竹 ⇒
竹 zhú, bamboo/CL:棵[kē],支[zhī],根[gēn]/Kangxi radical 118
竹子 zhúzi, bamboo/CL:棵[kē],支[zhī],根[gēn]
青梅竹马 qīngméizhúmǎ, [青梅竹馬], lit. green plums and hobby-horse (idiom)/fig. innocent children's games/childhoo...
胸有成竹 xiōngyǒuchéngzhú, to plan in advance (idiom)/a card up one's sleeve/forewarned is forearmed
爆竹 bàozhú, firecracker
竹竿 竹节虫 竹筒 zhútǒng, bamboo tube/bamboo pipe
竹林 zhúlín, bamboo forest
夹竹桃 jiāzhútáo, [夾竹桃], oleander (Nerium indicum)/Taiwan pr. [jià zhú táo]
势如破竹 shìrúpòzhú, [勢如破竹], like a hot knife through butter (idiom)/with irresistible force
竹篮 zhúlán, [竹籃], wicker basket
成竹在胸 chéngzhúzàixiōng, see 胸有成竹[xiōng yǒu chéng zhú]
毛竹 máozhú, moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis), used as timber etc
罄竹难书 qìngzhúnánshū, [罄竹難書], so many that the bamboo slats have been exhausted/innumerable crimes (idiom)/see...
敲竹杠 qiāozhúgàng, [敲竹槓], extortion by taking advantage of sb's weakness
竹杠 佐竹 竹笋 zhúsǔn, [竹筍], bamboo shoot
竹筏 石竹 shízhú, China pink/Dianthus chinensis (botany)
竹马 zhúmǎ, [竹馬], bamboo stick used as a toy horse
竹制 zhúzhì, [竹製], made of bamboo
竹叶 竹管 zhúguǎn, bamboo pipe
竹笼 竹千代君 爆竹声 小竹 箭竹 jiànzhú, bamboo (genus Fargesia)
筱竹 竹芝 竹茅 竹下 竹签 竹楼 竹板 zhúbǎn, bamboo clapper boards used in folk theater
丝竹 sīzhú, [絲竹], traditional Chinese musical instruments/music
西竹一 竹篓
叶 ⇒
叶 xié/Yè/yè, [葉], to be in harmony, surname Ye, leaf/page/lobe/(historical) period/classifier for ...
树叶 shùyè, [樹葉], tree leaves
叶子 yèzi, [葉子], foliage/leaf/CL:片[piàn]
朱丽叶 Zhūlìyè, [朱麗葉], Juliet or Juliette (name)
百叶窗 bǎiyèchuāng, [百葉窗], shutter/blind
茶叶 cháyè, [茶葉], tea/tea leaves/CL:盒[hé],罐[guàn],包[bāo],片[piàn]
落叶 luòyè, [落葉], dead leaves/to lose leaves (of plants)/deciduous
绿叶 lǜyè, [綠葉], (fig.) actor playing a supporting role
叶甫盖尼 枫叶 fēngyè, [楓葉], maple leaf
三叶草 sānyècǎo, [三葉草], clover/trefoil
迪叶特里奇 叶那茨 烟叶 yānyè, [煙葉], leaf tobacco
秋叶 qiūyè, [秋葉], autumn leaf
叶兹 叶利钦 Yèlìqīn, [葉利欽], Yeltsin (name)/Boris Yeltsin (1931-2007) first post-communist president of Russi...
肺叶 三叶 枝叶 zhīyè, [枝葉], branch and leaf
叶芝 叶窗 荷叶 菜叶 什叶 Shíyè, [什葉], Shia (a movement in Islam)
叶县 Yèxiàn, [葉縣], Ye county in Pingdingshan 平頂山|平顶山[Píng dǐng shān], Henan
顶叶 dǐngyè, [頂葉], parietal lobe
草叶 朱利叶斯 叶片 yèpiàn, [葉片], blade (of propellor)/vane/leaf
叶原 额叶 éyè, [額葉], frontal lobe
中叶 zhōngyè, [中葉], mid- (e.g. mid-century)/middle period
茶叶罐 什叶派 Shíyèpài, [什葉派], Shia sect (of Islam)
琼叶 叶酸 yèsuān, [葉酸], folic acid
叶素 枯叶 kūyè, [枯葉], dead leaf/withered leaf
叶特斯 叶维蒂 一叶障目 yīyèzhàngmù, [一葉障目], lit. eyes obscured by a single leaf (idiom)/fig. not seeing the wider picture/ca...
