眼中刺 yǎn zhōng cì a thorn in one's eye / fig. a thorn in one's flesh 蚕蛹 蠶蛹 cán yǒng silkworm chrysalis / silkworm pupa 眼中钉 眼中釘 yǎn zhōng dīng a thorn in one's side syn 肉中刺 ròu zhōng cì a thorn in one's flesh syn 刺 cì thorn / sting / thrust / to prick / to pierce / to stab / to assassinate / to murder syn 枳 zhǐ (orange) / hedge thorn syn 刺儿 刺兒 cì r a thorn / fig. to ridicule sb / fig. sth wrong 眼中钉，肉中刺 眼中釘，肉中刺 yǎn zhōng dīng , ròu zhōng cì a thorn in one's side 枣树 棗樹 zǎo shù jujube tree / date tree / Zizyphus vulgaris / CL:棵[ke1] syn 落叶松 落葉松 luò yè sōng larch tree (Pinus larix) / deciduous pine tree syn 指桑骂槐 指桑罵槐 zhǐ sāng mà huái lit. to point at the mulberry tree and curse the locust tree / fig. to scold sb indirectly / to make oblique accusations (idiom) syn 李代桃僵 lǐ dài táo jiāng lit. the plum tree withers in place of the peach tree / to substitute one thing for another / to carry the can for sb syn 月桂树 月桂樹 yuè guì shù laurel tree (Laurus nobilis) / bay tree 株 zhū tree trunk / stump (tree root) / a plant / classifier for trees or plants / strain (biology) / to involve others (in shady business) syn 槐 huái Chinese scholar tree (Sophora japonica) / Japanese pagoda tree syn 杈 chà branches of a tree / fork of a tree syn 猴面包树 猴麵包樹 hóu miàn bāo shù boabab tree / monkey-bread tree / Adansonia digitata (botany) 刺桐 cì tóng Indian coral tree / sunshine tree / tiger's claw / Erythrina variegata (botany) 守株待兔，缘木求鱼 守株待兔，緣木求魚 shǒu zhū dài tù , yuán mù qiú yú to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish (idiom) / without any practical course of action 蚂蚁上树 螞蟻上樹 mǎ yǐ shàng shù "ants climbing a tree", a Sichuan dish made with cellophane noodles 粉絲|粉丝[fen3 si1] and ground meat (so called because the particles of meat clinging to the noodles look like ants on the twigs of a tree) / (sex position) man standing, woman clinging to his upper body / (erotic massage) full-body licking 辣木 là mù moringa tree / horseradish-tree 全株收获 quán zhū shōu huò complete-tree harvesting / total tree logging 存留林 residual tree / remaining tree 留母树作业法 留母樹作業法 seed tree cutting / seed tree method 故障树分析 故障樹分析 fault tree analysis / fault tree technique 黄檗 黃檗 huáng bò Amur cork tree (Phellodendron amurense) / cork-tree bark (Chinese medicine) 马缨花 馬纓花 mǎ yīng huā Persian silk tree (Albizia julibrissin) / tree rhododendron (Rhododendron delavayi) syn 行道树 行道樹 xíng dào shù roadside tree / street tree 蚕丝 蠶絲 cán sī natural silk (secreted by silkworm) syn 蚕茧 蠶繭 cán jiǎn silkworm cocoon syn 桑蚕 桑蠶 sāng cán silkworm syn 蚕宝宝 蠶寶寶 cán bǎo bǎo silkworm syn 蚕种 蠶種 cán zhǒng silkworm eggs 家蚕 家蠶 jiā cán the common silkworm (Bombyx mori) syn 蚕蛾 蠶蛾 cán é Chinese silkworm moth (Bombyx mori) 吐 tǔ to spit / to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc) / to say / to pour out (one's grievances) syn 蚕 蠶 cán silkworm syn 箔 bó plaited matting (of rushes, bamboo etc) / silkworm basket / metal foil / foil paper syn 蟓 xiàng silkworm 白僵蚕 白殭蠶 bái jiāng cán the larva of silkworm with batrytis 蚕卵 蠶卵 cán luǎn silkworm eggs 蚕子 蠶子 cán zǐ silkworm eggs 蚕沙 蠶沙 cán shā silkworm guano (excrement) 蚕眠 蠶眠 cán mián a silkworm's period of inactivity prior to molting 蚕眠字 蠶眠字 cán mián zì handwriting that resembles a hibernating silkworm 蚕纸 蠶紙 cán zhǐ paper on which silkworm lays its eggs 蚕茧纸 蠶繭紙 cán jiǎn zhǐ paper made from silkworm cocoons 蚕蚁 蠶蟻 cán yǐ newly hatched silkworm syn 蚕食鲸吞 蠶食鯨吞 cán shí jīng tūn lit. to nibble like a silkworm or swallow like a whale (idiom) / fig. to seize (territory etc) incrementally or wholesale syn 蚕食鲸吞 蠶食鯨吞 cán shí - jīng tūn lit. to nibble like a silkworm or swallow like a whale (idiom) / fig. to seize (territory etc) incrementally or wholesale syn 树木 樹木 shù mù tree syn 顶部 頂部 dǐng bù roof / topmost part / top (of tree, wall etc) / apex 树叶 樹葉 shù yè tree leaves syn 牡丹 mǔ dan tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa) syn 翡翠 fěi cuì jadeite / tree kingfisher 摘下 zhāi xià to take off / to remove (one's hat, a door from its hinges etc) / to pick (a piece of fruit from a tree etc) / (sports) to pick off (a rebound etc) 雪松 xuě sōng cedar tree / cedarwood syn 林木 lín mù forest / forest tree 树干 樹幹 shù gàn tree trunk syn 果树 果樹 guǒ shù fruit tree / CL:棵[ke1] syn 梧桐 wú tóng wutong (Firmiana platanifolia) / Chinese parasol tree syn 杨柳 楊柳 yáng liǔ willow tree / poplar and willow / name of traditional tune syn 松树 松樹 sōng shù pine / pine tree / CL:棵[ke1] syn 树种 樹種 shù zhǒng tree species 小树 小樹 xiǎo shù shrub / small tree / sapling / CL:棵[ke1] syn 参天 參天 cān tiān (of a tree etc) to reach up to the sky syn 沉香 chén xiāng Chinese eaglewood / agarwood tree / lignum aloes (Aquilaria agallocha) 独树一帜 獨樹一幟 dú shù yī zhì lit. to fly one's banner on a solitary tree (idiom) / fig. to act as a loner / to stand out / to develop one's own school / to have attitude of one's own syn 树梢 樹梢 shù shāo the tip of a tree / treetop syn 茶树 茶樹 chá shù tea tree / Camellia sinensis syn 树皮 樹皮 shù pí tree bark 棕榈 棕櫚 zōng lǘ palm tree syn 圣诞树 聖誕樹 shèng dàn shù Christmas tree 乔木 喬木 qiáo mù tree, esp. with recognizable trunk (as opposed to 灌木[guan4 mu4], bush or shrub) 青松 qīng sōng pine tree syn 树根 樹根 shù gēn tree roots syn 树荫 樹蔭 shù yìn shade of a tree syn 枇杷 pí pa loquat tree (Eriobotrya japonica) / loquat fruit 桃树 桃樹 táo shù peach tree / CL:株[zhu1] 绿荫 綠蔭 lǜ yìn shade (of a tree) syn 一枝独秀 一枝獨秀 yī zhī dú xiù lit. only one branch of the tree is thriving (idiom) / fig. to be in a league of one's own / outstanding syn 杨树 楊樹 yáng shù poplar tree / various trees of genus Populus syn 槐树 槐樹 huái shù locust tree (Sophora japonica) syn 摇钱树 搖錢樹 yáo qián shù legendary tree that sheds coins when shaken / (fig.) source of easy money syn 银耳 銀耳 yín ěr white fungus (Tremella fuciformis) / silver tree-ear fungus syn 成材 chéng cái to make sth of oneself / to become a person who is worthy of respect / (of a tree) to grow to full size / to become useful for timber syn 守株待兔 shǒu zhū dài tù lit. to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits (idiom) / to wait idly for opportunities / to trust to chance rather than show initiative syn 伐木 fá mù to cut wood / tree-felling / lumbering syn 枝干 枝幹 zhī gàn branch / limb (of a tree) syn 柏树 柏樹 bǎi shù cypress tree / Taiwan pr. [bo2 shu4] syn 家谱 家譜 jiā pǔ genealogy / family tree 木棉 mù mián cotton tree (Bombax ceiba) syn 枯木 kū mù dead tree 梨树 梨樹 lí shù pear tree 橄榄树 橄欖樹 gǎn lǎn shù olive tree 杜仲 dù zhòng eucommia (a kind of rubber tree) 合抱 hé bào to wrap one's arm around (used to describe the girth of a tree trunk) syn 香椿 xiāng chūn Chinese toon (Toona sinensis), deciduous tree whose young leaves are used as a vegetable syn 柚木 yòu mù pomelo tree (Citrus maxima or C. grandis) / shaddock / oriental grapefruit 