树叶 樹葉 shù yè tree leaves syn 海绵 海綿 hǎi mián (zoology) sea sponge / (esp.) dried sea sponge / sponge (made from polyester or cellulose etc) / foam rubber 葡萄干 葡萄乾 pú tao gān raisin / dried grape 虾米 蝦米 xiā mǐ small shrimp / dried, shelled shrimps / (Tw) (coll.) what (from Taiwanese 啥物, Tai-lo pr. [siánn-mih], equivalent to Mandarin 什麼|什么[shen2me5]) syn 茶叶 茶葉 chá yè tea / tea leaves / CL:盒[he2],罐[guan4],包[bao1],片[pian4] syn 香椿 xiāng chūn Chinese toon (Toona sinensis), deciduous tree whose young leaves are used as a vegetable syn 乳臭未干 乳臭未乾 rǔ xiù wèi gān lit. smell of breast milk not yet dried (idiom) / fig. immature and inexperienced / still wet behind the ears syn 枯竭 kū jié used up / dried up / exhausted (of resources) syn 落叶 落葉 luò yè dead leaves / to lose leaves (of plants) / deciduous 柴火 chái huo plant material used as fuel (firewood, straw, leaves etc) syn 干枯 乾枯 gān kū withered / shriveled / dried-up syn 干瘪 乾癟 gān biě dried out / wizened / shriveled syn 飘落 飄落 piāo luò to float down / to fall gently (snowflakes, leaves etc) syn 杀青 殺青 shā qīng to put the last hand to (a book, a film etc) / to finalize / to kill-green (a step in the processing of tea leaves) syn 内定 內定 nèi dìng to select sb for a position without announcing the decision until later / to decide behind closed doors / all cut and dried 风干 風乾 fēng gān to air-dry / to season (timber etc) / air-dried / air-drying 陈皮 陳皮 chén pí dried tangerine peel (used in cuisine and traditional Chinese medicine) 干果 乾果 gān guǒ dried fruit / dry fruits (nuts etc) 含羞草 hán xiū cǎo mimosa / sensitive plant (that closes its leaves when touched) 飘零 飄零 piāo líng to fall and wither (like autumn leaves) / (fig.) drifting and homeless syn 粽子 zòng zi glutinous rice and choice of filling wrapped in leaves and steamed or boiled syn 光秃秃 光禿禿 guāng tū tū bald / bare (no hair, no leaves, no vegetation etc) syn 干货 乾貨 gān huò dried food (including dried fruits, mushrooms and seafoods such as shrimp and abalone) / (fig.) (coll.) knowledge presented in readily assimilable form / just what you want to know: no more, no less (no padding 水分[shui3fen4]) 紫菜 zǐ cài edible seaweed of genus Porphyra or genus Pyropia, esp. one used to make dried sheets of nori 枯干 枯乾 kū gān dried up / shriveled / withered 青丝 青絲 qīng sī fine black hair / dried plum (sliced, as cake ingredient) syn 眼屎 yǎn shǐ sleep (dried mucus in the corner of the eye) syn 肉松 肉鬆 ròu sōng meat floss / shredded dried pork syn 红叶 紅葉 hóng yè red autumnal leaves syn 婆娑 pó suō to swirl about / (of leaves and branches) to sway 嫩叶 嫩葉 nèn yè tender young leaves 干贝 乾貝 gān bèi conpoy / dried scallop (dried adductor muscle of a scallop) syn 粗枝大叶 粗枝大葉 cū zhī dà yè thick stems and broad leaves (idiom) / boorish / rough and ready / sloppy syn 海米 hǎi mǐ dried shrimps syn 桑树 桑樹 sāng shù mulberry tree, with leaves used to feed silkworms syn 春茶 chūn chá tea leaves gathered at springtime or the tea made from these leaves 青蒜 qīng suàn garlic shoots and leaves syn 长出 長出 zhǎng chū to sprout (leaves, buds, a beard etc) syn 冲泡 沖泡 chōng pào to add water (or other liquid) to (another ingredient such as powdered milk or tea leaves) / to infuse (tea) 牛肉干 牛肉乾 niú ròu gān dried beef / jerky / charqui 卵形 luǎn xíng oval / egg-shaped (leaves in botany) 冻干 凍乾 dòng gān to freeze-dry / freeze-dried food (such as meat or fruit) 腐竹 fǔ zhú rolls of dried soymilk cream (used in cooking after being rehydrated) 虾皮 蝦皮 xiā pí small dried shrimp syn 干菜 乾菜 gān cài dried vegetable 苍术 蒼術 cāng zhú black atractylodes rhizome (dried rhizome of any of several atractylodes species) (TCM) 柿饼 柿餅 shì bǐng dried persimmon 板鸭 板鴨 bǎn yā pressed (dried) salted duck 耍无赖 耍無賴 shuǎ wú lài to act shamelessly / to behave in a way that leaves others tut-tutting and shaking their heads in disapproval syn 谢 謝 xiè to thank / (bound form) to apologize / (bound form) to decline / to refuse / (bound form) (of flowers, leaves etc) to wither syn 腊 xī dried meat / also pr. [xi2] syn 枯 kū (of plants) withered / (of wells, rivers, etc) dried up / (bound