丹叶儿 三叶虫 sānyèchóng, [三葉蟲], trilobite
叶甫盖尼·茨平 金叶 拉法叶 嫩叶 nènyè, [嫩葉], newly-grown leaves/tender leaves
粗枝大叶 cūzhīdàyè, [粗枝大葉], thick stems and broad leaves (idiom)/boorish/rough and ready/sloppy
朱莉叶 朱利叶 红叶 hóngyè, [紅葉], red autumnal leaves
合叶 héyè, [合葉], hinge
叶什 叶·泰 叶由纪彦 盖乌斯·朱利叶斯·恺撒 小叶 枝繁叶茂 莫提斯叶 贝叶斯 Bèiyèsī, [貝葉斯], Bayes (name)/Thomas Bayes (1702-1761), English mathematician and theologian
香蕉叶 叶绿素 yèlǜsù, [葉綠素], chlorophyll
叶图 竹叶 七叶树 qīyèshù, [七葉樹], Chinese horse chestnut (Aesculus chinensis)
针叶树 zhēnyèshù, [針葉樹], conifer
叶卡捷琳娜 Yèkǎjiélínnà, [葉卡捷琳娜], Yekaterina or Ekaterina (name)/Catherine the Great or Catherine the Second (1684...
迪叶特理奇 迪叶特里奇他 苕叶 朱丽叶·比诺什 杨叶一 额叶里 朱丽叶·刘易斯 叶森·格雷戈维奇 若叶 和蔓叶 上半叶 shàngbànyè, [上半葉], the first half (of a period)
萨米尔叶兹 同秋叶 叶猴 闵秀叶 叶落归根 yèluòguīgēn, [葉落歸根], a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom); everything has its ancestral home/I...
朱丽叶永 萨沃叶 朱利叶斯·凯撒 叶泽里美 叶绿体 yèlǜtǐ, [葉綠體], chloroplast
罗米欧爱朱丽叶 卡洛斯·迪叶特里奇 莲叶 叶芝也 叶卡特琳堡 落叶松 luòyèsōng, [落葉松], larch tree (Pinus larix)/deciduous pine tree
拉法叶特 迪叶特里 叶来我 朱利叶斯·罗森堡 叶门 Yèmén, [葉門], Yemen (Tw)
叶慈 朱利叶斯·恺撒 针叶林 zhēnyèlín, [針葉林], needle-leaved forest
秋叶雅惠 针叶 zhēnyè, [針葉], needle-leaved (tree)
蒂叶文 罗摩叶 基布叶 一叶兰 阿叶 叶慈曾 黄叶来 阿威尼达的朱丽叶斯·尼雷尔
青 ⇒
青 Qīng/qīng, abbr. for 青海[Qīng hǎi], Qinghai Province, green/blue/black/youth/young (of peopl...
青少年 qīngshàonián, adolescent/youth/teenager
青蛙 qīngwā, frog/CL:隻|只[zhī]/(slang) ugly guy
青年 qīngnián, youth/youthful years/young person/the young
青春 qīngchūn, youth/youthfulness
青春期 qīngchūnqī, puberty/adolescence
年青人 年青 niánqīng, youthful
青睐 qīnglài, [青睞], (lit.) to fix one's gaze on/(fig.) to show interest in/(favorable) attention/fav...
青岛 Qīngdǎo, [青島], Qingdao, subprovincial city in Shandong
沥青 lìqīng, [瀝青], asphalt/bitumen/pitch
青霉素 qīngméisù, [青黴素], penicillin, penicillin
青梅竹马 qīngméizhúmǎ, [青梅竹馬], lit. green plums and hobby-horse (idiom)/fig. innocent children's games/childhoo...
青山 Qīngshān/qīngshān, Qingshan district of Wuhan city 武漢市|武汉市[Wǔ hàn shì], Hubei/Qingshan district of ...
青铜 qīngtóng, [青銅], bronze (alloy of copper 銅|铜 and tin 錫|锡[xī])
常青藤 chángqīngténg, ivy
青瓦台 Qīngwǎtái, [青瓦臺], Blue House (Cheong Wa Dae), residence of the president of South Korea in Seoul
明青 平步青云 píngbùqīngyún, [平步青雲], to rapidly go up in the world/meteoric rise (of a career, social position etc)
冬青 dōngqīng, holly
青菜 qīngcài, green vegetables/Chinese cabbage
小青年 xiǎoqīngnián, young person/youngster
鼻青脸肿 bíqīngliǎnzhǒng, [鼻青臉腫], a bloody nose and a swollen face/badly battered
青草 qīngcǎo, grass
常青树 青光眼 qīngguāngyǎn, glaucoma
垂青 chuíqīng, to show appreciation for sb/to look upon sb with favor
杀青 shāqīng, [殺青], to put the last hand to (a book, a film etc)/to finalize/to kill-green (a step i...
万年青 wànniánqīng, [萬年青], Nippon lily (Rohdea japonica)
青年人 qīngniánrén, young person/the young
青春痘 qīngchūndòu, acne
名垂青史 míngchuíqīngshǐ, lit. reputation will go down in history (idiom); fig. achievements will earn ete...
