枯叶 枯葉 kū yè dead leaf / withered leaf 板油 bǎn yóu leaf fat / leaf lard syn 蒲扇 pú shàn palm-leaf fan / cattail-leaf fan 对生 對生 duì shēng (botany) opposite leaf arrangement / paired leaf arrangement 月桂树叶 月桂樹葉 yuè guì shù yè laurel leaf / bay leaf 月桂叶 月桂葉 yuè guì yè bay leaf / laurel leaf 叶脉序 葉脈序 yè mài xù leaf venation (botany) / the pattern of veins on a leaf, characteristic of each species 香叶 香葉 xiāng yè bay leaf / laurel leaf 艾叶油 艾葉油 ài yè yóu mugwort leaf oil (TCM) / also called wormwood leaf oil / Oleum folii Artemisiae argyi 棕叶 棕葉 zòng yè leaf (usually bamboo or reed leaf) used to wrap 粽子[zong4 zi5] sticky rice dumplings 粽叶 粽葉 zòng yè leaf (usually bamboo or reed leaf) used to wrap sticky rice dumplings 粽子[zong4zi5] 可持续消费和生产处 可持續消費和生產處 Sustainable Consumption and Production Branch / SCP Branch 分支 fēn zhī branch (of company, river etc) / to branch / to diverge / to ramify / to subdivide syn 支书 支書 zhī shū branch secretary / secretary of a branch of the Communist Party or the Communist Youth League / abbr. for 支部書記|支部书记 科 kē branch of study / administrative section / division / field / branch / stage directions / family (taxonomy) / rules / laws / to mete out (punishment) / to levy (taxes etc) / to fine sb / CL:個|个[ge4] 岔 chà fork in road / bifurcation / branch in road, river, mountain range etc / to branch off / to turn off / to diverge / to stray (from the path) / to change the subject / to interrupt / to stagger (times) syn 常规武器包括实际裁军措施处 Conventional Arms, including Practical Disarmament Measures, Branch / Conventional Arms Branch 常规武器处 Conventional Arms, including Practical Disarmament Measures, Branch / Conventional Arms Branch 专用自动交换分机 Private Automatic Branch Exchange / Private Branch Exchange 建设和平委员会支助处 建設和平委員會支助處 Peacebuilding Commission Support Branch / PBC Support Branch 洗心革面 xǐ xīn gé miàn lit. to wash one's heart and renew one's face (idiom) / to repent sincerely and mend one's mistaken ways / to turn over a new leaf syn 革面洗心 gé miàn xǐ xīn lit. to renew one's face and wash one's heart (idiom) / to repent sincerely and mend one's mistaken ways / to turn over a new leaf 金银箔 金銀箔 jīn yín bó gold and silver foil / gold and silver leaf syn 脱胎换骨 脫胎換骨 tuō tāi huàn gǔ to shed one's mortal body and exchange one's bones (idiom) / born again Daoist / to turn over a new leaf / fig. to change wholly / to create from other material (story, artwork etc) syn 痛改前非 tòng gǎi qián fēi completely correcting one's former misdeeds (idiom) / to repent past mistakes and turn over a new leaf / a reformed character syn 悔过自新 悔過自新 huǐ guò zì xīn to repent and start afresh (idiom) / to turn over a new leaf syn 改过自新 改過自新 gǎi guò zì xīn to reform and start afresh (idiom) / to turn over a new leaf syn 单子叶 單子葉 dān zǐ yè monocotyledon (plant family distinguished by single embryonic leaf, includes grasses, orchids and lilies) 脱骨换胎 脫骨換胎 tuō gǔ huàn tāi to shed one's mortal body and exchange one's bones (idiom) / born again Daoist / to turn over a new leaf / fig. to change wholly 幽明 yōu míng the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts 幽明 yōu - míng the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts 斩草除根 斬草除根 zhǎn cǎo chú gēn to cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom) / to destroy root and branch / to eliminate completely syn 支 zhī to support / to sustain / to erect / to raise / branch / division / to draw money / classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions syn 本末倒置 běn mò dào zhì lit. to invert root and branch (idiom) / fig. confusing cause and effect / to stress the incidental over the fundamental / to put the cart before the horse syn 剪草除根 jiǎn cǎo chú gēn lit. cut grass and pull out roots (idiom) / fig. to destroy root and branch / to eradicate syn 采购和设施管理处 Procurement and Facilities Management Branch / Procurement and Facilities Management 发展和经济社会问题处 發展和經濟社會問題處 Development and