疯狂 瘋狂 fēng kuáng crazy / frenzied / wild syn 野兽 野獸 yě shòu beast / wild animal syn 野马 野馬 yě mǎ feral horse / free-roaming horse / wild horse 野心 yě xīn ambition / wild schemes / careerism 野生 yě shēng wild / undomesticated 野性 yě xìng wild nature / unruliness 野猪 野豬 yě zhū wild boar (Sus scrofa) / CL:頭|头[tou2] 欣喜若狂 xīn xǐ ruò kuáng to be wild with joy (idiom) syn 捕猎 捕獵 bǔ liè to catch (wild animals) / to hunt syn 瞎猜 xiā cāi to make a wild guess / blind guess 荒芜 荒蕪 huāng wú left to return to unchecked growth / overgrown / grown wild syn 想入非非 xiǎng rù fēi fēi to indulge in fantasy (idiom) / to let one's imagination run wild syn 蛮荒 蠻荒 mán huāng savage / wild / uncivilized territory syn 钻牛角尖 鑽牛角尖 zuān niú jiǎo jiān lit. to penetrate into a bull's horn (idiom) / fig. to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem / to bash one's head against a brick wall / a wild goose chase / a blind alley / to split hairs syn 猖獗 chāng jué to be rampant / to run wild syn 胡诌 胡謅 hú zhōu to invent crazy nonsense / to cook up (excuses) / to talk at random / wild babble syn 野味 yě wèi game / wild animals and birds hunted for food or sport 野鸭 野鴨 yě yā wild duck / mallard (Anas platyrhyncha) syn 遐想 xiá xiǎng reverie / daydream / to be lost in wild and fanciful thoughts 狂放 kuáng fàng wild / unrestrained 开垦 開墾 kāi kěn to clear a wild area for cultivation / to put under the plow syn 放养 放養 fàng yǎng to raise (livestock or poultry) in an open environment / to breed (fish, bees, silkworms etc) in a suitable environment / to culture (kelp etc) / to release (a captive animal) into the wild syn 水草 shuǐ cǎo aquatic plants / water and grass (i.e. favorable foraging land for livestock or wild animals) / (Malaysia) (coll.) drinking straw 野菜 yě cài wild herb / potherb 野狗 yě gǒu wild dog / feral dog / stray dog 遐思 xiá sī to fancy from afar / reverie / wild and fanciful thoughts syn 大雁 dà yàn wild goose / CL:隻|只[zhi1] syn 妄言 wàng yán lies / wild talk / to tell lies / to talk nonsense / fantasy (literature) syn 狂野 kuáng yě coarse and wild 野生动物 野生動物 yě shēng dòng wù wild animal 胡思乱想 胡思亂想 hú sī luàn xiǎng to indulge in flights of fancy (idiom) / to let one's imagination run wild syn 乱搞 亂搞 luàn gǎo to make a mess / to mess with / to be wild / to sleep around / to jump into bed 荒草 huāng cǎo weeds / brush (vegetation) / wild grassland syn 大雁塔 dà yàn tǎ Giant Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi'an 公猪 公豬 gōng zhū boar 拈花惹草 niān huā rě cǎo lit. to pick the flowers and trample the grass (idiom) / fig. to womanize / to frequent brothels / to sow one's wild oats syn 野生植物 yě shēng zhí wù plants in the wild 寻花问柳 尋花問柳 xún huā wèn liǔ lit. to enjoy the beautiful spring scenery (idiom) / fig. to frequent brothels / to sow one's wild oats syn 妄念 wàng niàn wild fantasy / unwarranted thought syn 茭白 jiāo bái Manchurian wild rice 菰[gu1], aka water bamboo, or its edible stem, which resembles a bamboo shoot syn 外卡 wài kǎ (sports) wild card (loanword) 细辛 細辛 xì xīn Manchurian wild ginger (family Asarum) 疯 瘋 fēng insane / mad / wild syn 狂 kuáng mad / wild / violent syn 亥 hài 12th earthly branch: 9-11 p.m., 10th solar month (7th November-6th December), year of the Boar / ancient Chinese compass point: 330° 菰 gū Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia), now rare in the wild, formerly harvested for its grain, now mainly cultivated for its edible stem known as 茭白筍|茭白笋[jiao1bai2sun3], which is swollen by a smut fungus / (variant of 菇[gu1]) mushroom syn 莘 xīn Asarum / Wild ginger / also 細辛|细辛[xi4 xin1] syn 野鸳鸯 野鴛鴦 yě yuān yāng wild mandarin duck / (derog.) illicit lovers / unorthodox couple 蘅 héng Asarum blumei (wild ginger plant) 唳 lì cry of a crane or wild goose syn 猊 貎 ní wild beast / wild horse / lion / trad. form used erroneously for 貌 / simplified form used erroneously for 狻 芴 wù fluorene C13H10 / (old) name of an edible wild plant 貊 mò name of a wild tribe / silent 猹 chá Badger-like wild animal 趋之若鹜 趨之若鶩 qū zhī ruò wù to rush like ducks (idiom) / the mob scrabbles madly for sth unobtainable / an unruly crowd on a wild goose chase 荒山野岭 荒山野嶺 huāng shān yě lǐng wild, mountainous country syn 猪年 豬年 zhū nián Year of the Boar (e.g. 2007) 穷山恶水 窮山惡水 qióng shān è shuǐ lit. barren hills and wild rivers (idiom) / fig. inhospitable natural environment syn 貍 lí wild cat 韱 xiān wild onions or leeks 豭 jiā boar / male pig 蘘 ráng a kind of wild ginger 鬖 sān wild hair 狼子野心 láng zǐ yě xīn ambition of wild wolves (idiom) / rapacious designs 饭糗茹草 飯糗茹草 fàn qiǔ rú cǎo lit. to live on dry provisions and wild herbs (idiom) / fig. to live in abject poverty 狼奔豕突 láng bēn shǐ tū the wolf runs and the wild boar rushes (idiom) / crowds of evil-doers mill around like wild beasts syn 野豕 yě shǐ wild boar 野生生物 yě shēng shēng wù wildlife / creatures in the wild / wild organism 脱缰野马 脫韁野馬 tuō jiāng yě mǎ a wild horse that refuses to be bridled (a metaphor for sth that runs wild) 亥猪 亥豬 hài zhū Year 12, year of the Boar (e.g. 2007) 公猪异味 公豬異味 gōng zhū yì wèi boar taint, the taste or odor of sweat or urine in pork from uncastrated pigs 猪膻味 豬膻味 zhū shān wèi boar taint, the taste or odor of sweat or urine in pork from uncastrated pigs 猖披 chāng pī dishevelled / wild / unrestrained 埌 làng wasteland / wild 鴄 pī wild duck 鴈 yàn wild goose 羱 yuán large-horned wild goat 虥 zhàn striped wild cat 鳻 fēn the wild pigeon 穭 lǚ wild grain 獞 tóng name of a variety of dog / wild tribes in South China 野芥菜 yě jiè cài wild 张二鸿 張二鴻 zhāng èr hóng Jung Chang 張戎|张戎[Zhang1 Rong2] (1952-), British-Chinese writer, author of Wild Swans 野天鵝|野天鹅[Ye3 Tian1 e2] and Mao: The Unknown Story 毛澤東·鮮為人知的故事|毛泽东·鲜为人知的故事[Mao2 Ze2 dong1 · Xian1 wei2 ren2 zhi1 de5 Gu4 shi5] 张戎 張戎 zhāng róng Jung Chang (1952-), British-Chinese writer, name at birth Zhang Erhong 張二鴻|张二鸿[Zhang1 Er4 hong2], author of Wild Swans 野天鵝|野天鹅[Ye3 Tian1 e2] and Mao: The Unknown Story 毛澤東·鮮為人知的故事|毛泽东·鲜为人知的故事[Mao2 Ze2 dong1 · Xian1 wei2 ren2 zhi1 de5 Gu4 shi5] 普氏野马 普氏野馬 pǔ shì yě mǎ Przevalski horse (Equus przewalskii) wild horse of Central Asia first identified in 1881 by Nikolai Mikhailovich Przevalski 普爾熱瓦爾斯基|普尔热瓦尔斯基 杜蘅 dù héng Asarum forbesii (wild ginger plant) 杜衡 dù héng Asarum forbesii (wild ginger plant) 榛榛 zhēn zhēn overgrown with wild plants 猖乱 猖亂 chāng luàn wild and disorderly 猖猖狂狂 chāng chāng kuáng kuáng wild / hurried and confused / hell-for-leather 白跑一趟 bái pǎo yī tàng to go on an errand for nothing / to go on a wild-goose chase 莱芜 萊蕪 lái wú field with dense growth of wild weeds 蘝 liǎn variant of 蘞|蔹, trailing plant / liana / creeper / wild vine (Gynostemma pentaphyllum or Vitis pentaphylla) 蔹 蘞 liǎn trailing plant / liana / creeper / wild vine (Gynostemma pentaphyllum or Vitis pentaphylla) 训兽术 訓獸術 xùn shòu shù animal training / taming wild beast (e.g. lion-taming) 轰动效应 轟動效應 hōng dòng xiào yìng sensational effect / wild reaction 边声 邊聲 biān shēng outlandish sounds (wind blowing on frontier, wild horses neighing etc) 野天鹅 野天鵝 yě tiān é Wild Swans, family autobiography by British-Chinese writer Jung Chang 張戎|张戎[Zhang1 Rong2] / alternative title 鴻|鸿, after the author's original name 張二鴻|张二鸿[Zhang1 Er4 hong2] 野甘蓝 野甘藍 yě gān lán European wild cabbage (Brassica oleracea) 