有色 yǒu sè colored / non-white / non-ferrous (metals) syn 盆栽 pén zāi to grow (a plant) in a pot / potted plant (sometimes refers specifically to a bonsai plant) 脉络 脈絡 mài luò arteries and veins / network of blood vessels / vascular system (of a plant or animal) / (fig.) fabric (i.e. underlying structure, as in "social fabric") / overall context syn 心血管病 cardio-vascular conditions 紫草 zǐ cǎo red root gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon) / flowering plant whose roots provide purple dye / arnebia (plant genus in family Boraginaceae) 维管束 維管束 wéi guǎn shù vascular bundle (botany) 脉管 脈管 mài guǎn vascular (made up of vessels) 形成层 形成層 xíng chéng céng vascular cambium (layer of tissue responsible for growth inside wood) 边材 邊材 biān cái sapwood (between vascular cambium and pith inside growing wood) 种 種 zhòng to plant / to grow / to cultivate syn 儿 兒 r non-syllabic diminutive suffix / retroflex final syn 非 fēi to not be / not / wrong / incorrect / non- / un- / in- / de- / to reproach / to blame / (coll.) to insist on / simply must syn 结 結 jiē (of a plant) to produce (fruit or seeds) / Taiwan pr. [jie2] syn 爱人 愛人 ài ren spouse (PRC) / lover (non-PRC) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 植物 zhí wù plant / vegetation / CL:種|种[zhong3] syn 底线 底線 dǐ xiàn bottom line / the limit of what one is prepared to accept / (sports) baseline / (sewing) under thread / spy / informer / plant syn 脂肪 zhī fáng fat (in the body, in a plant, or in food) syn 薄荷 bò he mint (plant) / Taiwan pr. [bo4he2] 管制 guǎn zhì to control / to restrict / (PRC law) non-custodial sentence with specified restrictions on one's activities for up to 3 years (e.g. not to participate in demonstrations) syn 内幕 內幕 nèi mù inside story / non-public information / behind the scenes / internal syn 种植 種植 zhòng zhí to plant / to grow (a crop) / to cultivate syn 改头换面 改頭換面 gǎi tóu huàn miàn to change outwardly while remaining essentially the same (derog.) (idiom) / (Tw) (non-derogatory) to change considerably / to undergo a transformation syn 民间 民間 mín jiān among the people / popular / folk / non-governmental / involving people rather than governments 旁观 旁觀 páng guān spectator / non-participant syn 核电站 核電站 hé diàn zhàn nuclear power plant 诬陷 誣陷 wū xiàn to entrap / to frame / to plant false evidence against sb syn 救治 jiù zhì to provide critical care (to a patient or a diseased plant) syn 萎缩 萎縮 wěi suō to wither / to dry up (of a plant) / to atrophy (of muscle, social custom etc) syn 安插 ān chā to place in a certain position / to assign to a job / to plant / resettlement (old) syn 果实 果實 guǒ shí fruit (produced by a plant) / (fig.) fruits (of success etc) / results / gains syn 发电厂 發電廠 fā diàn chǎng power plant syn 柴火 chái huo plant material used as fuel (firewood, straw, leaves etc) syn 发芽 發芽 fā yá (of a seed) to germinate / (of a plant) to sprout / to bud / (fig.) (of an idea or plan etc) to start to develop syn 萌芽 méng yá (of a seed) to germinate / (of a plant) to sprout / to bud / sprout / bud / (also used figuratively) syn 化工厂 化工廠 huà gōng chǎng chemical factory / chemical plant 电站 電站 diàn zhàn a power station / an electricity generating plant syn 木薯 mù shǔ cassava, a tropical tuber plant syn 加工厂 加工廠 jiā gōng chǎng processing plant 会话 會話 huì huà (language learning) conversation / dialog / to converse (in a non-native language) / (computing) session / CL:個|个[ge4],次[ci4] syn 电厂 電廠 diàn chǎng electric power plant 植被 zhí bèi vegetation / plant cover syn 制造厂 製造廠 zhì zào chǎng manufacturing plant / factory 轻重缓急 輕重緩急 qīng zhòng huǎn jí slight or important, urgent or non-urgent (idiom) / to