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[良禽擇木而棲] liángqínzémùérqī 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...

        ér, and/as well as/and so/but (not)/yet (not)/(indicates causal relation)/(indicates...
        érqiě, (not only ...) but also/moreover/in addition/furthermore
        éryǐ, that's all/nothing more
        érshì, rather
        éryán, with regard to (preceding phrase)
        ránér, however/yet/but
        fǎnér, instead/on the contrary/contrary (to expectations)
        xiǎnéryìjiàn, [顯而易見], clearly and easy to see (idiom); obviously/clearly/it goes without saying
        cóngér, [從而], thus/thereby
        jìnlìérwéi, [盡力而為], to try one's utmost/to strive
        qīngéryìjǔ, [輕而易舉], easy/with no difficulty
        shìérbùjiàn, [視而不見], to turn a blind eye to/to ignore
        pòménérrù, [破門而入], to break the door down and enter (idiom)
        tuōyǐngérchū, [脫穎而出], to reveal one's talent (idiom)/to rise above others/to distinguish oneself
        cóngtiānérjiàng, [從天而降], lit. to drop from the sky (idiom)/fig. to appear unexpectedly/to arise abruptly/...
        zìránérrán, involuntary/automatically
        tǐngshēnérchū, to step forward bravely
        zǒngéryánzhī, [總而言之], in short/in a word/in brief
        bàntúérfèi, [半途而廢], to give up halfway (idiom); leave sth unfinished
        qǔérdàizhī, to substitute for sb/to remove and replace
        shìkěérzhǐ, [適可而止], to stop before going too far (idiom); to stop while one can/don't overdo it/stop...
        yīnér, therefore/as a result/thus/and as a result, ...
        tuōkǒuérchū, [脫口而出], to blurt out/to let slip (an indiscreet remark)
        huáérbùshí, [華而不實], flower but no fruit (idiom); handsome exterior but hollow inside/flashy
        
        érjīn, now/at the present (time)
        jiǎnéryánzhī, [簡而言之], in a nutshell/to put it briefly
        
        cājiānérguò, [擦肩而過], brief encounter/to brush past sb
        bèidàoérchí, [背道而馳], to run in the opposite direction (idiom); to run counter to
        tǐngérzǒuxiǎn, [鋌而走險], to take a risk out of desperation (idiom)
        
        sānsīérhòuxíng, [三思而後行], think again and again before acting (idiom); consider carefully in advance
        érhòu, [而後], after that/then
        xuánérwèijué, [懸而未決], pending a decision/hanging in the balance
        bùcíérbié, [不辭而別], to leave without saying good-bye
        jìnér, [進而], and then (what follows next)
        shíér, [時而], occasionally/from time to time
        
        bùdéérzhī, unknown/unable to find out
        yíngrènérjiě, lit. (bamboo) splits when it meets the knife's edge (idiom)/fig. easily solved
        bùyìérfēi, [不翼而飛], to disappear without trace/to vanish all of a sudden/to spread fast/to spread li...
        zhuǎnér, [轉而], to turn to (sth else)/to switch to
        
        bùyánéryù, it goes without saying/it is self-evident
        suíyùérān, [隨遇而安], at home wherever one is (idiom); ready to adapt/flexible/to accept circumstances...
        
        
        bùhuānérsàn, [不歡而散], to part on bad terms/(of a meeting etc) to break up in discord
        bùláoérhuò, [不勞而獲], to reap without sowing (idiom)
        jiēzhǒngérlái, [接踵而來], to come one after the other
        héérwéiyī, [合而為一], to merge together (idiom); to unify disparate elements into one whole
        kěxiǎngérzhī, it is obvious that.../as one can well imagine...
        jìér, [繼而], then/afterwards
        
        chéngxūérrù, [乘虛而入], to enter by exploiting a weak spot (idiom); to take advantage of a lapse
        
        
        yángchángérqù, [揚長而去], to swagger off/to walk off (or drive off etc) without a second thought for those...
        yīsǎoérguāng, [一掃而光], to clear off/to make a clean sweep of
        shīérfùdé, [失而復得], to lose sth and then regain it (idiom)
        jìngéryuǎnzhī, [敬而遠之], to show respect from a distance (idiom)/to remain at a respectful distance
        yǒuguòzhīérwúbùjí, [有過之而無不及], not to be inferior in any aspects (idiom)/to surpass/to outdo/(derog.) to be eve...
        jiǔérjiǔzhī, over time/as time passes/in the fullness of time
        luòhuāngértáo, to flee in defeat/to bolt
        bùdéyǐérwéizhī, [不得已而為之], to have no other choice/to be the last resort
        sìshìérfēi, apparently right but actually wrong; specious (idiom)
        fǎnqídàoérxíngzhī, to do the very opposite/to act in a diametrically opposite way
        yóuránérshēng, arising involuntarily (idiom); spontaneous/to spring up unbidden (of emotion)
        yīsǎoérkōng, [一掃而空], to sweep clean/to clean out
        zhōuérfùshǐ, [週而復始], lit. the cycle comes back to the start (idiom); to move in circles/the wheel com...
        hélèérbùwéi, [何樂而不為], What can you have against it? (idiom)/We should do this./Go for it!
        tángérhuángzhī, overt/to make no secret (of one's presence)/grandiose/with great scope
        yīnrénéryì, [因人而異], varying from person to person (idiom); different for each individual
        
