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 早期 zǎo qī early period / early phase / early stage syn 早日 zǎo rì soon / at an early date / the early days / the past 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 脚踏实地 腳踏實地 jiǎo tà shí dì to have one's feet firmly planted on the ground (idiom) / realistic without flights of fancy / steady and serious character syn 作物 zuò wù crop syn 尖子 jiān zi best of its kind / cream of the crop syn 早退 zǎo tuì to leave early (before the stipulated finishing time) / to retire early (from one's job) 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 稻子 dào zi rice (crop) / unhulled rice 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) 顾炎武 顧炎武 gù yán wǔ Gu Yanwu (1613-1682), late Ming and early Qing Confucian philosopher, linguist and historian, played a founding role in phonology of early Chinese, author of Rizhilu or Record of daily study 日知錄|日知录 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 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 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 保苗 bǎo miáo to protect young plants, ensuring that enough survive to produce a good crop 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 虞世南 yú shì nán Yu Shinan (558-638), politician of Sui and early Tang periods, poet and calligrapher, one of Four Great Calligraphers of early Tang 唐初四大家[Tang2 chu1 Si4 Da4 jia1] 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 他 tā (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he / him / his / (bound form) other / another / some other (as in 他日[ta1ri4] and 他人[ta1ren2]) syn 还 還 hái still / still in progress / still more / yet / even more / in addition / fairly / passably (good) / as early as / even / also / else syn 早上 zǎo shang early morning / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 早晨 zǎo chén early morning / CL:個|个[ge4] / also pr. [zao3chen5] syn 凌晨 líng chén very early in the morning / in the wee hours syn 少年 shào nián early youth / youngster / (literary) youth / young man syn 一早 yī zǎo early in the morning / at dawn syn 清晨 qīng chén early morning syn 早起 zǎo qǐ to get up early syn 尽早 儘早 jǐn zǎo as early as possible syn 预警 預警 yù jǐng warning / early warning 先后 先後 xiān hòu early or late / first and last / priority / in succession / one after another syn 前期 qián qī preceding period / early stage syn 小儿 小兒 xiǎo r (coll.) early childhood / baby boy syn 开局 開局 kāi jú opening (chess etc) / early stage of game, match, work, activity etc syn 早班 zǎo bān early shift / morning work shift 早熟 zǎo shú precocious / early-maturing syn 捷足先登 jié zú xiān dēng the quick-footed climb up first (idiom) / the early bird catches the worm / first come, first served syn 早年 zǎo nián many years ago / in the past / in one's early years syn 大哥大 dà gē dà cell phone (bulky, early-model one) / brick phone / mob boss syn 襁褓 qiǎng bǎo swaddling clothes / fig. early stage of development / infancy syn 早逝 zǎo shì early demise / untimely death syn 初夏 chū xià early summer syn 学前教育 學前教育 xué qián jiào yù preschool education / early childhood education 中班 zhōng bān middle shift / swing shift / early night shift / middle class in kindergarten (4-5 year olds) 甲骨文 jiǎ gǔ wén oracle script / oracle bone inscriptions (an early form of Chinese script) 梅雨 méi yǔ East Asian rainy season (in late spring and early summer) syn 近代史 jìn dài shǐ modern history (for China, from the Opium Wars until the fall of the Qing Dynasty, i.e. mid-19th to early 20th century) 早婚 zǎo hūn to marry too early 起早贪黑 起早貪黑 qǐ zǎo tān hēi to be industrious, rising early and going to bed late syn 上古 shàng gǔ the distant past / ancient times / antiquity / early historical times syn 左传 左傳 zuǒ zhuàn Zuo Zhuan or Tsochuan, Mr Zuo's Annals or Mr Zuo's commentary on 春秋[Chun1 qiu1], early history c. 400 BC attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming 左丘明[Zuo3 Qiu1 ming2] 预警机 預警機 yù jǐng jī early warning aircraft system, e.g. US AWACS 督军 督軍 dū jūn provincial military governor during the early Republic of China era (1911-1949 AD) syn 大总统 大總統 dà zǒng tǒng president (primarily used during the early years of the Republic of China, 1912-1928) 早春 zǎo chūn early spring syn 早稻 zǎo dào early season rice / rice at transplanting or still unripe 早在 zǎo zài as early as 下半身 xià bàn shēn lower half of one's body / Lower Body (Chinese poetry movement of the early 21st century) syn 适才 適才 shì cái just now / a moment ago (often used in the early vernacular) syn 都督 dū dū (army) commander-in-chief (archaic) / provincial military governor and civil administrator during the early Republic of China era (1911-1949 AD) 初夜 chū yè early evening / wedding night / (fig.) first sexual encounter 诗经 詩經 shī jīng Shijing, the Book of Songs, early collection of Chinese poems and one of the Five Classics of Confucianism 五經|五经[Wu3 jing1] 郑和 鄭和 zhèng hé Zheng He (1371-1433), famous early Ming dynasty admiral and explorer 咱家 zá jiā I / me / my / (often used in early vernacular literature) syn 初年 chū nián early years 清明节 清明節 qīng míng jié Qingming or Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day, celebration for the dead (in early April) 预警系统 預警系統 yù jǐng xì tǒng early warning system 初秋 chū qiū early autumn / 7th month of the lunar calendar 初冬 chū dōng early winter 晚清 wǎn qīng the late Qing / late 19th and early 20th century China 预警机制 預警機制 early warning mechanism 华灯初上 華燈初上 huá dēng chū shàng early evening when lanterns are first lit 反清 fǎn qīng anti-Qing / refers to the revolutionary movements in late 19th and early 20th century leading up to 1911 Xinhai Revolution 辛亥革命[Xin1 hai4 Ge2 ming4] 稍早 shāo zǎo a little early 李大钊 李大釗 lǐ dà zhāo Li Dazhao (1889-1927), early Chinese Marxist and founding member of the communist party 王世充 wáng shì chōng Wang Shichong (-621), general of late Sui and opponent of early Tang 