水草 shuǐ cǎo aquatic plants / water and grass (i.e. favorable foraging land for livestock or wild animals) / (Malaysia) (coll.) drinking straw 捕捞 捕撈 bǔ lāo to fish for (aquatic animals and plants) / to catch syn 养活 養活 yǎng huo to provide for / to keep (animals, a family etc) / to raise animals / to feed and clothe / support / the necessities of life / to give birth 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 种群 種群 zhǒng qún population (of a species) / community (of animals or plants) 秧 yāng sapling / seedling / sprout / (esp.) rice seedling / stem / stalk / vine / baby livestock / fry / (dialect) to raise / to cultivate (plants or animals) syn 豺狼虎豹 chái láng hǔ bào jackals, wolves, tigers and panthers (idiom) / animals who are dangerous to man and cattle / fierce and cruel people syn 憔悴 qiáo cuì wan and sallow / thin and pallid / haggard / (of plants) withered syn 蔸 dōu root and lower stem of certain plants / classifier for pieces and clumps syn 百卉千葩 bǎi huì qiān pā myriad plants and flowers (idiom) / rich and colorful 植物检疫及其虫害与疾病防护合作协定 植物檢疫及其蟲害與疾病防護合作協定 Agreement Concerning Cooperation in the Quarantine of Plants and their Protection against Pests and Diseases 飞禽走兽 飛禽走獸 fēi qín zǒu shòu birds and animals / the beasts of the field and the birds of the air syn 鱼 魚 yú fish (CL:條|条[tiao2],尾[wei3]) / used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鮑魚|鲍鱼[bao4yu2], alligators and crocodiles 鱷魚|鳄鱼[e4yu2] and octopi 章魚|章鱼[zhang1yu2]) syn 三牲 sān shēng the three sacrificial animals (originally cow, sheep and pig / later pig, chicken and fish) syn 花卉 huā huì flowers and plants syn 花草 huā cǎo flowers and plants syn 花木 huā mù flowers and trees / plants / flora syn 下体 下體 xià tǐ lower body / euphemism for genitals / root and stem of plants syn 攀附 pān fù to climb (of climbing plants) / to creep / to cling on to / fig. to seek connection (with the rich and powerful) / social climbing syn 蒲 pú refers to various monocotyledonous flowering plants including Acorus calamus and Typha orientalis / common cattail / bullrush 罱 lǎn a kind of tool used to dredge up fish, water plants or river mud, consisting of a net attached to a pair of bamboo poles, which are used to open and close the net / to dredge with such a tool syn 菊科 jú kē Asteraceae or Compositae (composites), a large family of dicotyledonous plants producing scents, includes aster, daisy and sunflower 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 亚洲药用和芳香植物网 Asian Network on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants 北欧农作物和园艺植物基因库 北歐農作物和園藝植物基因庫 Nordic Gene Bank for Agricultural and Horticultural Plants 人与植物倡议 Initiative on People and Plants 亚洲及太平洋药用和芬芳植物信息网 亞洲及太平洋藥用和芬芳植物信息網 Asian Pacific Information Network on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants 药用和香料植物基因库 藥用和香料植物基因庫 Gene Banks for Medicinal and Aromatic Plants 欧洲稀有受威胁和特产植物清单 歐洲稀有受威脅和特產植物清單 List of Rare, Threatened and Endemic Plants in Europe 普埃布拉 pǔ āi bù lā Puebla, a city southeast of Mexico City / term used to refer to plants whose specific epithet is pueblensis, such as Tillandsia pueblensis (an air plant) and Echeveria pueblensis (a succulent) 禽兽 禽獸 qín shòu birds and animals / creature / beast (brutal person) syn 野味 yě wèi game / wild animals and birds hunted for food or sport 只 隻 zhī classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc syn 六畜 liù chù six domestic animals, namely: pig, cow, sheep, horse, chicken and dog syn 四不像 sì bù xiàng common name for 麋鹿[mi2 lu4], Père David's deer (Elaphurus davidianus), which is said to resemble an amalgam of animals such as a cow, deer, donkey and horse / an odd mixture of disparate elements / hodgepodge / farrago 鸣 鳴 míng to cry (of birds, animals and insects) / to make a sound / to voice (one's gratitude, grievance etc) syn 啸 嘯 xiào (of people) to whistle / (of birds and animals) to screech / to howl / to roar syn 禽 qín (bound form) birds / fowl / (literary) birds and animals / old variant of 擒[qin2] syn 珍禽奇兽 珍禽奇獸 zhēn qín qí shòu rare animals and birds 百度十大神兽 百度十大神獸 bǎi dù shí dà shén shòu The Baidu 10 Mythical Creatures (a set of hoax animals and puns linked to PRC internet censorship) 螉䗥 wēng zōng parasitic wasp (of bovine and equine animals) 调驯 調馴 tiáo xùn to look after and train (animals) 飞征 飛征 fēi zhēng (archaic) birds and animals 动物、肉类和其他动物源性产品过境公约 動物、肉類和其他動物源性產品過境公約 International Convention