        jiānéryǒuzhī, to have both (at the same time)
        bùkětóngrìéryǔ, [不可同日而語], lit. mustn't speak of two things on the same day (idiom); not to be mentioned in...
        bùhánérlì, [不寒而慄], shiver all over though not cold/tremble with fear/shudder
        yībānéryán, generally speaking
        
        píngxīnérlùn, [平心而論], to be honest, ...
        bùmóuérhé, [不謀而合], to agree without prior consultation/to happen to hold the same view
        mìérbùxuān, [祕而不宣], to withhold information/to keep sth secret
        yìngyùnérshēng, [應運而生], to emerge to meet a historic destiny (idiom)/to arise at an opportune time/able ...
        bùqīéryù, meet by chance/have a chance encounter
        yánéryǒuxìn, to speak and keep one's promise (idiom); as good as one's word
        qièérbùshě, [鍥而不捨], to chip away at a task and not abandon it (idiom); to chisel away at sth/to pers...
        
        
        dàijiàérgū, [待價而沽], to sell only for a good price (idiom)/to wait for a good offer
        shāyǔérguī, [鎩羽而歸], to return in low spirits following a defeat or failure to achieve one's ambition...
        kěwàngérbùkějí, in sight but unattainable (idiom)/inaccessible
        
        
退         zhīnánértuì, [知難而退], to sound out the difficulties and retreat to avoid defeat (idiom); fig. to back ...
        yíngmiànérlái, [迎面而來], directly/head-on (collision)/in one's face (of wind)
        xíngérshàngxué, [形而上學], metaphysics
        
        bùjìngérzǒu, [不脛而走], to get round fast/to spread like wildfire
        zìshàngérxià, top-down
        yīyōngérshàng, [一擁而上], to swarm around/flocking (to see)
        xīnyǒuyúérlìbùzú, [心有餘而力不足], the will is there, but not the strength (idiom)/the spirit is willing but the fl...
        fànfànértán, [泛泛而談], to speak in general terms
        mǎnzàiérguī, [滿載而歸], to return from a rewarding journey
        fúxiùérqù, to storm off in a huff (idiom)
        mùmíngérlái, [慕名而來], to come to a place on account of its reputation (idiom); attracted to visit a fa...
        pūmiànérlái, [撲面而來], lit. sth hits one in the face/directly in one's face/sth assaults the senses/bla...
        yīyuèérqǐ, [一躍而起], to jump up suddenly/to bound up/to rise up in one bound
        
        yīgàiérlùn, [一概而論], to lump different matters together (idiom)
        tīngérbùwén, [聽而不聞], to hear but not react (idiom); to turn a deaf ear/to ignore deliberately
        jiáránérzhǐ, with a grunting sound it stops (idiom); to come to an end spontaneously (esp. of...
        érlìzhīnián, aged thirty (see 三十而立)
        yīcùérjiù, to get there in one step (idiom); easily done/success at a stroke/to get results...
        
        wàngérquèbù, [望而卻步], to shrink back/to flinch
        wénfēngérdòng, [聞風而動], to respond instantly/to act at once on hearing the news
        liànglìérxíng, to assess one's capabilities and act accordingly (idiom); to act within one's co...
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        bùyuēértóng, [不約而同], to agree by chance (idiom); taking the same action without prior consultation
        zhìzhīsǐdìérhòushēng, [置之死地而後生], place sb on a field of death and he will fight to live (idiom based on Sunzi's "...
        
        
        kǎnkǎnértán, [侃侃而談], to speak frankly with assurance
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        láoérwúgōng, [勞而無功], to work hard while accomplishing little/to toil to no avail
        gùér, therefore
        shíyánérféi, lit. to grow fat eating one's words (idiom)/fig. not to live up to one's promise...
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        wàngérshēngwèi, intimidate at the first glance (idiom); awe-inspiring/terrifying/overwhelming
        
        shènér, even/so much so that
        
        
        
        zìxiàérshàng, bottom-up
        
        cóngyīérzhōng, [從一而終], faithful unto death (i.e. Confucian ban on widow remarrying)
        
        
        sǐérhòuyǐ, [死而後已], until death puts an end (idiom); one's whole life/unto one's dying day
        
        
        
        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)/...
        
        fàngzhīsìhǎiérjiēzhǔn, [放之四海而皆準], appropriate to any place and any time (idiom); universally applicable/a panacea,...
        
        pāiànérqǐ, lit. to slap the table and stand up (idiom); fig. at the end of one's tether/una...
        
        
        jiézééryú, [竭澤而漁], lit. to drain the pond to get at the fish (idiom)/fig. to kill the goose that la...
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        

        qīshēn, [棲身], to stay at/to live in (temporarily)
        qī, [棲], to perch/to rest (of birds)/to dwell/to live/to stay
        qīxīdì, [棲息地], habitat
        qīxī, [棲息], (of a bird) to perch/(of creatures in general) to inhabit/to dwell
        liǎngqī, [兩棲], amphibious/dual-talented/able to work in two different lines
        liǎngqīdòngwù, [兩棲動物], amphibian/amphibious animals

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