永葆青春 柏青 青木 Qīngmù, Aoki (Japanese surname)
青史 qīngshǐ, annal/historical record/CL:筆|笔[bǐ]
青色 qīngsè, cyan/blue-green
青豆 qīngdòu, green soybean/green peas
青椒 qīngjiāo, Capsicum annuum/green pepper
青天 qīngtiān, clear sky/blue sky/upright and honorable (official)
常青 chángqīng, evergreen
长青 名留青史 青筋 qīngjīn, veins/blue veins
炉火纯青 lúhuǒchúnqīng, [爐火純青], lit. the stove fire has turned bright green (allusion to Daoist alchemy) (idiom)...
青鱼 qīngyú, [青魚], black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus)/herring/mackerel
青草地 青儿 青年团 qīngniántuán, [青年團], youth corps/youth wing of a political party
青云 qīngyún, [青雲], clear sky/fig. high official position/noble
青龙 Qīnglóng, [青龍], Azure Dragon, one of the four symbols of the Chinese constellations, also known ...
小青 青丝 qīngsī, [青絲], fine black hair/dried plum (sliced, as cake ingredient)
青鸟 铁青 tiěqīng, [鐵青], ashen
青翠 qīngcuì, fresh and green/verdant
青苔 qīngtái, moss/lichen
青云直上 qīngyúnzhíshàng, [青雲直上], rising straight up in a clear sky (idiom); rapid promotion to a high post/meteor...
青红皂白 qīnghóngzàobái, [青紅皂白], the rights and wrongs of a matter (idiom)
青铜器 qīngtóngqì, [青銅器], bronze implement/refers to ancient bronze artifacts, from c. 2,000 BC
青田 Qīngtián, Qingtian county in Lishui 麗水|丽水[Lí shuǐ], Zhejiang
青梅 靛青 diànqīng, indigo
乌青 wūqīng, [烏青], bluish black/bruise/bruising/CL:塊|块[kuài]
青花 qīnghuā, blue and white (porcelain)
宋青 青花瓷 qīnghuācí, blue and white porcelain
青壮年 qīngzhuàngnián, [青壯年], the prime of one's life
永垂青史 沥青路 青青 青藤 青葱 qīngcōng, [青蔥], scallion/green onion/verdant/lush green
纯青 青稞酒 紫青龙 明青学园 藏青 zàngqīng, see 藏青色[zàng qīng sè]
知青 zhīqīng, educated youth (sent to work in farms during the Cultural Revolution)
汗青 踏青 tàqīng, lit. tread the green; go for a walk in the spring (when the grass has turned gre...
青出于蓝而胜于蓝 qīngchūyúlánérshèngyúlán, [青出於藍而勝於藍], lit. the color blue is made out of indigo but is more vivid than indigo (idiom)/...
青稞 qīngkē, highland barley (grown in Tibet and Qinghai)/qingke barley
青瓷 qīngcí, celadon (pottery)
青灯 青桐 青森 Qīngsēn, Aomori prefecture at the far north of Japan's main island Honshū 本州[Běn zhōu]
青松 qīngsōng, pine tree
黄绿青 和青田 青蒜 qīngsuàn, garlic shoots and leaves
青翠欲滴 青燕 于青萍 江青 JiāngQīng, Jiang Qing (1914-1991), Mao Zedong's fourth wife and leader of the Gang of Four
芝士青 青尼 明青成
蛇 ⇒
蛇 shé, [虵], variant of 蛇[shé], snake/serpent/CL:條|条[tiáo]
毒蛇 dúshé, viper
眼镜蛇 yǎnjìngshé, [眼鏡蛇], cobra
响尾蛇 xiǎngwěishé, [響尾蛇], rattlesnake
蛇头 shétóu, [蛇頭], head of a snake/human smuggler
打草惊蛇 dǎcǎojīngshé, [打草驚蛇], lit. beat the grass to scare the snake (idiom)/fig. to inadvertently alert an en...
蟒蛇 mǎngshé, python/boa
蛇行 shéxíng, to creep/to zigzag/to meander/to weave
蛇毒 shédú, snake venom
蛇蝎 蛇形 shéxíng, S-shaped/serpentine/coiled like a snake
画蛇添足 huàshétiānzú, [畫蛇添足], lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom); fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfl...
虎头蛇尾 hǔtóushéwěi, [虎頭蛇尾], lit. tiger's head, snake's tail (idiom); fig. a strong start but weak finish
水蛇 shuǐshé, water snake
引蛇出洞 yǐnshéchūdòng, lit. to pull a snake from its hole/to expose a malefactor (idiom)
地头蛇 dìtóushé, [地頭蛇], local bully/tyrant/regional mafia boss
海蛇 蝰蛇 kuíshé, forest or meadow viper (Vipera russelii siamensis or similar)
蝮蛇 fùshé, venomous snake
蛇年 shénián, Year of the Snake (e.g. 2001)
牛鬼蛇神 niúguǐshéshén, evil monsters/(fig.) bad characters/(political) bad elements
蛇纹石 shéwénshí, [蛇紋石], serpentine (geology)
群蛇 蛇根草 银环蛇 四脚蛇 sìjiǎoshé, [四腳蛇], lizard/common spoken equivalent of 蜥蜴[xī yì]