发展 發展 fā zhǎn development / growth / to develop / to grow / to expand syn 成长 成長 chéng zhǎng to mature / to grow / growth syn 指数 指數 zhǐ shù (numerical, statistical) index / (math.) exponent / index / exponential (function, growth) 发育 發育 fā yù to develop / to mature / growth / development / (sexually) mature syn 肿块 腫塊 zhǒng kuài swelling / growth / tumor / lump syn 出产 出產 chū chǎn to produce (by natural growth, or by manufacture, mining etc) / to yield / to turn out / produce / products syn 荒芜 荒蕪 huāng wú left to return to unchecked growth / overgrown / grown wild syn 封顶 封頂 fēng dǐng to put a roof (on a building) / to cap the roof (finishing a building project) / fig. to put a ceiling (on spending, prize, ambition etc) / to top off / fig. to reach the highest point (of growth, profit, interest rates) / to stop growing (of plant bud or branch) 茂密 mào mì dense (of plant growth) / lush syn 猛增 měng zēng sharp increase / rapid growth syn 行云流水 行雲流水 xíng yún liú shuǐ lit. moving clouds and flowing water (idiom) / fig. very natural and flowing style of calligraphy, writing, etc / natural and unforced syn 勃发 勃發 bó fā to sprout up / to flourish / (of war etc) to break out / rapid growth 年轮 年輪 nián lún annual ring / growth ring 生长激素 生長激素 shēng zhǎng jī sù growth hormone 增殖 zēng zhí growth / increase syn 增幅 zēng fú growth rate / amplification syn 增长率 增長率 zēng zhǎng lǜ growth rate (esp. in economics) syn 涨幅 漲幅 zhǎng fú extent of a rise (in prices etc) / amount of increase / growth (typically expressed as a percentage) syn 增速 zēng sù to speed up / to accelerate / (economics) growth rate syn 雨后春笋 雨後春筍 yǔ hòu chūn sǔn lit. after rain, the spring bamboo (idiom) / fig. rapid new growth / many new things emerge in rapid succession syn 经济增长 經濟增長 jīng jì zēng zhǎng economic growth 快速发展 快速發展 kuài sù fā zhǎn rapid growth / rapid expansion 簌簌 sù sù very slight sound / rustling (onom.) / to stream down (of tears) / luxuriant growth (of vegetation) syn 负增长 負增長 fù zēng zhǎng negative growth / economic recession 经济增长率 經濟增長率 jīng jì zēng zhǎng lǜ economic growth rate 人口增长 人口增長 rén kǒu zēng zhǎng population growth 生长因子 生長因子 shēng zhǎng yīn zǐ growth 草莽 cǎo mǎng a rank growth of grass / uncultivated land / wilderness syn 生长素 生長素 shēng zhǎng sù auxin (plant growth hormone) 霉病 méi bìng mildew / fungal growth 菲 fēi luxuriant (plant growth) / rich with fragrance / phenanthrene C14H10 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 蓼 lù luxuriant growth 莽 mǎng (bound form) dense growth of grass / (literary) vast / boundless / (bound form) boorish / reckless 荟 薈 huì to flourish / luxuriant growth 次生林 cì shēng lín secondary growth of forest syn 形成层 形成層 xíng chéng céng vascular cambium (layer of tissue responsible for growth inside wood) 茁 zhuó to display vigorous, new growth / to sprout 芊 qiān green / luxuriant growth 苒 rǎn luxuriant growth / passing (of time) 茀 fú luxuriant growth 蒨 qiàn luxuriant growth 当然 當然 dāng rán only natural / as it should be / certainly / of course / without doubt syn 自然 zì rán nature / natural / naturally syn 理 lǐ texture / grain (of wood) / inner essence / intrinsic order / reason / logic / truth / science / natural science (esp. physics) / to manage / to pay attention to / to run (affairs) / to handle / to put in order / to tidy up syn 天生 tiān shēng nature / disposition / innate / natural syn 资源 資源 zī yuán natural resource (such as water or minerals) / resource (such as manpower or tourism) syn 本性 běn xìng natural instincts / nature / inherent quality syn 天分 