Economic and Social Issues Branch 自然资源和环境规划管理处 自然資源和環境規劃管理處 Natural Resources and Environment Planning and Management Branch 叶子 葉子 yè zi leaf (CL:片[pian4]) / (slang) marijuana syn 枫叶 楓葉 fēng yè maple leaf syn 叶片 葉片 yè piàn blade (of propellor) / vane / leaf syn 绿叶 綠葉 lǜ yè green leaf / (fig.) actor playing a supporting role 烟叶 煙葉 yān yè leaf tobacco 秋叶 秋葉 qiū yè autumn leaf 四叶草 四葉草 sì yè cǎo four-leaf clover 金箔 jīn bó gold leaf 贴金 貼金 tiē jīn to cover (a statue) with gold leaf / to gild / (fig.) to prettify / to glorify 改邪归正 改邪歸正 gǎi xié guī zhèng to mend one's ways (idiom) / to turn over a new leaf syn 月桂 yuè guì laurel (Laurus nobilis) / bay tree / bay leaf 芥菜 jiè cài leaf mustard (Brassica juncea) / also pr. [gai4cai4] syn 互生 hù shēng alternate leaf arrangement (botany) 叶脉 葉脈 yè mài venation (pattern of veins on a leaf) 遮羞布 zhē xiū bù loincloth / (fig.) fig leaf / CL:塊|块[kuai4] syn 子叶 子葉 zǐ yè cotyledon (first embryonic leaf) 芭蕉扇 bā jiāo shàn palm-leaf fan syn 叶落归根 葉落歸根 yè luò guī gēn a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom) / everything has its ancestral home / In old age, an expatriate longs to return home. syn 复叶 複葉 fù yè compound leaf (botany) 龟背竹 龜背竹 guī bèi zhú split-leaf philodendron / Monstera deliciosa 番泻叶 番瀉葉 fān xiè yè senna leaf (Folium sennae) 叶 葉 yè leaf / page / lobe / (historical) period / classifier for small boats syn 页 頁 yè page / leaf syn 柄 bǐng handle or shaft (of an axe etc) / (of a flower, leaf or fruit) stem / sth that affords an advantage to an opponent / classifier for knives or blades syn 扉 fēi door with only one leaf syn 缨 纓 yīng tassel / sth shaped like a tassel (e.g. a leaf etc) / ribbon syn 落叶归根 落葉歸根 luò yè guī gēn lit. a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom) / fig. all things go back to their source eventually / in old age, an expatriate returns home syn 一叶障目 一葉障目 yī yè zhàng mù lit. eyes obscured by a single leaf (idiom) / fig. not seeing the wider picture / can't see the wood for the trees syn 一叶知秋 一葉知秋 yī yè zhī qiū lit. the falling of one leaf heralds the coming of autumn (idiom) / fig. a small sign can indicate a great trend / a straw in the wind 捕虫叶 捕蟲葉 bǔ chóng yè insect-catching leaf 不完全叶 不完全葉 bù wán quán yè (botany) an incomplete leaf – one that lacks a lamina, petiole, or stipule 盖菜 蓋菜 gài cài leaf mustard syn 弃旧图新 棄舊圖新 qì jiù tú xīn to turn over a new leaf syn 叶口蝠科 葉口蝠科 yè kǒu fú kē (zoology) New World leaf-nosed bats (Phyllostomidae) 互生叶 互生葉 hù shēng yè alternate phyllotaxy (leaf pattern) 台湾叶鼻蝠 台灣葉鼻蝠 tái wān yè bí fú Formosan leaf-nosed bat 吹叶机 吹葉機 chuī yè jī leaf blower (machine) 孕穗 yùn suì (grain farming) booting (i.e. the swelling of the leaf sheath due to panicle growth) syn 牛樟 niú zhāng Cinnamomum kanehirae / small-leaf camphor / stout camphor (indigenous to Taiwan) 皱叶欧芹 皺葉歐芹 zhòu yè ōu qín curled-leaf parsley (Petroselinum crispum) 细叶脉 細葉脈 xì yè mài veinlet in a leaf 网状脉 網狀脈 wǎng zhuàng mài netted veins / reticulated veins (of a leaf etc) / stockwork (geology) 羽状复叶 羽狀複葉 yǔ zhuàng fù yè bipinnate leaf (in phyllotaxy) 芫荽叶 芫荽葉 yán sui yè coriander leaf 芸苔子 yún tái zǐ rape (Brassica campestris L.) / rapeseed plant / canola plant / a common vegetable with a dark green leaf / also called 油菜 落叶层 落葉層 luò yè céng leaf litter 叶子列 葉子列 yè zi liè leaf arrangement / phyllotaxy (botany) 叶序 葉序 yè xù leaf arrangement / phyllotaxy (botany) 叶鼻蝠 葉鼻蝠 yè bí fú leaf-nosed bat 银叶 銀葉 yín yè silver leaf 香菜叶 香菜葉 xiāng cài yè coriander leaf 黄腰柳莺 黃腰柳鶯 huáng yāo liǔ yīng (bird species of China) Pallas's leaf warbler (Phylloscopus proregulus) 艾叶 艾葉 ài yè mugwort leaf (TCM) / Folium Artemisiae argyi 葵扇 kuí shàn palm-leaf fan syn 钢板弹簧 leaf spring 古柯叶 gǔ kē yè coca leaf 咖啡叶锈病 咖啡葉鏽病 kā fēi yè xiù bìng coffee leaf rust 斑鸠菊 斑鳩菊 bān jiū jú bitter leaf 柳叶梨 柳葉梨 liǔ yè lí willow-leaf pear tree 以联合国做掩饰 以聯合國做掩飾 yǐ lián hé guó zuò yǎn shì UN fig leaf 打着联合国的旗号 打著聯合國的旗號 UN fig leaf 