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"roots of plant" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
荄 gāi roots of plant
Chinese Pinyin Translation
紫草 zǐ cǎo red root gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon) / flowering plant whose roots provide purple dye / arnebia (plant genus in family Boraginaceae)
盆栽 pén zāi to grow (a plant) in a pot / potted plant (sometimes refers specifically to a bonsai plant)
茹 rú to eat / (extended meaning) to endure / putrid smell / vegetables / roots (inextricably attached to the plant) syn
壅 yōng to obstruct / to stop up / to heap soil around the roots of a plant
拔毛连茹 拔毛連茹 bá máo lián rú lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom) / fig. also involving others / inextricably tangled together / Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.
落地生根 luò dì shēng gēn air plant (Bryophyllum pinnatum) / to put down roots
拔茅茹 bá máo rú lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow / fig. also involving others / inextricably tangled together / Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.
拔茅连茹 拔茅連茹 bá máo lián rú lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom) / fig. also involving others / inextricably tangled together / Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.
根插 gēn chā to plant roots / to propagate from root cuttings
芸苔子 yún tái zǐ rape (Brassica campestris L.) / rapeseed plant / canola plant / a common vegetable with a dark green leaf / also called 油菜
世界植物遗传资源状况 State of the World's Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture / State of the World's Plant Genetic Resources
浓缩工厂 nóng suō gōng chǎng enrichment plant / isotope separation plant
植物遗传资源国际技术会议 植物遺傳資源國際技術會議 International Technical Conference on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Plant Genetic Resources for Agriculture / International Technical Conference on Plant Genetic Resources
乏燃料后处理厂 乏燃料後處理廠 spent fuel reprocessing plant / reprocessing plant
后处理厂 後處理廠 spent fuel reprocessing plant / reprocessing plant
核四 hé sì Fourth Nuclear Power Plant near New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan / also called Lungmen Nuclear Power Plant
基层组织 基層組織 jī céng zǔ zhī grass-roots organization
斩草除根 斬草除根 zhǎn cǎo chú gēn to cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom) / to destroy root and branch / to eliminate completely syn
草根 cǎo gēn grass roots (lit. and fig.)
回老家 huí lǎo jiā to go back to one's roots / to return to one's native place / by ext. to join one's ancestors (i.e. to die) syn
树根 樹根 shù gēn tree roots syn
寻根 尋根 xún gēn to seek one's roots / to get to the bottom of a matter
除根 chú gēn to root out / to eliminate the roots / to cure once and for all syn
远志 遠志 yuǎn zhì far-reaching ambition / lofty ideal / milkwort (Polygala myrtifolia), with roots used in Chinese medicine syn
忘本 wàng běn to forget one's roots syn
归根 歸根 guī gēn to return home (after a lifetime's absence) / to go back to one's roots
盘根错节 盤根錯節 pán gēn cuò jié twisted roots and intertwined joints (idiom) / complicated and very tricky / knotty and deeply-rooted difficulties syn
苦参 苦參 kǔ shēn liquorice (Sophora flavescens), with roots used in TCM syn
叶落归根 葉落歸根 yè luò guī gēn a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom) / everything has its ancestral home / In old age, an expatriate longs to return home. syn
根深叶茂 根深葉茂 gēn shēn yè mào deep roots and vigorous foliage (idiom) / (fig.) well established and growing strongly syn
刨根问底 刨根問底 páo gēn wèn dǐ to dig up roots and inquire at the base (idiom) / to get to the bottom of sth syn
剪草除根 jiǎn cǎo chú gēn lit. cut grass and pull out roots (idiom) / fig. to destroy root and branch / to eradicate syn
数典忘祖 數典忘祖 shǔ diǎn wàng zǔ to recount history but omit one's ancestors (idiom) / to forget one's roots syn
盘根问底 盤根問底 pán gēn wèn dǐ lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom) / to get to the bottom of sth
盘根究底 盤根究底 pán gēn jiū dǐ lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom) / to get to the bottom of sth syn
