香草 xiāng cǎo aromatic herb / vanilla / alternative name for Eupatorium fortunei / (fig.) loyal and dependable person (old) 吉利 jí lì auspicious / lucky / propitious syn 时日 時日 shí rì time / auspicious time / time and date / long period of time / this day syn 祥和 xiáng hé auspicious and peaceful syn 吉祥 jí xiáng lucky / auspicious / propitious syn 药草 藥草 yào cǎo medicinal herb syn 大吉 dà jí very auspicious / extremely lucky syn 草本 cǎo běn grass / herb 野菜 yě cài wild herb / potherb 木香 mù xiāng costus root (medicinal herb) / aucklandia / Saussurea costus / Dolomiaea souliei syn 三七 sān qī pseudoginseng (Panax pseudoginseng), hemostatic herb 雪莲 雪蓮 xuě lián snow lotus herb / Saussurea involucrata 择日 擇日 zé rì to fix a date (for an event) / to select an auspicious date 靓号 靚號 liàng hào desirable number (for one's telephone, license plate etc) (i.e. one that includes memorable or auspicious combinations of digits) 凉茶 涼茶 liáng chá Chinese herb tea 商祺 shāng qí business is auspicious / conventional greeting at the foot of a letter: May your business go well! 祥瑞 xiáng ruì auspicious sign syn 仙草 xiān cǎo medicinal herb (genus Mesona) / grass jelly 吉庆 吉慶 jí qìng auspicious / propitious / good fortune syn 盈门 盈門 yíng mén lit. fill the door / fill the house (at a wedding or auspicious occasion) 利市 lì shì business profit / auspicious / lucky / small sum of money offered on festive days 荆芥 荊芥 jīng jiè schizonepeta, herb used in Chinese medicine 瑞 ruì lucky / auspicious / propitious / rayl (acoustical unit) syn 嘉 jiā excellent / auspicious / to praise / to commend syn 祥 xiáng auspicious / propitious syn 祺 qí auspicious / propitious / good luck / felicity / euphoria / used for 旗, e.g. in 旗袍, long Chinese dress syn 祯 禎 zhēn auspicious / lucky 车前草 車前草 chē qián cǎo plantain herb (Plantago asiatica) 芗 薌 xiāng aromatic herb used for seasoning / variant of 香[xiang1] 蕲 蘄 qí (herb) / implore / pray / place name 蒗 làng (herb) / place name 七七 qī qī seven sevens (equals 49) / cf Buddhist services for the auspicious reincarnation of the departed 龙凤呈祥 龍鳳呈祥 lóng fèng chéng xiáng the dragon and phoenix are symbols of good fortune (idiom) / auspicious / decorated with auspicious symbols such as the dragon and the phoenix 生药 生藥 shēng yào unprocessed medicinal herb 蓠 蘺 lí red algae / Gracilaria, several species, some edible / Japanese ogonori / arch. used for vanilla-like herb 苙 lì (herb) / pigsty 鄿 qí (herb) / place name 蓸 cáo (a kind of herb) 蔙 xuàn (herb) 羹藜含糗 gēng lí hán qiǔ nothing but herb soup and dry provisions to eat (idiom) / to survive on a coarse diet / à la guerre comme à la guerre 羹藜唅糗 gēng lí hān qiǔ nothing but herb soup and dry provisions to eat (idiom) / to survive on a coarse diet / à la guerre comme à la guerre 蒄 guān (herb mentioned in ancient texts) 卍 wàn swastika, a sacred and auspicious symbol in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism 值得庆幸 值得慶幸 zhí de qìng xìng auspicious / worth celebrating / worthy of congratulations 嘉会 嘉會 jiā huì auspicious occasion / grand feast 天禄 天祿 tiān lù auspicious sculpted animal, usu. a unicorn or deer with a long tail / possession of the empire 择日子 擇日子 zhái rì zi to pick an auspicious day 涓吉 juān jí to choose an auspicious day 瑞狮 瑞獅 ruì shī Rui Shi, Auspicious Lions of Chinese mythology 瑞兽 瑞獸 ruì shòu auspicious animal (such as the dragon) 祥光 xiáng guāng auspicious light 紫气 紫氣 zǐ qì purple cloud (auspicious portent in astrology) 良吉 liáng jí lucky day / auspicious day 卐 wàn swastika, a sacred and auspicious symbol in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism, later adopted by Nazi Germany 五福临门 五福臨門 wǔ fú lín mén lit. (may the) five blessings descend upon this home (namely: longevity, wealth, health, virtue, and a natural death) / (an auspicious saying for the Lunar New Year) 年年有馀 年年有餘 nián nián yǒu yú lit. (may you) have abundance year after year / (an auspicious saying for the Lunar New Year) 吉事 jí shì auspicious event 年年有余 年年有餘 nián nián yǒu yú lit. (may you) have abundance year after year / (an auspicious saying for the Lunar New Year) 好日子 hǎo rì zi auspicious day / good day / happy life syn 择日不如撞日 擇日不如撞日 zé rì bù rú zhuàng rì lit. carefully setting an auspicious date does not beat seizing an opportunity (idiom) / fig. seize the occasion 喜结良缘 喜結良緣 xǐ jié - liáng yuán (idiom) to get happily married / to form an auspicious union syn 萴 zé (medicinal herb) 单味药 單味藥 dān wèi yào medicine made from a single herb / drug made from a single substance 旋覆花 xuán fù huā (botany) convolvulvus / Flos Inulae (Chinese herb) 洋紫苏 洋紫蘇 yáng zǐ sū sage (herb) 洋苏 洋蘇 yáng sū sage (herb) 溪黄草 溪黃草 xī huáng cǎo Rabdosia lophanthoides (no common name), herb plant of Lamiaceae family (together with mint and lavender), used in TCM 茜紫 qiàn zǐ sage (herb) 莳萝 蒔蘿 shí luó dill (herb, Anethum graveolens) 药苗 藥苗 yào miáo medicinal herb seedling 蘼芜 蘼蕪 mí wú Gracilaria confervoides (a fragrant herb) 香薄荷 xiāng bò he savory (herb) 矮地茶 ǎi dì chá (loanword) Japanese ardisia (Ardisia japonica) (herb) 三棱草 三稜草 sān léng cǎo sedge herb (Cyperus rotundus) 埃蕾 āi lěi centaury herb with flowers (TCM) / Herba Centaurii altaici cum flore 阿利藤 ā lì téng Alyxia root and herb (used in TCM) 芕 suī a kind of medicinal herb 芞 qì a kind of aromatic herb (old) 芣 fú plantain herb (Plantago) / Taiwan pr. [fou2] 蕶 líng withered (plant, herb etc) 藒车 藒車 qiè chē a variety of aromatic herb used as a fragrance or bug repeller (old) 蘻 jì a kind of herb (old) 