn cây nào rào cây ấy
Out of sight, out of mind	Xa mặt cách lòng
Prevention is better than cure	Phòng bệnh hơn chữa bệnh
So many men, so many minds	Chín người, mười ý.
So much to do, so little done.	Lực bất tòng tâm.
Stronger by rice, daring by money	Mạnh vì gạo, bạo vì tiền
The best cloth may have a moth in it	Có nằm trong chăn mới biết có rận
The rotten apple harms its neighbors	Con sâu làm rầu nồi canh
Tit For Tat	Ăn miếng trả miếng.
Travelling forms a young man	Đi một ngày đàng, học một sàng khôn
United we stand, divided we fall	Đoàn kết thì sống, chia rẽ thì chết.
What goes around comes around.	Gậy ông đập lưng ông
When is Rome, do as the Romans do.	Nhập gia tùy tục
When the cat is away, the mice will play	Vắng chủ nhà, gà mọc đuôi tôm.
When the going gets tough, the tough gets going.	Cùng tắc biến, biến tắc thông.
Where there's life, there's hope	Còn nước còn tát

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Chinese English Interior Vocabulary

There are some researches show that Chinese is really a difficult language to learn for many people. It's not only hard to study the vast of Chinese characters but also to listen the sound is really a trouble. Moreover, you will be get stuck on the new Chinese character's meaning and it's not easy to find its meaning on the dictionary. Though there are some disadvantages of learning, you will be so excited when you know them well. However, one thing you should remember that it's take a lot of time to keep in mind what you studied at the beginner. I mean if you don't study Chinese regularly for a long time, you maybe forget them quickly. So, to be patient and diligent is to get more successes in learning.

Fortunately, I'm an lucky guy who have ability to study Chinese. So, this is a list of Chinese English Interior Vocabulary and I hope this is useful and informative for us in general.

厨房	Chúfáng	Kitchen
饭厅	Fàntīng	Dining room
起居室	Qǐjūshì	Living room
卧室	Wòshì	Bedroom
洗衣间	Xǐ yī jiān	Laundry room
书房	Shūfáng	Study room
浴室	Yùshì	Bathroom
浴缸	Yùgāng	Bathtube
卫生间	Wèishēngjiān	Toilet
阁楼	Gélóu	Attic
天花板	Tiānhuābǎn	Ceiling
接待室	Tiēdàishì	Reception room
小卖部	Xiǎomàibù	Shop
酒吧间	Jiǔbājiān	Bar
单人房间	Dān rén fángjiān	Private room
双人房间	Shuāng rén fángjiān	Double room
家具	Jiājù	Furniture
床	Chuáng	Bed
柜子	Guìzi	Chest
帘子	Liánzi	Curtain
抽屉	Chōuti	Drawer
架子	Jiàzi	Shelf
桌子	Zhuōzi	Table
椅子	Yǐzi	Chair
地毯	Dìtǎn	Carpet
小地毯	Xiǎodìtǎn	Rug
壁橱	Bìchú	Cupbroad
书桌	Shūzhuō	Desk
灯	Dēng	Lamp
沙发	Shāfā	Sofa
凳子	Dèngzi	Stool
枝形吊灯	Zhīxíngdiàodēng	Chandelier
条凳	Tiáodèng	Bench
屏风	Píngfēng	Screen
单人床	Dānrénchuáng	Single bed
双人床	Shuāngrénchuáng	Double bed
成对床	Dānrénchuáng	Twin bed
褥子	Rùzi	Mattress
被	Bèi	Quilt
毯子	Tǎnzi	Blanket
枕头	Zhěntou	Pillow
垫子	Diànzi	Cushion
衣柜	Yīguì	Wardrope
镜子	Jìngzi	Mirror
微波炉	Wēibōlú	Microwave
洗碗机	Xíwǎnjī	Dishwasher
冰箱	Bīngxiāng	Refrigerator
梯子	Tīzi	Ladder
淋浴器	Línyùqì	Shower
时钟	Shí zhōng	Clock
暖气片	Nuǎnqìpiàn	Radiator
电扇	Diàn shàn	Electric fan
电话	Diànhuà	Telephone
电熨斗	Diànyùndǒu	Electric iron

