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"cypress vine" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
茑萝 蔦蘿 niǎo luó cypress vine
Chinese Pinyin Translation
顺藤摸瓜 順藤摸瓜 shùn téng mō guā lit. to follow the vine to get to the melon / to track sth following clues syn
柏树 柏樹 bǎi shù cypress tree / Taiwan pr. [bo2 shu4] syn
藤蔓 téng mán vine syn
松柏 sōng bǎi pine and cypress / fig. chaste and undefiled / fig. tomb syn
藤蔓 téng màn vine / also pr. [teng2 wan4] syn
五味子 wǔ wèi zǐ schizandra (Schisandra chinensis) / Magnolia vine
葛根 gé gēn tuber of the kudzu vine (Pueraria lobata), used in Chinese medicine
滚瓜烂熟 滾瓜爛熟 gǔn guā làn shú lit. ripe as a melon that rolls from its vine (idiom) / fig. to know fluently / to know sth inside out / to know sth by heart syn
菟丝子 菟絲子 tù sī zǐ dodder (Cuscuta sinensis, a parasitic vine with seeds used in medicine)
藤 téng rattan / cane / vine syn
茨 cí Caltrop or puncture vine (Tribulus terrestris) / to thatch (a roof) syn
秧 yāng sapling / seedling / sprout / (esp.) rice seedling / stem / stalk / vine / baby livestock / fry / (dialect) to raise / to cultivate (plants or animals) syn
菟 tù dodder (Cuscuta sinensis, a parasitic vine with seeds having medicinal uses) / also called 菟絲子|菟丝子
藤本植物 téng běn zhí wù vine plant
凌霄花 líng xiāo huā Chinese trumpet vine (Campsis grandiflora) syn
苕 tiáo reed grass / Chinese trumpet vine (Campsis grandiflora) (old)
龙须菜 龍鬚菜 lóng xū cài asparagus / (Tw) young shoots of the chayote vine 佛手瓜[fo2 shou3 gua1] syn
苍松翠柏 蒼松翠柏 cāng sōng cuì bǎi evergreen pine and cypress (idiom) / steadfast nobility syn
丝柏 絲柏 sī bó cypress
红桧 紅檜 hóng guì Formosan cypress, aka Taiwan red cedar (Chamaecyparis formosensis)
桧木 檜木 guì mù false cypress (genus Chamaecyparis)
罗汉果 羅漢果 luó hàn guǒ monk fruit, the sweet fruit of Siraitia grosvenorii, a vine of the Curcubitaceae family native to southern China and northern Thailand, used in Chinese medicine
秧子 yāng zi sapling / seedling / sprout / (esp.) rice seedling / stem / stalk / vine / baby livestock / fry / (dialect) (derog.) suffix used to indicate a type of person syn
缠绕茎 纏繞莖 chán rào jīng vine / twining stem
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)
豆薯 dòu shǔ yam bean (Pachyrhizus erosus), a vine with sweet edible root syn
藤本作物 téng běn zuò wù vine crops
强扭的瓜不甜 強扭的瓜不甜 qiǎng niǔ de guā bù tián lit. if you have to use force to break a melon off the vine, it won't taste sweet (because it's only when the melon is ripe that it can be removed with just a slight twist) (idiom) / fig. if sth is not meant to be, it's no use trying to force it to happen
绵绵瓜瓞 綿綿瓜瓞 mián mián - guā dié lit. (of a melon vine) laden with melons of all sizes (idiom) / fig. (of descendants) to thrive and prosper for generations
蒺藜 jí li (botany) caltrop / puncture vine (Tribulus terrestris) / barbed object 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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