tiān fèn natural gift / talent syn 大自然 dà zì rán nature (the natural world) syn 天然 tiān rán natural syn 大方 dà fang generous / magnanimous / stylish / in good taste / easy-mannered / natural and relaxed syn 本色 běn shǎi natural color syn 生母 shēng mǔ natural mother / birth mother syn 天然气 天然氣 tiān rán qì natural gas 自然界 zì rán jiè nature / the natural world syn 透支 tòu zhī (banking) to overdraw / to take out an overdraft / an overdraft / to overspend (i.e. expenditure in excess of revenue) / (old) to draw one's wage in advance / (fig.) to exhaust (one's enthusiasm, energy etc) / to damage a natural resource through overuse syn 无法无天 無法無天 wú fǎ wú tiān regardless of the law and of natural morality (idiom) / maverick / undisciplined and out of control syn 自然灾害 自然災害 zì rán zāi hài natural disaster syn 资质 資質 zī zhì aptitude / natural endowments syn 先天 xiān tiān embryonic period (contrasted with 後天|后天[hou4tian1]) / inborn / innate / natural syn 自然科学 自然科學 zì rán kē xué natural sciences 生性 shēng xìng natural disposition syn 天敌 天敵 tiān dí predator / natural enemy 燃气 燃氣 rán qì fuel gas (coal gas, natural gas, methane etc) 自然资源 自然資源 zì rán zī yuán natural resource 受灾 受災 shòu zāi disaster-stricken / to be hit by a natural calamity syn 天灾 天災 tiān zāi natural disaster syn 雍容 yōng róng natural / graceful / and poised syn 储量 儲量 chǔ liàng remaining quantity / reserves (of natural resources, oil etc) 采光 採光 cǎi guāng to get natural light (e.g. through a window) 秉性 bǐng xìng innate character / natural disposition / attitude syn 天时 天時 tiān shí the time / the right time / weather conditions / destiny / course of time / heaven's natural order syn 防灾 防災 fáng zāi disaster prevention / to protect against natural disasters 生物界 shēng wù jiè biosphere / natural world 物产 物產 wù chǎn products / produce / natural resources syn 水土 shuǐ tǔ water and soil / surface water / natural environment (extended meaning) / climate 博物 bó wù natural science 天年 tiān nián natural life span syn 天道 tiān dào natural law / heavenly law / weather (dialect) syn 洒脱 灑脫 sǎ tuō free and at ease / natural / unconstrained syn 涵养 涵養 hán yǎng to cultivate (personal qualities) / (of forests etc) to support / to provide a suitable environment for the replenishment of (natural resources: groundwater, animals, plants etc) syn 暴殄天物 bào tiǎn tiān wù to waste natural resources recklessly / not to know how to use things sparingly syn 蚕丝 蠶絲 cán sī natural silk (secreted by silkworm) syn 天灾人祸 天災人禍 tiān zāi rén huò natural calamities and man-made disasters (idiom) syn 落落大方 luò luò dà fāng (of one's conduct, speech etc) natural and unrestrained syn 禀赋 稟賦 bǐng fù natural endowment / gift / talent syn 返璞归真 返璞歸真 fǎn pú guī zhēn to return to one's true self / to regain the natural state 自然数 自然數 zì rán shù natural number 顺产 順產 shùn chǎn to give birth without complications / easy childbirth / safe delivery / natural birth (without surgical operation) 禀性 稟性 bǐng xìng natural disposition syn 抗灾 抗災 kàng zāi defense against natural disasters 闭月羞花 閉月羞花 bì yuè xiū huā lit. hiding the moon, shaming the flowers (idiom) / fig. female beauty exceeding even that of the natural world syn 天堑 天塹 tiān qiàn natural moat syn 自然选择 自然選擇 zì rán xuǎn zé natural selection 灾荒 災荒 zāi huāng natural disaster / famine syn 本色 běn sè inherent qualities / natural qualities / distinctive character / true qualities syn 生态环境 生態環境 shēng tài huán jìng ecosystem / natural environment 原味 yuán wèi authentic taste / plain cooked / natural flavor (without spices and seasonings) 