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[良禽擇木] liángqínzémù a fine bird chooses a tree to nest in (proverb)
fig. a talented person chooses a patron of integrity

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        shànliáng, good and honest/kindhearted
        liánghǎo, good/favorable/well/fine
        liángxīn, conscience
        bùliáng, bad/harmful/unhealthy
        Xīnàoěrliáng, [新奧爾良], New Orleans, Louisiana
        liángzhī, innate sense of right and wrong/conscience/bosom friend
        liáng, good/very/very much
        yōuliáng, [優良], fine/good/first-rate
        gǎiliáng, to improve (sth)/to reform (a system)
        
        liángjī, [良機], a good chance/a golden opportunity
        jīngliáng, excellent/of superior quality
        liángyào, [良藥], good medicine/panacea/fig. a good solution/a good remedy (e.g. to a social probl...
        liángxìng, positive (in its effect)/leading to good consequences/virtuous/(medicine) benign...
        Àoěrliáng, [奧爾良], Orléans
        liángshīyìyǒu, [良師益友], good teacher and helpful friend (idiom); mentor
        liángfāng, good medicine/effective prescription/fig. good plan/effective strategy
        liángduō, considerably/much/quite a bit
        
        
        
        
        Nàiliáng, Nara, an old capital of Japan
        Niǔàoliáng, [紐奧良], New Orleans, Louisiana
        liángmín, good people/ordinary people (i.e. not the lowest class)
        chúbàoānliáng, to root out the strong and give people peace (idiom); to rob the rich and give t...
        
        cóngliáng, [從良], (of a slave or servant) to be given one's freedom/(of a prostitute) to marry and...
        
        jīnyùliángyán, gems of wisdom (idiom); priceless advice
        jūxīnbùliáng, to harbor evil intentions (idiom)
        liángcè, good plan/good idea
        liángzhǒng, [良種], improved type/good breed/pedigree
        
        liángjiǔ, a good while/a long time
        
        liángchénměijǐng, fine time, beautiful scenery (idiom); everything lovely
        xiánliáng, [賢良], (of a man) able and virtuous
        
        
        liángshàn, good
        
        sàngjìntiānliáng, [喪盡天良], devoid of conscience (idiom); utterly heartless
        
        liángkǔyòngxīn, to ponder earnestly/to give a lot of thought to sth
        
        
        liángxìngzhǒngliú, [良性腫瘤], benign tumor
        
        
        wēnliáng, [溫良], warm and kind
        liángyǒu, good friend/companion
        
        
        
        
        liánggǎng, good harbor
        liángyuán, [良緣], good karma/opportune connection with marriage partner
        
        
        zuòshīliángjī, [坐失良機], to sit and waste a good opportunity (idiom); to lose the chance
        
        
        liángtián, good agricultural land/fertile land
        
        
        
        tiānliáng, conscience
        
        liángcái, good timber/sound material/fig. able person/sound chap
        liángrén, husband (arch.)
        
        liángjiā, good family/innocent people
        
        
        
        bīliángwéichāng, [逼良為娼], to force an honest girl into prostitution (idiom)/to debauch

        qínshòu, [禽獸], birds and animals/creature/beast (brutal person)
        měngqín, bird of prey
        jiāqín, poultry/domestic fowl
        qínliúgǎn, bird flu/avian influenza
        qín, generic term for birds and animals/birds/to capture (old)
        qínlèi, [禽類], bird species/birds
        fēiqín, [飛禽], birds
        
        qíndàn, bird eggs
        qínniǎo, [禽鳥], birds/fowl
        míngqín, [鳴禽], songbird
        fēiqínzǒushòu, [飛禽走獸], birds and animals/the beasts of the field and the birds of the air
        shuǐqín, waterfowl

        xuǎnzé, [選擇], to select/to pick/choice/option/alternative
        biéwúxuǎnzé, [別無選擇], to have no other choice
        juézé, [抉擇], to choose (literary)
        bùzéshǒuduàn, [不擇手段], by fair means or foul/by hook or by crook/unscrupulously
        zé, [擇], to select/to choose/to pick over/to pick out/to differentiate/to eliminate/also ...
        xuǎnzéxìng, [選擇性], selective/selectiveness/selectivity
        xuǎnzétí, [選擇題], multiple-choice question
        
        wùjìngtiānzé, [物競天擇], natural selection
        zéǒu, [擇偶], to choose a spouse
        zìránxuǎnzé, [自然選擇], natural selection
        
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        Mù/mù, surname Mu, tree/wood/coffin/wooden/simple/numb/one of the eight categories of a...
        mùtou, [木頭], slow-witted/blockhead/log (of wood, timber etc)/CL:塊|块[kuài],根[gēn]
        mùǒu, puppet
        mùnǎiyī, mummy (preserved corpse) (loanword)
        
        mùbǎn, slab/board/plank/CL:張|张[zhāng],塊|块[kuài]
        mámù, numb/insensitive/apathetic
        shùmù, [樹木], tree
        mùcái, wood
        mùmǎ, [木馬], wooden horse/rocking horse/vaulting horse (gymnastics)/trojan horse (computing)
        mùjiàng, carpenter
        Tiěmùzhēn, [鐵木真], Temujin, birth name of Genghis Khan 成吉思汗[Chéng jí sī hán]
        guànmùcóng, [灌木叢], shrub/shrubbery
        guànmù, bush/shrub
        mùzhuāng, [木樁], wooden pile/stake
        Mùlán/mùlán, [木蘭], Mulan county in Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[Hā ěr bīn], Heilongjiang/see 花木蘭|花木兰[Huā Mù lán],...
        fámù, to cut wood/tree-felling/lumbering
        mùgùn, wooden stick
        Mùxīng, Jupiter (planet)
        
