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"flowers and trees" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
花木 huā mù flowers and trees / plants / flora syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
杏林 xìng lín forest of apricot trees / (fig.) honorific term for fine doctor (cf Dr Dong Feng 董奉[Dong3 Feng4], 3rd century AD, asked his patients to plant apricot trees instead of paying fees)
柳暗花明 liǔ àn huā míng lit. the willow trees make the shade, the flowers give the light (idiom) / at one's darkest hour, a glimmer of hope / light at the end of the tunnel
献花 獻花 xiàn huā to offer flowers / to lay flowers (as a memorial)
繁花 fán huā flourishing blossom / a mass of flowers / luxuriant flowers syn
家花没有野花香 家花沒有野花香 jiā huā méi yǒu yě huā xiāng lit. the flowers in one's garden cannot match the fragrance of wild flowers (idiom) / fig. other women seem more attractive than one's own partner / the grass is always greener on the other side
有意栽花花不发，无心插柳柳成阴 有意栽花花不發，無心插柳柳成陰 yǒu yì zāi huā huā bù fā , wú xīn chā liǔ liǔ chéng yīn lit. you plant a garden and the flowers do not bloom, you poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree / fig. things do not always turn out as one would expect / well-laid plans may fail, and success may come where you least expect it
林壑 lín hè woods and ravines / tranquillity of trees and valleys
无患子 無患子 wú huàn zǐ Sapindales / order of scented bushes and trees, includes citrus fruit and lychee
花坛 花壇 huā tán decorative mass planting of flowers and shrubs, often bounded by a low masonry border, and often part of a streetscape syn
百卉千葩 bǎi huì qiān pā myriad plants and flowers (idiom) / rich and colorful
肃立 肅立 sù lì to stand respectfully / (of trees, mountains) standing tall and majestic
栲 kǎo chinquapin (Castanopsis fargesii and other spp.), genus of evergreen trees
只见树木不见森林 只見樹木不見森林 zhǐ jiàn shù mù bù jiàn sēn lín unable to see the wood for the trees / fig. only able to see isolated details, and not the bigger picture
山颓木坏 山頹木壞 shān tuí mù huài lit. the mountains crumble and the trees lie ruined / a great sage has died (idiom)
芝兰玉树 芝蘭玉樹 zhī lán yù shù lit. orchids and jade trees (idiom) / fig. a child with splendid future prospects
橚 sù tall and straight (of trees)
木兰属 木蘭屬 mù lán shǔ Magnolia, genus of trees and shrubs
木兰科 木蘭科 mù lán kē Magnoliaceae, family of trees and shrubs
梧桐科 wú tóng kē Sterculiaceae, family of Malvale trees incl. Cacao, Cola and Firmiana
董奉 dǒng fèng Dong Feng, doctor during Three Kingdoms period, famous for refusing fees and requesting that his patients plant apricot trees instead
森林、树木和人方桉 森林、樹木和人方案 Forests, Trees and People Programme
国际树木和森林会议 國際樹木和森林會議 International Conference on Trees and Forests
区域林木战略 區域林木戰略 Regional Forests and Trees Strategy
花卉 huā huì flowers and plants syn
花草 huā cǎo flowers and plants syn
花鸟 花鳥 huā niǎo painting of birds and flowers
鸟语花香 鳥語花香 niǎo yǔ huā xiāng lit. birdsong and fragrant flowers (idiom) / fig. the intoxication of a beautiful spring day
姹紫嫣红 奼紫嫣紅 chà zǐ yān hóng lit. beautiful purples and brilliant reds (idiom) / fig. beautiful flowers syn
拈花惹草 niān huā rě cǎo lit. to pick the flowers and trample the grass (idiom) / fig. to womanize / to frequent brothels / to sow one's wild oats syn
术 術 zhú various genera of flowers of Asteracea family (daisies and chrysanthemums), including Atractylis lancea syn
白蜡树 白蠟樹 bái là shù Chinese ash (Fraxinus chinensis), whose bark, flowers and leaves are used in TCM