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Chinese English Architecture Vocabulary

Studying myself Chinese for more than six years, I have knowlegde of Chinese vocabulary and grammar but maybe I'm not good enough at speaking and listening. In my point of view, it's easy for me to learn because I think the Chinese and Vietnamese grammars are the same in general. Moreover, I have some of the experiences in writing chinese characters when I were a young boy. Actually, I have some friends who think Chinese is very difficult language to study, and they have no change to find a job. So, they have a tendency to study English or Japanese. In fact, English is the second language at Vietnam. Almost Vietnamese people have to study English for their career. The others have to study Japanese well to find a good job to work at Vietnam or to live in Japanese.

I think the Chinese is not popular language in Architecture at Vietnam. I can't find the glossary of architecture term at the Vietnamese websites. So, this is just a short list of Chinese – English Architecture vocabulary that I have studied before. It’s time for me to share to all of you.

 

建筑学	JiànzhúXué	Architecture
建筑物	Jiànzhú wù	Building
平面图	Píngmiàntú	Plan
剖面图	Pōumiàn tú	Section
摩天大楼	Mótiān dàlóu	Skyscraper
层	Céng	Floor
地下室	Dìxiàshì	Basement
屋顶	Wūdǐng	Roof
水平	Shuǐpíng	Level
柱	Zhù	Column
墙	Qiáng	Wall
承重墙	Chéngzhòng qiáng	Main wall (Load-bearing walls)
隔断墙	Géduàn qiáng	Partition wall
建筑正面	Jiànzhú zhèngmiàn	Elevation
建筑物正面	Jiànzhúwù zhèngmiàn	Facade
楼梯	Lóutī	Staircase
电题	Diàn tí	Elevator
桥	Qiáo	Bridge
楼梯间	Lóutī jiān	Stairwell
走廊	Zǒuláng	Corridor
大厅	Dàtīng	Hall, Lobby
房子	Fángzi	House
餐厅	Cāntīng	Restaurant
超级市场	Chāojíshìchǎng	Supermarket
办公室	Bàngōngshì	Office
商场	Shāngchǎng	Shopping Centre
旅馆	Lǚguǎn	Hotel
医院	Yīyuàn	Hospital
大教堂	Dà jiàotáng	Cathedral
教堂	Jiàotáng	Church
宝塔	Bǎotǎ	Pagoda
图书馆	Túshūguǎn	Library
寺庙	Sìmiào	Temple
剧院	Jùyuàn	Theater
学校	Xuéxiào	School
体育馆	Tǐyùguǎn	Gymnasium
体育场	Tǐyùchǎng	Stadium
纪念碑	Jìniànbēi	Monument
停车场	Tíngchēchǎng	Parking
火车站	Huǒchēzhàn	Train station
地铁	Dìtiě	Metro, subway
加油站	Jiāyóu zhàn	Gasoline station
温室	Wēnshì	Greenhouse
城堡	Chéngbǎo	Castle
车库	Chēkù	Garage
建筑师	Jiànzhú shī	Architect
工程师	Gōngchéngshī	Engineer
绘图员	Huìtú yuán	Draftsman
工头	Gōngtóu	Foreman
AutoCAD 绘图	Huìtú	AutoCAD Drawing

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Setting Up The Rendering High Resolution Images In 3ds Max

Unfortunately, there are many 3ds Max users who have trouble with the final render output. They don't know how to print the final image with the correct DPI (dots per inch) value that is good for layout of A1 or A3 paper in Photoshop. Some of them try to render a large image, but it really take a lot of time to finish. The others have to render out and save the final image as TIFF file with 300dpi value. Remember that this way you maybe have the final image with a small size. So, I would like to inform you there is a choice of the render output in 3ds MAX. We call it as Print Size Wiard.
1. Now, start 3ds Max and open the scene you want to render.
2. Click on the render menu, then select "Print Size Assistant"
3. In the "Print Size Assistant", then you have to set up some things for final render.

