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"ancient mythical tree" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
叒 ruò old variant of 若[ruo4] / obedient / ancient mythical tree
Chinese Pinyin Translation
扶桑 fú sāng Fusang, mythical island of ancient literature, often interpreted as Japan syn
姜子牙 薑子牙 jiāng zǐ yá Jiang Ziya (c. 1100 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), partly mythical sage advisor to King Wen of Zhou 周文王[Zhou1 Wen2 wang2] and purported author of “Six Secret Strategic Teachings” 六韜|六韬[Liu4 tao1], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1]
枣树 棗樹 zǎo shù jujube tree / date tree / Zizyphus vulgaris / CL:棵[ke1] syn
落叶松 落葉松 luò yè sōng larch tree (Pinus larix) / deciduous pine tree syn
指桑骂槐 指桑罵槐 zhǐ sāng mà huái lit. to point at the mulberry tree and curse the locust tree / fig. to scold sb indirectly / to make oblique accusations (idiom) syn
李代桃僵 lǐ dài táo jiāng lit. the plum tree withers in place of the peach tree / to substitute one thing for another / to carry the can for sb syn
月桂树 月桂樹 yuè guì shù laurel tree (Laurus nobilis) / bay tree
株 zhū tree trunk / stump (tree root) / a plant / classifier for trees or plants / strain (biology) / to involve others (in shady business) syn
槐 huái Chinese scholar tree (Sophora japonica) / Japanese pagoda tree syn
杈 chà branches of a tree / fork of a tree syn
猴面包树 猴麵包樹 hóu miàn bāo shù boabab tree / monkey-bread tree / Adansonia digitata (botany)
刺桐 cì tóng Indian coral tree / sunshine tree / tiger's claw / Erythrina variegata (botany)
守株待兔，缘木求鱼 守株待兔，緣木求魚 shǒu zhū dài tù , yuán mù qiú yú to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish (idiom) / without any practical course of action
蚂蚁上树 螞蟻上樹 mǎ yǐ shàng shù "ants climbing a tree", a Sichuan dish made with cellophane noodles 粉絲|粉丝[fen3 si1] and ground meat (so called because the particles of meat clinging to the noodles look like ants on the twigs of a tree) / (sex position) man standing, woman clinging to his upper body / (erotic massage) full-body licking
辣木 là mù moringa tree / horseradish-tree
全株收获 quán zhū shōu huò complete-tree harvesting / total tree logging
存留林 residual tree / remaining tree
留母树作业法 留母樹作業法 seed tree cutting / seed tree method
故障树分析 故障樹分析 fault tree analysis / fault tree technique
黄檗 黃檗 huáng bò Amur cork tree (Phellodendron amurense) / cork-tree bark (Chinese medicine)
马缨花 馬纓花 mǎ yīng huā Persian silk tree (Albizia julibrissin) / tree rhododendron (Rhododendron delavayi) syn
行道树 行道樹 xíng dào shù roadside tree / street tree
栃 lì archaic variant of 櫪|枥, oak / type of tree in ancient books / stable (for horses)
楋 là (archaic) species of tree mentioned in ancient texts
幽州 yōu zhōu Youzhou, ancient province in north Hebei and Liaoning / Fanyang 範陽|范阳 ancient city near modern Beijing
里 lǐ li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m / neighborhood / ancient administrative unit of 25 families / (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels syn
龠 yuè ancient unit of volume (half a 合[ge3], equivalent to 50ml) / ancient flute
乢 gài ancient variant of 蓋|盖[gai4] / ancient variant of 丐[gai4]
底比斯 dǐ bǐ sī Thebes, place name in ancient Egypt / Thebes, ancient Greek city state
匴 suǎn bamboo utensil used for washing rice in ancient times / bamboo container for a hat used in the capping ceremony 冠禮|冠礼[guan4 li3] in ancient times
洭 kuāng ancient name of a river 洭河[Kuang1 He2] in present-day Guangdong / (used in ancient place names)
金刚 金剛 jīn gāng diamond / (used to translate Sanskrit "vajra", a thunderbolt or mythical weapon) / guardian deity (in Buddhist iconography) syn
怪兽 怪獸 guài shòu rare animal / mythical animal / monster
伏羲 fú xī Fuxi, legendary Chinese emperor, trad. 2852-2738 BC, mythical creator of fishing, trapping and writing
神话故事 神話故事 shén huà gù shi mythical story / myth
辟邪 bì xié to ward off evil spirits / mythical lion-like animal that wards off evil (also called 貔貅[pi2 xiu1])
貔貅 pí xiū mythical animal that brings luck and wards off evil, having head of a dragon and lion's body, often with hoofs, wings and tail / also written 辟邪 / fig. valiant soldier syn
神马 神馬 shén mǎ mythical horse / Internet slang for 什麼|什么[shen2 me5]
香巴拉 xiāng bā lā Shambhala, mythical place (Buddhism, Hinduism)
离 chī mythical beast (archaic) syn
精 jīng essence / extract / vitality / energy / semen / sperm / mythical goblin spirit / highly perfected / elite / the pick of sth / proficient (refined ability) / extremely (fine) / selected rice (archaic) syn