concerning the Transit of Animals, Meat and Other Products of Animal Origin 十大神兽 十大神獸 shí dà shén shòu the Baidu 10 mythical creatures (a set of hoax animals and puns linked to PRC Internet censorship) 滚瓜溜圆 滾瓜溜圓 gǔn guā liū yuán (of animals) round and fat syn 飞禽走兽 飛禽走獸 fēi qín - zǒu shòu (idiom) birds and animals syn 绿化 綠化 lǜ huà to make green with plants / to reforest / (Internet slang) Islamization 转头 轉頭 zhuàn tóu nutation (plants turning to face the sun) syn 落叶 落葉 luò yè dead leaves / to lose leaves (of plants) / deciduous 草木 cǎo mù vegetation / plants 浇水 澆水 jiāo shuǐ to water (plants etc) syn 马尾 馬尾 mǎ wěi ponytail (hairstyle) / horse's tail / slender fibers like horse's tail (applies to various plants) 花枝招展 huā zhī zhāo zhǎn lit. lovely scene of blossoming plants swaying in the breeze (idiom) / fig. gorgeously dressed (woman) syn 多年生 duō nián shēng perennial (of plants) 浇花 澆花 jiāo huā to water the plants / to water the garden 败落 敗落 bài luò (of status or wealth) to decline / (of buildings etc) to become dilapidated / run-down / (of plants) to wilt syn 野生植物 yě shēng zhí wù plants in the wild 分蘖 分櫱 fēn niè tiller (stem at the base of grass plants) syn 返青 fǎn qīng (of plants) to turn green again / to revegetate 株距 zhū jù spacing / distance between plants (within a row) 保苗 bǎo miáo to protect young plants, ensuring that enough survive to produce a good crop 被子植物 bèi zǐ zhí wù angiosperm (flowering plants with seed contained in a fruit) 肉豆蔻 ròu dòu kòu nutmeg (Myristica fragrans Houtt) / mace / Myristicaceae (family of plants producing aromatic or hallucinogenic oils) syn 锈斑 鏽斑 xiù bān rust spot / blemish (on plants) 双子叶 雙子葉 shuāng zǐ yè dicotyledon (plant family distinguished by two embryonic leaves, includes daisies, broadleaved trees, herbaceous plants) 裸子植物 luǒ zǐ zhí wù gymnosperm (plants with seed contained in a cone) 挂花 掛花 guà huā to be wounded / (of plants) to bloom syn 园 園 yuán land used for growing plants / site used for public recreation / abbr. for a place ending in 園|园, such as a botanical garden 植物園|植物园, kindergarten 幼兒園|幼儿园 etc syn 抽 chōu to draw out / to pull out from in between / to remove part of the whole / (of certain plants) to sprout or bud / to whip or thrash syn 棵 kē classifier for trees, cabbages, plants etc syn 枯 kū (of plants) withered / (of wells, rivers, etc) dried up / (bound form) dull / boring / (bound form) residue of pressed oilseeds syn 蓬 péng fleabane (family Asteraceae) / disheveled / classifier for luxuriant plants, smoke, ashes, campfires: clump, puff syn 株 zhū tree trunk / stump (tree root) / a plant / classifier for trees or plants / strain (biology) / to involve others (in shady business) syn 卉 huì plants syn 葵 kuí used in the names of various herbaceous plants syn 淠 pì luxuriant (of water plants) 薿 nǐ luxuriant (of plants) 蓏 luǒ fruit of plants (not of trees) 屮 chè plants sprouting 蔉 gǔn to bank up the roots of plants 亚门 亞門 yà mén (biology) subphylum (in zoological taxonomy) / subdivision (in the taxonomy of plants or fungi) 耔 zǐ hoe up soil around plants syn 芔 huì a general term for plants 天门冬科 天門冬科 tiān mén dōng kē Asparagaceae, family of flowering plants which includes asparagus 山靛 shān diàn (botany) the spurges, the mercuries (plants of genus Mercurialis) 木兰纲 木蘭綱 mù lán gāng Magnoliopsidae or Dicotyledoneae (class of plants distinguished by two embryonic leaves) 栽种机 栽種機 zāi zhòng jī a mechanical planter (for rice, plants) 榛榛 zhēn zhēn overgrown with wild plants 残茎 殘莖 cán jīng stubble (the stems of plants after harvest) 津泽 津澤 jīn zé fluids (esp. in plants) / sap 牵牛属 牽牛屬 qiān niú shǔ Pharbitis, genus of herbaceous plants including Morning glory 牽牛|牵牛 (Pharbitis nil) 田营 田營 tián yíng Tianying city in Anhui, having lead processing plants that produce substantial pollution 田营市 田營市 tián yíng shì Tianying city in Anhui, having lead processing plants that produce substantial pollution 维管束植物 維管束植物 wéi guǎn shù zhí wù vascular plants / tracheophytes (botany) 肉豆蔻料 ròu dòu kòu liào Myristicaceae (family of plants producing aromatic or hallucinogenic oils, including nutmeg) 苋科 莧科 xiàn kē Amaranthaceae, family of herbaceous plants containing Chinese spinach (Amaranthus inamoenus) 莧菜|苋菜[xian4 cai4] 被子植物门 被子植物門 bèi zǐ zhí wù mén angiospermae (phylum of flowering plants with seed contained in a fruit) 裸子植物门 裸子植物門 luǒ zǐ zhí wù mén gymnosperm (plants with seed contained in a cone) 