浇水 澆水 jiāo shuǐ to water (plants etc) syn 马尾 馬尾 mǎ wěi ponytail (hairstyle) / horse's tail / slender fibers like horse's tail (applies to various plants) 憔悴 qiáo cuì wan and sallow / thin and pallid / haggard / (of plants) withered syn 转头 轉頭 zhuàn tóu nutation (plants turning to face the sun) syn 下体 下體 xià tǐ lower body / euphemism for genitals / root and stem of plants syn 落叶 落葉 luò yè dead leaves / to lose leaves (of plants) / deciduous 花卉 huā huì flowers and plants syn 花草 huā cǎo flowers and plants syn 种群 種群 zhǒng qún population (of a species) / community (of animals or plants) 草木 cǎo mù vegetation / plants 捕捞 捕撈 bǔ lāo to fish for (aquatic animals and plants) / to catch syn 花枝招展 huā zhī zhāo zhǎn lit. lovely scene of blossoming plants swaying in the breeze (idiom) / fig. gorgeously dressed (woman) syn 动植物 動植物 dòng zhí wù plants and animals / flora and fauna syn 管委会 管委會 guǎn wěi huì administrative committee / management committee / abbr. for 管理委員會|管理委员会[guan3 li3 wei3 yuan2 hui4] 败落 敗落 bài luò (of status or wealth) to decline / (of buildings etc) to become dilapidated / run-down / (of plants) to wilt syn 绿化 綠化 lǜ huà to make green with plants / to reforest / (Internet slang) Islamization 攀附 pān fù to climb (of climbing plants) / to creep / to cling on to / fig. to seek connection (with the rich and powerful) / social climbing syn 水草 shuǐ cǎo aquatic plants / water and grass (i.e. favorable foraging land for livestock or wild animals) / (Malaysia) (coll.) drinking straw 多年生 duō nián shēng perennial (of plants) 花木 huā mù flowers and trees / plants / flora syn 涵养 涵養 hán yǎng to cultivate (personal qualities) / (of forests etc) to support / to provide a suitable environment for the replenishment of (natural resources: groundwater, animals, plants etc) syn 计划委员会 計劃委員會 jì huà wěi yuán huì Regional Plan Committee / Plan Committee 常委 cháng wěi standing committee (abbr. for 常務委員會|常务委员会[chang2wu4 wei3yuan2hui4]) / member of the standing committee (abbr. for 常務委員|常务委员[chang2wu4 wei3yuan2]) 管理委员会 管理委員會 guǎn lǐ wěi yuán huì administrative committee / management committee 浇花 澆花 jiāo huā to water the plants / to water the garden 野生植物 yě shēng zhí wù plants in the wild 分蘖 分櫱 fēn niè tiller (stem at the base of grass plants) syn 返青 fǎn qīng (of plants) to turn green again / to revegetate 中共中央办公厅 中共中央辦公廳 zhōng gòng zhōng yāng bàn gōng tīng General Office of the Central Committee of the CCP, responsible for technical and logistical matters relating to the Central Committee / abbr. to 中辦|中办[Zhong1 Ban4] 株距 zhū jù spacing / distance between plants (within a row) 抽 chōu to draw out / to pull out from in between / to remove part of the whole / (of certain plants) to sprout or bud / to whip or thrash syn 棵 kē classifier for trees, cabbages, plants etc syn 园 園 yuán land used for growing plants / site used for public recreation / abbr. for a place ending in 園|园, such as a botanical garden 植物園|植物园, kindergarten 幼兒園|幼儿园 etc syn 蓬 péng fleabane (family Asteraceae) / disheveled / classifier for luxuriant plants, smoke, ashes, campfires: clump, puff syn 株 zhū tree trunk / stump (tree root) / a plant / classifier for trees or plants / strain (biology) / to involve others (in shady business) syn 葵 kuí used in the names of various herbaceous plants syn 枯 kū (of plants) withered / (of wells, rivers, etc) dried up / (bound form) dull / boring / (bound form) residue of pressed oilseeds syn 蒲 pú refers to various monocotyledonous flowering plants including Acorus calamus and Typha orientalis / common cattail / bullrush 肉豆蔻 ròu dòu kòu nutmeg (Myristica fragrans Houtt) / mace / Myristicaceae (family of plants producing aromatic or hallucinogenic oils) syn 锈斑 鏽斑 xiù bān rust spot / blemish (on plants) 秧 yāng sapling / seedling / sprout / (esp.) rice seedling / stem / stalk / vine / baby livestock / fry / (dialect) to raise / to cultivate (plants or animals) syn 被子植物 bèi zǐ zhí wù angiosperm (flowering plants with seed contained in a fruit) 保苗 bǎo miáo to protect young plants, ensuring that enough survive to produce a good crop 国家计划委员会 國家計劃委員會 guó jiā jì huà wěi yuán huì PRC State Planning Committee, set up in 1952, replaced in 1998 by State