镜花水月 鏡花水月 jìng huā shuǐ yuè lit. flowers in a mirror and the moon reflected in the lake (idiom) / fig. an unrealistic rosy view / viewing things through rose-tinted spectacles / also written 水月鏡花|水月镜花 syn
柳绿花红 柳綠花紅 liǔ lǜ huā hóng lit. green willows and red flowers (idiom) / fig. all the colors of spring
花朝月夕 huā zhāo yuè xī a beautiful day / cf Birthday of the Flowers on lunar 15th February and Mid-autumn Festival on lunar 15th August syn
花红柳绿 花紅柳綠 huā hóng liǔ lǜ red flowers and green willow / all the colors of spring syn
去芜存菁 去蕪存菁 qù wú cún jīng lit. to get rid of the weeds and keep the flowers / to separate the wheat from the chaff (idiom)
奇花异卉 奇花異卉 qí huā yì huì exotic flowers and rare herbs (idiom) syn
李汝珍 lǐ rǔ zhēn Li Ruzhen (c. 1763-c. 1830), Qing novelist and phonologist, author of fantasy novel Jinghua Yuan 鏡花緣|镜花缘 or Flowers in the Mirror
争妍斗艳 爭妍鬥艷 zhēng yán dòu yàn contending for supreme beauty (esp. of flowers, scenery, painting etc) / vying in beauty and glamor
紫草科 zǐ cǎo kē Boraginaceae (family of flowers and bushes)
镜花缘 鏡花緣 jìng huā yuán Jinghua Yuan or Flowers in the Mirror, Qing novel of fantasy and erudition (early 19th century) by Li Ruzhen 李汝珍[Li3 Ru3 zhen1]
隐花植物 隱花植物 yǐn huā zhí wù Cryptogamae / cryptogamous plant (botany) / plants such as algae 藻類|藻类[zao3 lei4], moss 苔蘚|苔藓[tai2 xian3] and fern 蕨類|蕨类[jue2 lei4] that reproduce by spores 孢子[bao1 zi3] in place of flowers
沾花惹草 zhān huā rě cǎo to fondle the flowers and trample the grass (idiom) / to womanize / to frequent brothels / to sow one's wild oats
植树 植樹 zhí shù to plant trees
森森 sēn sēn dense (of trees) / thick / ghastly / eerie syn
绿树 綠樹 lǜ shù trees / greenery
杨树 楊樹 yáng shù poplar tree / various trees of genus Populus syn
种树 種樹 zhòng shù to plant trees
连理 連理 lián lǐ two trees that grow together as one / fig. conjugal union syn
硕果累累 碩果累累 shuò guǒ lěi lěi heavily laden with fruit / fertile (of trees) / many noteworthy achievements syn
森然 sēn rán (of tall trees) dense, thick / awe-inspiring syn
飒飒 颯颯 sà sà soughing / whistling or rushing sound (of the wind in trees, the sea etc) syn
砍树 砍樹 kǎn shù to chop wood / to chop down trees
杏花村 xìng huā cūn village of blossoming apricot trees where one can find a wineshop (reference to the famous poem 清明 by 杜牧[Du4 Mu4])
盗伐 盜伐 dào fá to unlawfully fell trees syn
盲人摸象 máng rén mō xiàng blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[da4 ban1 Nie4 pan2 jing1]) / fig. unable to see the big picture / to mistake the part for the whole / unable to see the wood for the trees syn
双子叶 雙子葉 shuāng zǐ yè dicotyledon (plant family distinguished by two embryonic leaves, includes daisies, broadleaved trees, herbaceous plants)
棵 kē classifier for trees, cabbages, plants etc syn
株 zhū tree trunk / stump (tree root) / a plant / classifier for trees or plants / strain (biology) / to involve others (in shady business) syn
苑 yuàn (literary) enclosed area for growing trees, keeping animals etc / imperial garden / park / (literary) center (of arts, literature etc) syn
楂 chá fell trees / raft / to hew
樾 yuè shade of trees
槎 chá a raft made of bamboo or wood / to fell trees / to hew syn
蓏 luǒ fruit of plants (not of trees)
众盲摸象 眾盲摸象 zhòng máng mō xiàng multitude of blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[da4 ban1 Nie4 pan2 jing1]) / fig. unable to see the big picture / to mistake the part for the whole / unable to see the wood for the trees
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
