青豆 qīng dòu green soybean / green peas 林木 lín mù forest / forest tree 青葱 青蔥 qīng cōng scallion / green onion / verdant / lush green syn 踏青 tà qīng lit. tread the green / go for a walk in the spring (when the grass has turned green) / spring hike season around Qingming festival 清明, 4th-6th April syn 嫩绿 嫩綠 nèn lǜ tender green / soft green 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 碧 bì green jade / bluish green / blue / jade syn 翠 cuì bluish-green / green jade syn 林 lín (bound form) woods / forest / (bound form) circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people) / (bound form) a collection (of similar things) syn 绿色 綠色 lǜ sè green 森林 sēn lín forest / CL:片[pian4] syn 树林 樹林 shù lín woods / grove / forest syn 火灾 火災 huǒ zāi serious fire (in a city or a forest etc) syn 丛林 叢林 cóng lín jungle / thicket / forest / Buddhist monastery syn 绿灯 綠燈 lǜ dēng green light (traffic signal) / (fig.) permission to proceed syn 绿卡 綠卡 lǜ kǎ permanent residency permit (originally referred specifically to the US green card) 绿茶 綠茶 lǜ chá green tea / (slang) (of a girl) seemingly innocent and charming but actually calculating and manipulative / a girl who has these qualities 绿叶 綠葉 lǜ yè green leaf / (fig.) actor playing a supporting role 热带雨林 熱帶雨林 rè dài yǔ lín tropical rain forest 青山 qīng shān green hills / (the good) life syn 绿帽子 綠帽子 lǜ mào zi green hat (figuratively, a symbol of being a cuckold) 眼红 眼紅 yǎn hóng to covet / envious / jealous / green with envy / infuriated / furious syn 林区 林區 lín qū region of forest 山林 shān lín wooded mountain / mountain forest syn 青菜 qīng cài green vegetables / Chinese cabbage syn 绿地 綠地 lǜ dì green area (e.g. urban park or garden) 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 青色 qīng sè cyan / blue-green syn 翠绿 翠綠 cuì lǜ greenish-blue / emerald green syn 青椒 qīng jiāo Capsicum annuum / green pepper syn 豆角 dòu jiǎo string bean / snap bean / green bean syn 竹林 zhú lín bamboo forest 碧绿 碧綠 bì lǜ dark green syn 炉火纯青 爐火純青 lú huǒ chún qīng lit. the stove fire has turned bright green (allusion to Daoist alchemy) (idiom) / fig. (of an art, a technique etc) brought to the point of perfection syn 黄绿色 黃綠色 huáng lǜ sè yellow green 绿化 綠化 lǜ huà to make green with plants / to reforest / (Internet slang) Islamization 灯红酒绿 燈紅酒綠 dēng hóng jiǔ lǜ lanterns red, wine green (idiom) / feasting and pleasure-seeking / debauched and corrupt environment syn 红树林 紅樹林 hóng shù lín mangrove forest or swamp 绿藻 綠藻 lǜ zǎo green algae / chlorella (dietary supplement) 青翠 qīng cuì fresh and green / verdant syn 开绿灯 開綠燈 kāi lǜ dēng to give the green light / to give the go-ahead syn 四季豆 sì jì dòu green bean / French bean / runner bean syn 绿水 綠水 lǜ shuǐ green water / crystal-clear water syn 墨绿色 墨綠色 mò lǜ sè dark or deep green syn 蓝藻 藍藻 lán zǎo cyanobacterium (blue-green alga) 葱花 蔥花 cōng huā chopped green onions 绿油油 綠油油 lǜ yóu yóu lush green / verdant syn 毛豆 máo dòu immature green soy beans, either still in the pod (edamame) or removed from the pod syn 葱郁 蔥鬱 cōng yù verdant / lush green and full of life syn 山火 shān huǒ wildfire / forest fire 清茶 qīng chá green tea / only tea (without food) 林场 林場 lín chǎng forestry station / forest management area 深绿 深綠 shēn lǜ dark green syn 滥伐 濫伐 làn