form) dull / boring / (bound form) residue of pressed oilseeds syn 茶水 chá shuǐ tea prepared in large quantity using inexpensive tea leaves 脯 fǔ dried meat / preserved fruit syn 白蜡树 白蠟樹 bái là shù Chinese ash (Fraxinus chinensis), whose bark, flowers and leaves are used in TCM 茗 míng Thea sinensis / young leaves of tea syn 罗布麻 羅布麻 luó bù má dogbane (Apocynum venetum), leaves used in TCM syn 冬菜 dōng cài preserved dried cabbage or mustard greens 紫河车 紫河車 zǐ hé chē (TCM) dried human placenta (used as medicine) syn 双子叶 雙子葉 shuāng zǐ yè dicotyledon (plant family distinguished by two embryonic leaves, includes daisies, broadleaved trees, herbaceous plants) 槁 gǎo dried up (wood) / dead tree 脩 xiū dried meat presented by pupils to their teacher at their first meeting (in ancient times) / dried / withered 鲞 鯗 xiǎng dried fish syn 贝多 貝多 bèi duō pattra palm tree (loan from Sanskrit, Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as paper substitute for Buddhist sutras 纷纷扬扬 紛紛揚揚 fēn fēn yáng yáng fluttering about (of leaves etc) syn 莽草 mǎng cǎo Chinese anise (Ilicium anisatum, a shrub with poisonous leaves) 眵 chī (bound form) sleep (dried mucus in the corner of the eye) syn 膴 hū big piece of meat / dried meat 吴头楚尾 吳頭楚尾 wú tóu chǔ wěi lit. head in Wu and tail in Chu (idiom) / fig. close together / head-to-tail / one thing starts where the other leaves off 梵册贝叶 梵冊貝葉 fàn cè bèi yè Sanskrit on Talipot palm leaves (idiom) / Buddhist scripture 秋风扫落叶 秋風掃落葉 qiū fēng sǎo luò yè lit. as the autumn gale sweeps away the fallen leaves (idiom) / to drive out the old and make a clean sweep 金枝玉叶 金枝玉葉 jīn zhī yù yè golden branch, jade leaves (idiom) / fig. blue-blooded nobility, esp. imperial kinsmen or peerless beauty syn 萚 蘀 tuò fallen leaves and bark 冢中枯骨 塚中枯骨 zhǒng zhōng kū gǔ dried bones in burial mound (idiom) / dead and buried 臈 là dried meat 毛茶 máo chá unprocessed sun-dried tea leaves used to make black or green tea syn 大溪豆干 大溪豆乾 dà xī dòu gān dried tofu made in Daxi, a district of Taoyuan, Taiwan famous for its dried tofu 豆干[dou4gan1] 蘀 tuò fallen leaves and bark 蕸 xiá water-lily leaves 箊 yū bamboo with thin / wide leaves 拂动 拂動 fú dòng (of a breeze) to make (hair, leaves, clothing etc) sway gently / to ruffle 木兰纲 木蘭綱 mù lán gāng Magnoliopsidae or Dicotyledoneae (class of plants distinguished by two embryonic leaves) 柘丝 柘絲 zhè sī silk from worms fed on 柘[zhe4] leaves 柘蚕 柘蠶 zhè cán silkworms fed on the leaves of the 柘[zhe4] tree 牡丹虽好，全仗绿叶扶 牡丹雖好，全仗綠葉扶 mǔ dan suī hǎo , quán zhàng lǜ yè fú Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others. 牡丹虽好，全凭绿叶扶持 牡丹雖好，全憑綠葉扶持 mǔ dan suī hǎo , quán píng lǜ yè fú chí Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others. 甜菊 tián jú Stevia, South American sunflower genus / sugarleaf (Stevia rebaudiana), bush whose leaves produce sugar substitute 白苋 白莧 bái xiàn white amaranth (Amaranthus albus) / sprouts and tender leaves of Chinese spinach (Amaranthus spp.) used as food 羽裂 yǔ liè pinnation (splitting of leaves into lobes) 茶叶末儿 茶葉末兒 chá yè mò r tea leaves powder 叶片状 葉片狀 yè piàn zhuàng foliated / striated into thin leaves 贝多罗树 貝多羅樹 bèi duō luó shù Talipot palm (Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as writing media 贝叶 貝葉 bèi yè pattra palm tree (Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as paper substitute for Buddhist sutras 贝叶棕 貝葉棕 bèi yè zōng pattra palm tree (Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as paper substitute for Buddhist sutras 贝叶经 貝葉經 bèi yè jīng sutra written on leaves of pattra palm tree 艾片 ài piàn preparation obtained from sambong leaves, containing borneol (used in TCM) / Borneolum Luodian 珠茶 zhū chá gunpowder tea, Chinese green tea whose leaves are each formed into a small pellet 树高千丈，叶落归根 樹高千丈，葉落歸根 shù gāo qiān zhàng , yè luò guī gēn fig. a tree may grow a thousand zhang high, but its leaves return to their roots (proverb) / fig. everything has its ancestral home / in old age, an expatriate returns home 火星撞地球 huǒ xīng zhuàng dì qiú clash that leaves both sides shattered 