Actually, there are the same kinds of this tutorial has been found on the Internet. I want to write this tutorial because I think it should be "the more the better". Please see the list of Paper Size below for more information.

Paper Size	DPI	Image Size (WxH)
A4 - 297x210mm	72dpi	841x595
A3 - 420x297mm	72dpi	1190x841
A2 - 594x420mm	72dpi	1683x1190
A1 - 841x594mm	72dpi	2383x1683
A0 - 1189x841mm	72dpi	3370x2383
A4 - 297x210mm	150dpi	1753x1240
A3 - 420x297mm	150dpi	2480x1753
A2 - 594x420mm	150dpi	3506x2480
A1 - 841x594mm	150dpi	4966x3507
A0 - 1189x841mm	150dpi	7021x4966
A4 - 297x210mm	300dpi	3507x2480
A3 - 420x297mm	300dpi	4960x3507
A2 - 594x420mm	300dpi	7013x4960
A1 - 841x594mm	300dpi	9933x7015
A0 - 1189x841mm	300dpi	14043x9933

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Opening Another Application By Using AutoCAD

More than 10 years of AutoCAD experience as a CAD user, I have found many tips and tricks to work more effective and creative during my working time. Fortunately, I have some tips that works well until now, although there are some changes of the AutoCAD version. Today, I would like to share one great tip but I think it would be more funny than useful. I sometime used it to open another application by using AutoCAD. This is the procedure to call another application as you see in the pictures below.

  

Here is how:

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Command: Start <enter>

Application to start: calc <enter>

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By using this tip, you should be remember the name of the application exactly. If there are something wrong, you have to check the name of the application by having a right click on the shortcut of the application, then you can look at its name. I will give you the list of the applications for testing.

Application	Name of the application to be
Calculator	calc
Microsoft Office Word 2007	winword
Microsoft Powerpoint	powerpnt
Paint	mspaint
Internet Explorer	iexplore

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The Keyin As Action Strings In Bentley Microstation

Bentley Microstation is a powerful software but it's not popular in Viet Nam. Almost of Microstation user's point of view just think that this software has been used for Infrastruture and Map Design. I'm sure with you there are few of information about this software at the Viet Nam Construction websites and Forums, and there is nothing at the Viet Nam Architecture and Interior websites. However, I have already known that there are a little of architects who can use it to make the drawings systematically at the outsource company in Viet Nam...

As the four years experiences of Microstation user, I would like to share to all you the hidden secrets in Microstation today. In this post, I just want to say about how to make the new keyin by using many action strings together. Actually, there are two ways of stringing keyins together. The first is to simply keyin them all in on one line and separate each keyin with a semi-colon. This is typically referred to as an action string. The other is to use a script file which is described.
At the first place, I give you the great example of simple keyin that I found on Internet:

set construct toggle; selview all; update all

The explanation of the action:
set construct toggle Is the actual command to turn the construction elements on or off.
selview all Instructs MicroStation to apply the keyin to all views.
update all Updates all the views
Next, let me show you some keyins that I created and used to work a lot of projects more effective and speedy than others. This is just a few of some that I have to created during work time at the outsoucre company.

Shortcuts	Description	Key In
C1	"choose all"	"lock level on; choose all; lock level on"
C2	"choose active"	"lock level on; choose all; lock level off"
R1	"ref off"	"reference display of all; selview all; update all; reset"
R2	"ref on"	"reference display on all; selview all; update all; reset"
MF	"move fence"	"place fence block; %d;%d; fence stretch; update all"

I hope the above list of new keyins that help you have the idea to buid more complex Microstation keyins. Now, it's the time for you to explore and to make more new hidden action strings for your own skill. Please send me a comment what you think about this post, and thanks all you to review this blog.

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