fá to denude / illegal logging / forest clearance syn 橄榄绿 橄欖綠 gǎn lǎn lǜ olive-green (color) 针叶林 針葉林 zhēn yè lín needle-leaved forest 大方 dà fāng expert / scholar / mother earth / a type of green tea syn 林业 林業 lín yè forest industry / forestry 石林 shí lín Stone Forest, notable set of limestone formations in Yunnan 退耕還林 退耕还林 tuì gēng huán lín restoring agricultural land to forest 退耕还林 退耕還林 tuì gēng huán lín restoring agricultural land to forest 绿草 綠草 lǜ cǎo green grass 森林资源 森林資源 sēn lín zī yuán forest resources 碑林 bēi lín Forest of Steles (museum in Xi'an) / Beilin District of Xi’an 西安市[Xi1 an1 Shi4], Shaanxi 青山绿水 青山綠水 qīng shān lǜ shuǐ lit. green hills and clear waters / pleasant country scene (idiom) syn 青出于蓝 青出於藍 qīng chū yú lán lit. green is born of blue, but beats blue (idiom) / fig. the student becomes superior to the master / same as couplet 青出於藍,而勝於藍|青出于蓝,而胜于蓝 syn 黄绿 黃綠 huáng lǜ yellow-green 碧螺春 bì luó chūn biluochun or pi lo chun, a type of green tea grown in the Dongting Mountain region near Lake Tai 太湖[Tai4 Hu2], Jiangsu 不分青红皂白 不分青紅皂白 bù fēn qīng hóng zào bái not distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom) / not to distinguish between right and wrong 小葱 小蔥 xiǎo cōng green onion / spring onion syn 绿营 綠營 lǜ yíng Green Standard Army, standing infantry during Qing dynasty, originally formed from Ming and other Chinese army units 龙井茶 龍井茶 lóng jǐng chá Longjing tea, aka Dragon Well tea, a high-quality pan-roasted green tea from the area of Longjing Village in Hangzhou, Zhejiang 青贮 青貯 qīng zhù silage / green fodder 铲平 鏟平 chǎn píng to level the ground (with a hoe, shovel etc) / to raze (a building, forest etc) 孔雀石绿 孔雀石綠 kǒng què shí lǜ malachite green 返青 fǎn qīng (of plants) to turn green again / to revegetate 封山育林 fēng shān yù lín to restrict access to a mountainous area to promote natural forest regeneration 绿肥 綠肥 lǜ féi green manure 不问青红皂白 不問青紅皂白 bù wèn qīng hóng zào bái not distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom) / not to distinguish between right and wrong 绿 綠 lǜ green / (slang) (derived from 綠帽子|绿帽子[lu:4 mao4 zi5]) to cheat on (one's spouse or boyfriend or girlfriend) syn 青 qīng green / blue / black / youth / young (of people) syn 格林 gé lín Green or Greene (name) 葱 蔥 cōng scallion / green onion syn 林子 lín zi woods / grove / forest syn 苍 蒼 cāng dark blue / deep green / ash-gray syn 青梅竹马 青梅竹馬 qīng méi zhú mǎ lit. green plums and hobby-horse (idiom) / fig. innocent children's games / childhood sweethearts / a couple who grew up as childhood friends syn 绿党 綠黨 lǜ dǎng worldwide green parties 黝 yǒu black / dark green 蝰蛇 kuí shé forest or meadow viper (Vipera russelii siamensis or similar) 沧 滄 cāng (bound form) (of water, esp. the ocean) deep blue-green / (literary) cold 果岭 果嶺 guǒ lǐng green (golf) (loanword) 玉露 yù lù gyokuro (shaded Japanese green tea) / (old) early-morning autumn dew / fine liquor 葱翠 蔥翠 cōng cuì fresh green syn 次生林 cì shēng lín secondary growth of forest syn 烧荒 燒荒 shāo huāng to clear waste land or forest by burning / slash-and-burn (agriculture) 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) 林火 lín huǒ forest fire 水绿 水綠 shuǐ lǜ light green syn 绿孔雀 綠孔雀 lǜ kǒng què (bird species of China) green peafowl (Pavo muticus) 