落叶归根 落葉歸根 luò yè guī gēn lit. a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom) / fig. all things go back to their source eventually / in old age, an expatriate returns home syn
藕断丝连 藕斷絲連 ǒu duàn sī lián lit. lotus roots may break, but the fiber remains joined (idiom) / lovers part, but still long for one another
询根问底 詢根問底 xún gēn wèn dǐ lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom) / to get to the bottom of sth
追根问底 追根問底 zhuī gēn wèn dǐ lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom) / to get to the bottom of sth syn
追根求源 zhuī gēn qiú yuán to track sth to its roots
蔉 gǔn to bank up the roots of plants
判别式 判別式 pàn bié shì (math.) discriminant (e.g. b²-4ac in the formula for the roots of a quadratic equation)
寻根问底 尋根問底 xún gēn wèn dǐ lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom) / to get to the bottom of sth
小花远志 小花遠志 xiǎo huā yuǎn zhì small-flowered milkwort (Polygala arvensis Willd. or P. telephioides), with roots used in Chinese medicine
盘错 盤錯 pán cuò intertwined (of tree roots or branches) / fig. an intricate matter
芿 rèng weeds that regrow from cut-down roots
蕠藘 rú lǘ variant of 茹藘, Rubia cordifolia or Rubia akane, roots used as red dye
向基层主动行动提供组织和合作支助 Organizational and Cooperative Support to Grass-roots Initiatives
基层组织计划支助基金 Grass-roots Initiatives Support Fund
基层行动 基層行動 grass-roots action
南亚基层体制发展方桉 南亞基層體制發展方案 South Asian Programme on Institutional Development at the Grass-roots Level
基层社区发展 基層社區發展 grass-roots community development
非洲基层发展专题讨论会 非洲基層發展專題討論會 Inter-African Symposium on Grass-roots Development
区域茎块作物讲习班 區域莖塊作物講習班 Regional Workshop on Roots and Tubers
基层民主 基層民主 jī céng mín zhǔ grass-roots democracy
基层举措 基層舉措 grass-roots efforts
根须 根鬚 gēn xū roots syn
树高千丈，叶落归根 樹高千丈，葉落歸根 shù gāo qiān zhàng , yè luò guī gēn fig. a tree may grow a thousand zhang high, but its leaves return to their roots (proverb) / fig. everything has its ancestral home / in old age, an expatriate returns home
草民 cǎo mín the grass roots / the hoi polloi
连根拔 連根拔 lián gēn bá to pull up by the roots / to uproot
同宗同源 tóng zōng tóng yuán to share the same origins / to have common roots
植物 zhí wù plant / vegetation / CL:種|种[zhong3] syn
种植 種植 zhòng zhí to plant / to grow (a crop) / to cultivate syn
脂肪 zhī fáng fat (in the body, in a plant, or in food) syn
果实 果實 guǒ shí fruit (produced by a plant) / (fig.) fruits (of success etc) / results / gains syn
萎缩 萎縮 wěi suō to wither / to dry up (of a plant) / to atrophy (of muscle, social custom etc) 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
救治 jiù zhì to provide critical care (to a patient or a diseased plant) syn
加工厂 加工廠 jiā gōng chǎng processing plant
电厂 電廠 diàn chǎng electric power plant
电站 電站 diàn zhàn a power station / an electricity generating plant syn
制造厂 製造廠 zhì zào chǎng manufacturing plant / factory
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
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
茂密 mào mì dense (of plant growth) / lush syn
薄荷 bò he mint (plant) / Taiwan pr. [bo4he2]
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
植树 植樹 zhí shù to plant trees
病虫害 病蟲害 bìng chóng hài plant diseases and insect pests
植被 zhí bèi vegetation / plant cover syn
水电站 水電站 shuǐ diàn zhàn hydroelectric power 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
发电厂 發電廠 fā diàn chǎng power plant 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)
苗圃 miáo pǔ plant nursery / seedbed
厂区 廠區 plant site
植株 zhí zhū plant (horticulture) syn
病害 bìng hài plant disease
核电站 核電站 hé diàn zhàn nuclear power plant
水生 shuǐ shēng aquatic (plant, animal)
花枝 huā zhī spray (sprig of a plant with blossoms) / cuttlefish (on dining menus) / (literary) beautiful woman
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
死不了 sǐ bù liǎo Portulaca Sundial (a type of plant)
栽种 栽種 zāi zhòng to plant / to grow syn
栽植 zāi zhí to plant / to transplant syn
诬陷 誣陷 wū xiàn to entrap / to frame / to plant false evidence against sb syn
病虫 病蟲 bìng chóng plant diseases and insect pests
引种 引種 yǐn zhòng (agriculture) to plant an introduced variety
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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