造 zào to make / to build / to manufacture / to invent / to fabricate / to go to / party (in a lawsuit or legal agreement) / crop / classifier for crops syn 收获 收穫 shōu huò to harvest / to reap / to gain / crop / harvest / profit / gain / bonus / reward syn 种植 種植 zhòng zhí to plant / to grow (a crop) / to cultivate syn 庄稼 莊稼 zhuāng jia farm crop syn 不菲 bù fěi considerable (cost etc) / bountiful (crop etc) / high (social status etc) syn 饥荒 饑荒 jī huāng crop failure / famine / debt / difficulty syn 作物 zuò wù crop syn 尖子 jiān zi best of its kind / cream of the crop syn 霜冻 霜凍 shuāng dòng frost / frost damage (to crop) 稻米 dào mǐ rice (crop) syn 庄稼地 莊稼地 zhuāng jia dì crop land / arable land syn 百里挑一 百裡挑一 bǎi lǐ tiāo yī one in a hundred / cream of the crop syn 上水 shàng shuǐ upper reaches (of a river) / to go upstream / to add some water / to water (a crop etc) syn 经济作物 經濟作物 jīng jì zuò wù cash crop (economics) syn 丰产 豐產 fēng chǎn high yield / bumper crop syn 枣树 棗樹 zǎo shù jujube tree / date tree / Zizyphus vulgaris / CL:棵[ke1] syn 稻子 dào zi rice (crop) / unhulled rice syn 落叶松 落葉松 luò yè sōng larch tree (Pinus larix) / deciduous pine tree syn 青黄不接 青黃不接 qīng huáng bù jiē lit. yellow does not reach green (idiom) / the yellow autumn crop does not last until the green spring crop / temporary deficit in manpower or resources / unable to make ends meet syn 试种 試種 shì zhòng test planting / crop grown on a trial basis 墒情 shāng qíng the state of moisture in the soil (and whether it can support a crop) 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 秋播 qiū bō sowing in autumn (for a crop in spring) 蟊贼 蟊賊 máo zéi insect that damages cereal crop seedlings / (lit. and fig.) vermin / a person harmful to the country and the people syn 岁 歲, 𡻕 suì classifier for years (of age) / year / year (of crop harvests) syn 季 jì season / the last month of a season / fourth or youngest amongst brothers / classifier for seasonal crop yields syn 喷 噴 pèn (of a smell) strong / peak season (of a crop) / (classifier for the ordinal number of a crop, in the context of multiple harvests) syn 尖 jiān pointed / tapering / sharp / (of a sound) shrill / piercing / (of one's hearing, sight etc) sharp / acute / keen / to make (one's voice) shrill / sharp point / tip / the best of sth / the cream of the crop syn 茬 chá stubble (crop residue) / stubble (hair growth) / classifier for a batch of sth produced during a particular cycle: a crop / sth just said or mentioned syn 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 歉收 qiàn shōu crop failure / poor harvest syn 冒头 冒頭 mào tóu to emerge / to crop up / a little more than syn 杈 chà branches of a tree / fork of a tree syn 嗉 膆 sù the crop of a bird 旱涝保收 旱澇保收 hàn lào bǎo shōu to provide a stable crop, regardless of drought or flood / to bring a stable income 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 保苗 bǎo miáo to protect young plants, ensuring that enough survive to produce a good crop 月桂树 月桂樹 yuè guì shù laurel tree (Laurus nobilis) / bay tree 油料作物 yóu liào zuò wù oil crop (rape, peanut, soy, sesame etc) / oil-bearing crop 丰登 豐登 fēng dēng plentiful harvest / bumper crop syn 垄 壟 lǒng ridge between fields / crop row / mounded soil forming a ridge in a field / grave mound syn 稼 jià to sow grain / (farm) crop syn 馑 饉 jǐn time of famine or crop failure 干 幹 gàn tree trunk / main part