精卫填海 精衛填海 jīng wèi tián hǎi lit. mythical bird Jingwei tries to fill the ocean with stones (idiom) / futile ambition / task of Sisyphus / determination in the face of impossible odds syn
禹 yǔ Yu the Great (c. 21st century BC), mythical leader who tamed the floods / surname Yu
舜 shùn Shun (c. 23rd century BC), mythical sage and leader
鸾 鸞 luán mythical bird related to phoenix syn
羲 xī same as Fuxi 伏羲[Fu2xi1], a mythical emperor / surname Xi
夔 kuí one-legged mountain demon of Chinese mythology / Chinese mythical figure who invented music and dancing / Chinese rain god / surname Kui
狻 suān (mythical animal)
鲧 鯀 gǔn Gun, mythical father of Yu the Great 大禹[Da4 Yu3]
虺 huǐ mythical venomous snake
蜮 yù mythical creature / toad / worm
獍 jìng a mythical animal that eats its mother
鹣 鶼 jiān mythical bird with one eye and one wing / see also 鰈鶼|鲽鹣[die2 jian1]
貔 pí see 貔貅[pi2 xiu1], composite mythical animal (originally 貔 was the male) syn
貅 xiū see 貔貅[pi2 xiu1], composite mythical animal (originally 貅 was the female)
鷫 sù (ominous mythical bird) / teal
鯀 gǔn variant of 鮌|鲧 / Gun, mythical father of Yu the Great 大禹
大禹 dà yǔ Yu the Great (c. 21st century BC) mythical leader who tamed the floods
豸 zhì worm-like invertebrate / mythical animal (see 獬豸[xie4 zhi4]) / radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 153)
亃 lín mythical animal, said to have yellow body and white tail
伏羲氏 fú xī shì Fuxi or Fu Hsi, legendary Chinese emperor 2852-2738 BC, mythical creator of fishing, trapping, and writing
四灵 四靈 sì líng four divinities / four divine emperors / four mythical creatures symbolic of prosperity and longevity, namely the phoenix 鳳|凤[feng4], turtle 龜|龟[gui1], dragon 龍|龙[long2] and Chinese unicorn 麒麟[qi2 lin2] / also 四象[si4 xiang4], the four division of the sky
大鹏鸟 大鵬鳥 dà péng niǎo roc (mythical bird of prey)
情急了 qíng jí liǎo mythical talking bird / mynah bird
戾龙 戾龍 lì lóng mythical evil serpent / evil dragon in Western mythology, cf Revelations 14:12
猳 jiā mythical ape / variant of 豭[jia1]
猳国 猳國 jiā guó name of mythical ape
獬豸 xiè zhì Xiezhi, mythical Chinese unicorn
玄圃 xuán pǔ mythical fairyland on Kunlun Mountain 崑崙|昆仑[Kun1 lun2]
甪端 lù duān Luduan, mythical Chinese beast able to detect the truth
百度十大神兽 百度十大神獸 bǎi dù shí dà shén shòu The Baidu 10 Mythical Creatures (a set of hoax animals and puns linked to PRC internet censorship)
秦吉了 qín jí liǎo mythical talking bird / mynah bird
驺虞 騶虞 zōu yú zouyu (mythical animal) / official in charge of park animals / name of an archaic ceremonial tune
鹏鸟 鵬鳥 péng niǎo roc (mythical bird of prey) / great talent
鹣鹣 鶼鶼 jiān jiān lit. a pair of mythical birds who depend on each other / fig. an inseparable couple
龙门 龍門 lóng mén Longmen county in Huizhou 惠州[Hui4 zhou1], Guangdong / mythical Dragon gate where a carp can transform into a dragon
狴犴 bì àn (literary) mythical creature resembling a tiger whose image was painted on prison doors / (literary) prison
斯芬克司 sī fēn kè sī Sphinx (Egyptian mythical beast)
十大神兽 十大神獸 shí dà shén shòu the Baidu 10 mythical creatures (a set of hoax animals and puns linked to PRC Internet censorship)
嫏嬛 láng huán mythical place where the Celestial Emperor stores his books / (fig.) library
琅嬛 láng huán mythical fairy realm
猵狙 piàn jū mythical beast similar to an ape with dog's head
鹔鹴 鷫鸘 sù shuāng green, long-necked mythical bird
水猴子 shuǐ hóu zi mythical monster that preys on swimmers
犼 hǒu mythical man-eating creature resembling a dog
𬸚𬸦 鸑鷟 yuè zhuó (literary) mythical bird similar to a phoenix / (archaic) waterbird similar to a large duck
树木 樹木 shù mù tree syn
顶部 頂部 dǐng bù roof / topmost part / top (of tree, wall etc) / apex
树叶 樹葉 shù yè tree leaves syn
牡丹 mǔ dan tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa) syn
翡翠 fěi cuì jadeite / tree kingfisher
摘下 zhāi xià to take off / to remove (one's hat, a door from its hinges etc) / to pick (a piece of fruit from a tree etc) / (sports) to pick off (a rebound etc)
雪松 xuě sōng cedar tree / cedarwood syn
林木 lín mù forest / forest tree
树干 樹幹 shù gàn tree trunk syn
果树 果樹 guǒ shù fruit tree / CL:棵[ke1] syn
梧桐 wú tóng wutong (Firmiana platanifolia) / Chinese parasol tree syn
杨柳 楊柳 yáng liǔ willow tree / poplar and willow / name of traditional tune syn
松树 松樹 sōng shù pine / pine tree / CL:棵[ke1] syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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