        mùzhì, [木製], wooden
        Língmù, [鈴木], Suzuki (Japanese surname)
        mùgōng, woodwork/carpentry/woodworker/carpenter
        xiàngmù, oaken
        dúmùzhōu, [獨木舟], dugout/canoe/kayak
        pínghéngmù, beam (gymnastics)/balance beam
        
        
        mùjī, wooden clogs
        zhuómùniǎo, [啄木鳥], woodpecker
        sōngmù, pine wood/deal/larch
        
        jīmù, [積木], toy building blocks
        
        mùfá, wooden raft/log raft
        mùliào, lumber/timber
        mùxiè, wood shavings/sawdust
        mùguā, papaya (Carica papaya)/genus Chaenomeles of shrubs in the family Rosaceae/Chines...
        mùshǔ, cassava, a tropical tuber plant
        mùzhì, [木質], wooden
        mùyǐchéngzhōu, lit. the timber has been turned into a boat already (idiom)/fig. what is done ca...
        
        hóngmù, [紅木], red wood/mahogany/rosewood/padauk
        Gāomù, Takagi (Japanese surname)
        mùtǒng, cask
        
        guānmù, coffin
        
        yìngmù, hardwood
        mùchái, firewood
        yuánmù, logs
        
        mámùbùrén, numbed/insensitive/apathetic/thick-skinned
        cǎomù, vegetation/plants
        HuāMùlán, [花木蘭], Hua Mulan, legendary woman warrior (c. fifth century), Northern dynasties folk h...
        
        
        
        xiǔmù, rotten wood
        dúmùqiáo, [獨木橋], single-log bridge/(fig.) difficult path
        mùtàn, charcoal
        ruǎnmùsāi, [軟木塞], cork
        Qīngmù, Aoki (Japanese surname)
        
        mùqín, xylophone
        
        
        mùkuài, [木塊], block
        línmù, forest/forest tree
        
        
        fānmùguā, papaya
        
        Zuǒzuǒmù, Sasaki (Japanese surname)
        
        
        yòumù, pomelo tree (Citrus maxima or C. grandis)/shaddock/oriental grapefruit
        
        
        mùguǎnyuèqì, [木管樂器], woodwind instrument
        mùnè, [木訥], wooden and slow of speech/slow-speeched/inarticulate/unsophisticated
        
        
        tǔmù, building/construction/civil engineering
        fēngmù, [楓木], maple
        
        mùchuán, wooden boat
        
        
        
        Ālāmùtú, [阿拉木圖], Almaty, previous capital of Kazakhstan
        
        
        
        
        
        mùjiàn, [木劍], wooden sword
        huāmù, flowers and trees/plants/flora
        
        
        mùzhìbù, [木質部], xylem
        qiáomù, [喬木], tree, esp. with recognizable trunk (as opposed to 灌木[guàn mù], bush or shrub)
        ruǎnmù, [軟木], cork
        
        mùyú, [木魚], mokugyo/wooden fish (percussion instrument)
        mùmǎjì, [木馬計], wooden horse stratagem (cf Trojan horse)
        wūmù, [烏木], ebony
        
        
        
        mùqì, wooden articles
        
        
        
        huàmù, [樺木], birch
        rùmùsānfēn, written in a forceful hand/penetrating/profound
        
        
        MùwèiÈr, [木衛二], Europa (moon of Jupiter), aka Jupiter II
        
        Mùcūn, Kimura (Japanese surname)
        
        
        
        
        
        mùxiāng, costus root (medicinal herb)/aucklandia/Saussurea costus/Dolomiaea souliei
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        MùwèiSì, [木衛四], Callisto (moon of Jupiter), aka Jupiter IV
        MùwèiSān, [木衛三], Ganymede (moon of Jupiter), aka Jupiter III
        
        Huòěrmùzī, [霍爾木茲], Hormuz, Iran, at the mouth of the Persian Gulf
        
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        guǒmù, fruit tree
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        zhěnmù, railroad tie/sleeper
        
        
        
        
        mùěr, edible tree fungus/CL:朵[duǒ]
        
        
        dàxīngtǔmù, [大興土木], to carry out large scale construction
        
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        yíhuājiēmù, lit. to graft flowers onto a tree/to surreptitiously substitute one thing for an...
        
        Mùzhà, [木柵], Muzha (old spelling: Mucha), suburb to the southeast of Taipei
        
        
        
        
        mùrán, stupefied
        
        
        
        
        mùwèi, [木衛], moon of Jupiter
        
        
        
        
        
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        Tǎlǐmù, the Tarim Basin in southern Xinjiang
        
        
        
        
        
        
        jiāomù, [膠木], bakelite
        
        
        
        
        zhǐjiànshùmùbùjiànsēnlín, [只見樹木不見森林], unable to see the wood for the trees/fig. only able to see isolated details, and...

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