of sth / to manage / to work / to do / capable / cadre / to kill (slang) / to fuck (vulgar) / (coll.) pissed off / annoyed syn 棕榈 棕櫚 zōng lǘ palm tree syn 圣诞树 聖誕樹 shèng dàn shù Christmas tree 树木 樹木 shù mù tree syn 树叶 樹葉 shù yè tree leaves syn 松树 松樹 sōng shù pine / pine tree / CL:棵[ke1] syn 顶部 頂部 dǐng bù roof / topmost part / top (of tree, wall etc) / apex 伐木 fá mù to cut wood / tree-felling / lumbering syn 翡翠 fěi cuì jadeite / tree kingfisher 香椿 xiāng chūn Chinese toon (Toona sinensis), deciduous tree whose young leaves are used as a vegetable syn 摇钱树 搖錢樹 yáo qián shù legendary tree that sheds coins when shaken / (fig.) source of easy money syn 树桩 樹樁 shù zhuāng tree stump 树干 樹幹 shù gàn tree trunk syn 守株待兔 shǒu zhū dài tù lit. to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits (idiom) / to wait idly for opportunities / to trust to chance rather than show initiative syn 雪松 xuě sōng cedar tree / cedarwood syn 树皮 樹皮 shù pí tree bark 树根 樹根 shù gēn tree roots syn 老本 lǎo běn capital / assets / savings / nest egg / (fig.) reputation / laurels (to rest upon) / old edition of a book / (tree) trunk syn 牡丹 mǔ dan tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa) syn 独树一帜 獨樹一幟 dú shù yī zhì lit. to fly one's banner on a solitary tree (idiom) / fig. to act as a loner / to stand out / to develop one's own school / to have attitude of one's own syn 家谱 家譜 jiā pǔ genealogy / family tree 树荫 樹蔭 shù yìn shade of a tree syn 柏树 柏樹 bǎi shù cypress tree / Taiwan pr. [bo2 shu4] syn 桃树 桃樹 táo shù peach tree / CL:株[zhu1] 树梢 樹梢 shù shāo the tip of a tree / treetop syn 林木 lín mù forest / forest tree 梨树 梨樹 lí shù pear tree 柚木 yòu mù pomelo tree (Citrus maxima or C. grandis) / shaddock / oriental grapefruit 橄榄树 橄欖樹 gǎn lǎn shù olive tree 枝干 枝幹 zhī gàn branch / limb (of a tree) syn 果树 果樹 guǒ shù fruit tree / CL:棵[ke1] syn 成材 chéng cái to make sth of oneself / to become a person who is worthy of respect / (of a tree) to grow to full size / to become useful for timber syn 树阴 樹陰 shù yīn shade (of a tree) 小树 小樹 xiǎo shù shrub / small tree / sapling / CL:棵[ke1] syn 菩提树 菩提樹 pú tí shù peepul (Ficus religiosa) / bodhi tree / sacred fig syn 乔木 喬木 qiáo mù tree, esp. with recognizable trunk (as opposed to 灌木[guan4 mu4], bush or shrub) 杨树 楊樹 yáng shù poplar tree / various trees of genus Populus syn 杏树 杏樹 xìng shù apricot tree 树种 樹種 shù zhǒng tree species 参天 參天 cān tiān (of a tree etc) to reach up to the sky syn 世系 shì xì lineage / genealogy / family tree 桐油 tóng yóu tung oil, from the Japanese wood-oil tree Aleurites cordata, used in making lacquer 杨柳 楊柳 yáng liǔ willow tree / poplar and willow / name of traditional tune syn 沉香 chén xiāng Chinese eaglewood / agarwood tree / lignum aloes (Aquilaria agallocha) 青松 qīng sōng pine tree syn 一枝独秀 一枝獨秀 yī zhī dú xiù lit. only one branch of the tree is thriving (idiom) / fig. to be in a league of one's own / outstanding syn 槐树 槐樹 huái shù locust tree (Sophora japonica) syn 银耳 銀耳 yín ěr white fungus (Tremella fuciformis) / silver tree-ear fungus syn 桑树 桑樹 sāng shù mulberry tree, with leaves used to feed silkworms syn 移花接木 yí huā jiē mù lit. to graft flowers onto a tree / to surreptitiously substitute one thing for another (idiom) syn 针叶 針葉 zhēn yè needle-leaved (tree) 果木 guǒ mù fruit tree syn 树胶 樹膠 shù jiāo tree resin / gum 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) 