deal with important matters first / sense of priority syn 异己 異己 yì jǐ dissident / alien / outsider / non-self / others syn 含羞草 hán xiū cǎo mimosa / sensitive plant (that closes its leaves when touched) 老外 lǎo wài (coll.) foreigner (esp. non Asian person) / layman / amateur syn 华裔 華裔 huá yì ethnic Chinese / non-Chinese citizen of Chinese ancestry 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) 核电厂 核電廠 hé diàn chǎng nuclear power plant 茂密 mào mì dense (of plant growth) / lush syn 蓖麻 bì má castor-oil plant syn 植树 植樹 zhí shù to plant trees 栽种 栽種 zāi zhòng to plant / to grow syn 学名 學名 xué míng scientific name / Latin name (of plant or animal) / (according to an old system of nomenclature) on entering school life, a formal personal name given to new students 苗圃 miáo pǔ plant nursery / seedbed 水生 shuǐ shēng aquatic (plant, animal) 副食品 fù shí pǐn non-staple foods / (Tw) solids (food for infants other than breast milk and formula) syn 平滑肌 píng huá jī smooth muscle (anatomy) / non-striated muscle syn 植株 zhí zhū plant (horticulture) syn 花枝 huā zhī spray (sprig of a plant with blossoms) / cuttlefish (on dining menus) / (literary) beautiful woman 黄麻 黃麻 huáng má jute (Corchorus capsularis Linn.) / plant fiber used for rope or sacks 水电站 水電站 shuǐ diàn zhàn hydroelectric power plant 病害 bìng hài plant disease 草本植物 cǎo běn zhí wù herbaceous plant 紫苏 紫蘇 zǐ sū beefsteak plant / shiso / Perilla frutescens 攀援 pān yuán to climb up (a rope etc) / climbing (plant) syn 无产者 無產者 wú chǎn zhě proletariat / non-propertied person syn 种树 種樹 zhòng shù to plant trees 关停 關停 guān tíng (of a power plant, refinery etc) to shut down 不粘锅 不粘鍋 bù zhān guō non-stick pan 荤菜 葷菜 hūn cài non-vegetarian dish (including meat, fish, garlic, onion etc) syn 直飞 直飛 zhí fēi to fly non-stop / to fly direct (to ...) 副食 fù shí non-staple food / CL:種|种[zhong3] syn 苎麻 苧麻 zhù má (botany) ramie (Boehmeria nivea) / the fiber of this plant 做功 zuò gōng (physics) to do work / non-vocal acting (in traditional Chinese opera) 吊兰 吊蘭 diào lán spider plant (Chlorophytum comosum) 实名 實名 shí míng real-name (registration etc) / non-anonymous 有色金属 有色金屬 yǒu sè jīn shǔ non-ferrous metals (all metals excluding iron, chromium, manganese and their alloys) 不承认 不承認 bù chéng rèn non-recognition 不定期 bù dìng qī non-scheduled / irregularly 玉女 yù nǚ beautiful woman / fairy maiden attending the Daoist immortals / (polite) sb else's daughter / Chinese dodder (Cuscuta chinensis), plant whose seeds are used for TCM syn 病虫害 病蟲害 bìng chóng hài plant diseases and insect pests 无我 無我 wú wǒ anatta (Buddhist concept of "non-self") 厂区 廠區 plant site 死不了 sǐ bù liǎo Portulaca Sundial (a type of plant) 栽植 zāi zhí to plant / to transplant syn 非主流 fēi zhǔ liú alternative / non-mainstream 病虫 病蟲 bìng chóng plant diseases and insect pests 引种 引種 yǐn zhòng (agriculture) to plant an introduced variety 引种 引種 yǐn zhǒng (agriculture, animal husbandry) to introduce a new variety of plant or animal 热电厂 熱電廠 rè diàn chǎng thermoelectric power plant syn 明码 明碼 míng mǎ non-secret code (such as Morse code, Chinese telegraph code, ASCII etc) / plaintext (cryptography) / (of prices) clearly marked syn 薏仁 yì rén grains of Job's tears plant 薏苡[yi4 yi3] 扦插 qiān chā (agriculture) to plant by cuttage / to propagate from cuttings syn 蛮夷 蠻夷 mán yí common term for non-Han peoples in former times, not exclusively derogatory / barbarian 鱼腥草 魚腥草 yú xīng cǎo chameleon plant / fish mint (Houttuynia cordata) syn 无生命 無生命 wú shēng mìng non-living / inanimate / lifeless 黄精 黃精 huáng jīng King Solomon's seal (plant of genus Polygonatum) 生长素 生長素 shēng zhǎng sù auxin (plant growth hormone) 