Development and Planning Committee 國家發展計劃委員會|国家发展计划委员会[Guo2 jia1 Fa1 zhan3 Ji4 hua4 Wei3 yuan2 hui4] then in 2003 by National Development and Reform Commission 國家發展和改革委員會|国家发展和改革委员会[Guo2 jia1 Fa1 zhan3 he2 Gai3 ge2 Wei3 yuan2 hui4] 双子叶 雙子葉 shuāng zǐ yè dicotyledon (plant family distinguished by two embryonic leaves, includes daisies, broadleaved trees, herbaceous plants) 裸子植物 luǒ zǐ zhí wù gymnosperm (plants with seed contained in a cone) 挂花 掛花 guà huā to be wounded / (of plants) to bloom syn 卉 huì plants syn 罱 lǎn a kind of tool used to dredge up fish, water plants or river mud, consisting of a net attached to a pair of bamboo poles, which are used to open and close the net / to dredge with such a tool syn 淠 pì luxuriant (of water plants) 评委 評委 píng wěi evaluation committee / judging panel / judging panel member / adjudicator (abbr. for 評選委員會委員|评选委员会委员[ping2xuan3 wei3yuan2hui4 wei3yuan2]) syn 委员会 委員會 wěi yuán huì committee / commission 会长 會長 huì zhǎng president of a club, committee etc 委员 委員 wěi yuán committee member 罗格 羅格 luó gé Logue or Rogge (name) / Jacques Rogge, president of International Olympic Committee (IOC) 审议 審議 shěn yì (of a committee etc) to deliberate / to consider / to discuss syn 委员长 委員長 wěi yuán zhǎng head of a committee 居委会 居委會 jū wěi huì neighbourhood committee 村委会 村委會 cūn wěi huì village committee 奥委会 奧委會 ào wěi huì Olympic committee 市委 shì wěi municipal committee 执委会 執委會 zhí wěi huì executive committee (abbr. for 執行委員會|执行委员会[zhi2xing2 wei3yuan2hui4]) 党中央 黨中央 dǎng zhōng yāng Central Committee of the CCP 中央委员会 中央委員會 zhōng yāng wěi yuán huì Central Committee 常委会 常委會 cháng wěi huì standing committee 党委 黨委 dǎng wěi Party committee 省委 shěng wěi provincial Party committee 县委 縣委 xiàn wěi CCP county committee 中共中央 zhōng gòng zhōng yāng Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, abbr. for 中國共產黨中央委員會|中国共产党中央委员会[Zhong1 guo2 Gong4 chan3 dang3 Zhong1 yang1 Wei3 yuan2 hui4] 常务委员会 常務委員會 cháng wù wěi yuán huì standing committee (e.g. of National People's Congress) 军委 軍委 jūn wěi Military Commission of the Communist Party Central Committee syn 工委 gōng wěi working committee 工作委员会 工作委員會 gōng zuò wěi yuán huì working committee 中央军委 中央軍委 zhōng yāng jūn wěi Central Military Committee (CMC) syn 全体会议 全體會議 quán tǐ huì yì general congress / meeting of the whole committee 国家计委 國家計委 guó jiā jì wěi PRC State Planning Committee, abbr. for 國家計劃委員會|国家计划委员会[Guo2 jia1 Ji4 hua4 Wei3 yuan2 hui4] 审计署 審計署 shěn jì shǔ audit office / public accounts committee 贸易委员会 貿易委員會 Trade Committee 奥组委 奧組委 ào zǔ wěi Olympic Organizing Committee (abbr. for 奧林匹克運動會組織委員會|奥林匹克运动会组织委员会[Ao4lin2pi3ke4 Yun4dong4hui4 Zu3zhi1 Wei3yuan2hui4]) 国际奥委会 國際奧委會 guó jì ào wěi huì International Olympic Committee 统战部 統戰部 tǒng zhàn bù United Front Work Department of CCP Central Committee (UFWD) / abbr. for 統一戰線工作部|统一战线工作部[Tong3 yi1 Zhan4 xian4 Gong1 zuo4 bu4] 贾庆林 賈慶林 jiǎ qìng lín Jia Qinglin (1940-), member of the Politburo Standing Committee 2002-2012 主委 zhǔ wěi committee chairperson 专家委员会 專家委員會 zhuān jiā wěi yuán huì Committee of Experts 经济委员会 經濟委員會 Economic Committee 地委 dì wěi prefectural Party committee 鉴定委员会 鑒定委員會 jiàn dìng wěi yuán huì evaluation committee / review board 选举委员会 選舉委員會 xuǎn jǔ wěi yuán huì Election Committee (Hong Kong) 执行委员会 執行委員會 zhí xíng wěi yuán huì Executive Committee 筹委会 籌委會 chóu wěi huì organizing committee 审查委员会 審查委員會 shěn chá wěi yuán huì Review Committee 法律委员会 法律委員會 fǎ lǜ wěi yuán huì Legal Committee 劳委会 勞委會 láo wěi huì labor committee / abbr. for 勞動委員會|劳动委员会 爱卫会 愛衛會 ài wèi huì Patriotic Health Committee (abbr. for 愛國衛生運動委員會|爱国卫生运动委员会[Ai4 guo2 Wei4 sheng1 Yun4 dong4 Wei3 yuan2 hui4]) 萨马兰奇 薩馬蘭奇 sà mǎ lán qí Juan Antonio Samaranch (1920-2010), Spanish Olympic official, president of International Olympic Committee 1980-2001 中办 中辦 zhōng bàn General Office of the Central Committee of the CCP (abbr. for 中共中央辦公廳|中共中央办公厅[Zhong1 gong4 Zhong1 yang1 Ban4 gong1 ting1]) 委 wěi to entrust / to cast aside / to shift (blame etc) / to accumulate / roundabout / winding / dejected / listless / committee member / council / end / actually / certainly syn 组委 組委 zǔ wěi organizational committee / abbr. for 組織委員會|组织委员会 起草委员会 起草委員會 Drafting Committee 