树欲静而风不止 樹欲靜而風不止 shù yù jìng ér fēng bù zhǐ lit. the trees long for peace but the wind will never cease (idiom) / fig. the world changes, whether you want it or not
乔林 喬林 qiáo lín forest (esp. of tall trees) / high forest
在天愿做比翼鸟，在地愿做连理枝 在天願做比翼鳥，在地願做連理枝 zài tiān yuàn zuò bǐ yì niǎo , zài dì yuàn zuò lián lǐ zhī In the sky to be two birds flying wing to wing, on earth to be two trees with branches intertwined / wishing for conjugal bliss
栲属 栲屬 kǎo shǔ Castanopsis, genus of evergreen trees
椮 槮 sēn lush growth (trees) / fishing using bundled wood (archaic)
橘录 橘錄 jú lù classification of orange trees by 12th century Song dynasty botanist Han Yanzhi 韓彥直|韩彦直[Han2 Yan4 zhi2]
槚 檟 jiǎ Catalpa, a genus of mostly deciduous trees / old term for Camellia sinensis, the tea plant 茶 / also called Thea sinensis / small evergreen shrub (Mallotus japonicus)
瞎子摸象 xiā zi mō xiàng blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[da4 ban1 Nie4 pan2 jing1]) / fig. unable to see the big picture / to mistake the part for the whole / unable to see the wood for the trees syn
只见树木，不见森林 祇見樹木，不見森林 zhǐ jiàn shù mù , bù jiàn sēn lín only see the trees, but not see the forest (idiom, from Mao Zedong, On contradictions 毛澤東|毛泽东, 矛盾論|矛盾论) / to concentrate on minutiae at the expense of the big picture
韩彦直 韓彥直 hán yàn zhí Han Yanzhi (1131-?), Song dynasty botanist, author of classification of orange trees 橘錄|橘录[ju2 lu4]
暴露的树冠 exposed crowns of trees
重新种植树木 re-establishment of trees
采伐林木 harvest of forest trees
太平洋岛屿林木支助方桉 太平洋島嶼林木支助方案 Pacific Island Forests & Trees Support Program
不识庐山真面目 不識廬山真面目 bù shì lú shān zhēn miàn mù lit. not to know the true face of Lushan Mountain / fig. can't see the forest for the trees
绿树成荫 綠樹成蔭 lǜ shù chéng yìn (of an area) to have trees with shade-giving foliage / (of a road) to be tree-lined
槵子 huàn zǐ fruit of the Sapindus trees (used for Buddhist prayer beads)
涂白剂 塗白劑 tú bái jì a white paint applied to tree trunks to protect the trees from insect damage etc
树挪死，人挪活 樹挪死，人挪活 shù nuó sǐ , rén nuó huó lit. if moved to a new location, a tree will die, but a person will live (idiom) / fig. human beings, unlike trees, thrive on change
不识庐山真面目 不識廬山真面目 bù shí lú shān zhēn miàn mù lit. not to know the true face of Lushan Mountain (idiom) / fig. can't see the forest for the trees
十年树木，百年树人 十年樹木，百年樹人 shí nián - shù mù , bǎi nián - shù rén (idiom) it takes ten years to grow trees, but a hundred years to cultivate people
绿树成荫 綠樹成蔭 lǜ shù - chéng yīn (idiom) (of an area) to have trees with shade-giving foliage / (of a road) to be tree-lined
鲜花 鮮花 xiān huā flower / fresh flowers / CL:朵[duo3]
花香 huā xiāng fragrance of flowers syn
百花 bǎi huā all kinds of flowers
桂花 guì huā osmanthus flowers / Osmanthus fragrans
黄花 黃花 huáng huā yellow flowers (of various types) / chrysanthemum / cauliflower / (yellow) daylily / a young virgin (boy or girl) syn
花丛 花叢 huā cóng cluster of flowers / inflorescence / flowering shrub syn
锦上添花 錦上添花 jǐn shàng tiān huā lit. add flowers to brocade (idiom) / fig. to give sth additional splendor / to provide the crowning touch / (derog.) to benefit sb who is already well off
喷火 噴火 pēn huǒ to shoot flames / to erupt (of volcanoes) / flaming (of flowers)
百花齐放 百花齊放 bǎi huā qí fàng a hundred flowers bloom (idiom) / let the arts have free expression syn
采花 採花 cǎi huā to pick flowers / to enter houses at night in order to rape women
种花 種花 zhòng huā to grow flowers / (dialect) to vaccinate / (dialect) to grow cotton 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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