五苓散 wǔ líng sǎn wuling powder (decoction of poria mushroom used in TCM) / poria five powder / Hoelen five powder / five ling powder 春茶 chūn chá tea leaves gathered at springtime or the tea made from these leaves 沱茶 tuó chá a cake of tea, commonly Pu'er tea 普洱茶[Pu3 er3 cha2], compacted into a bowl or nest shape / dome shaped tea-brick / caked tea 粉 fěn powder / cosmetic face powder / food prepared from starch / noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour / to turn to powder / (dialect) to whitewash / white / pink / (suffix) fan (abbr. for 粉絲|粉丝[fen3si1]) / to be a fan of syn 擂茶 léi chá "leicha", a beverage or gruel made from tea leaves, roasted peanuts and herbs etc ground into a powder, traditionally consumed by Hakka people and in the north of Hunan province 茶叶 茶葉 chá yè tea / tea leaves / CL:盒[he2],罐[guan4],包[bao1],片[pian4] syn 冲泡 沖泡 chōng pào to add water (or other liquid) to (another ingredient such as powdered milk or tea leaves) / to infuse (tea) 珠茶 zhū chá gunpowder tea, Chinese green tea whose leaves are each formed into a small pellet 毛茶 máo chá unprocessed sun-dried tea leaves used to make black or green tea syn 茶水 chá shuǐ tea prepared in large quantity using inexpensive tea leaves 珍珠奶茶 zhēn zhū nǎi chá pearl milk tea / tapioca milk tea / bubble milk tea 龙井茶 龍井茶 lóng jǐng chá Longjing tea, aka Dragon Well tea, a high-quality pan-roasted green tea from the area of Longjing Village in Hangzhou, Zhejiang 黑茶 hēi chá dark tea, a variety of fermented tea (e.g. Pu'er tea 普洱茶[Pu3 er3 cha2]) 波霸奶茶 bō bà nǎi chá bubble milk tea (Tw) / Boba milk tea / tapioca milk tea / see also 珍珠奶茶[zhen1 zhu1 nai3 cha2] 茶垢 chá gòu tea stain (on the inside of a tea pot, tea cup etc) 茶锈 茶鏽 chá xiù tea stain (on the inside of a tea pot, tea cup etc) 落叶 落葉 luò yè dead leaves / to lose leaves (of plants) / deciduous 粉饼 粉餅 fěn bǐng pressed cosmetic powder (formed into a cake) / compact powder 白粉 bái fěn face powder / chalk powder / heroin syn 香粉 xiāng fěn face powder / talcum powder syn 爽身粉 shuǎng shēn fěn baby powder / talcum powder syn 毒奶粉 dú nǎi fěn poisoned milk powder / refers to 2008 PRC scandal involving milk powder adulterated with melamine 三聚氰胺[san1 ju4 qing2 an4] 二氧化铀粉末 二氧化鈾粉末 èr yǎng huà yóu fěn mò uranium oxide powder / oxide powder / powdered uranium 杀青 殺青 shā qīng to put the last hand to (a book, a film etc) / to finalize / to kill-green (a step in the processing of tea leaves) syn 茗 míng Thea sinensis / young leaves of tea syn 抹茶 mǒ chá green tea powder (Japanese: matcha) 末茶 mò chá tea powder (matcha) 清茶 qīng chá green tea / only tea (without food) 茶具 chá jù tea set / tea service 品茶 pǐn chá to taste tea / to sip tea 品茗 pǐn míng to taste tea / to sip tea 茶座 chá zuò teahouse / tea-stall with seats / tea-garden or teahouse seat 普洱茶 pǔ ěr chá Pu'er tea, a type of black tea produced in the Pu'er region of southwestern Yunnan 茶点 茶點 chá diǎn tea and cake / refreshments / tea and dim sum 茶叶蛋 茶葉蛋 chá yè dàn tea egg (egg boiled with flavorings which may include black tea) 茶经 茶經 chá jīng the Classic of Tea, first monograph ever on tea and its culture, written by 陸羽|陆羽[Lu4 Yu3] between 760-780 香片 xiāng piàn jasmine tea / scented tea syn 茶 chá tea / tea plant / CL:杯[bei1],壺|壶[hu2] syn 铁观音 鐵觀音 tiě guān yīn Tieguanyin tea (a variety of oolong tea) 茶点时间 茶點時間 chá diǎn shí jiān tea break / tea and dimsun 點心|点心, traditional Hong Kong lunch 下午茶 xià wǔ chá afternoon tea (light afternoon meal, typically pastries with tea or coffee) 茶叙 茶敘 chá xù to take tea and chat / a small-scale informal gathering with tea and snacks 贡茶 貢茶 gòng chá tribute tea / fine quality tea 渥堆 wò duī wet piling, aka wet pile fermentation (a stage in the production of certain types of tea, notably 熟普洱茶[shou2 Pu3er3 cha2], ripe Pu'er tea) 茶饮 茶飲 chá yǐn tea drink / tea-based beverage 红叶 紅葉 hóng yè red autumnal leaves syn 树叶 樹葉 shù yè tree leaves syn 长出 長出 zhǎng chū to sprout (leaves, buds, a beard etc) syn 飘落 飄落 piāo luò to float down / to fall gently (snowflakes, leaves etc) syn 飘零 飄零 piāo líng to fall and wither (like autumn leaves) / (fig.) drifting and homeless syn 粽子 zòng zi glutinous rice and choice of filling wrapped in leaves and steamed or boiled syn 婆娑 pó suō to swirl about / (of leaves and branches) to sway 光秃秃 光禿禿 guāng tū tū bald / bare (no hair, no leaves, no vegetation etc) syn 柴火 chái huo plant material used as fuel (firewood, straw, leaves etc) syn 香椿 xiāng chūn Chinese toon (Toona sinensis), deciduous tree whose young leaves are used as a vegetable syn 桑树 桑樹 sāng shù mulberry tree, with leaves used to feed silkworms syn 卵形 luǎn xíng oval / egg-shaped (leaves in botany) 嫩叶 嫩葉 nèn yè tender young leaves 含羞草 hán xiū cǎo mimosa / sensitive plant (that closes its leaves when touched) 粗枝大叶 粗枝大葉 cū zhī dà yè thick stems and broad leaves (idiom) / boorish / rough and ready / sloppy syn 青蒜 qīng suàn garlic shoots and leaves syn 耍无赖 耍無賴 shuǎ wú lài to act shamelessly / to behave in a way that leaves others tut-tutting and shaking their heads in disapproval syn 罗布麻 羅布麻 luó bù má dogbane (Apocynum venetum), leaves used in TCM syn 双子叶 雙子葉 shuāng zǐ yè dicotyledon (plant family distinguished by two embryonic leaves, includes daisies, broadleaved trees, herbaceous plants) 白蜡树 白蠟樹 bái là shù Chinese ash (Fraxinus chinensis), whose bark, flowers and leaves are used in TCM 谢 謝 xiè to thank / (bound form) to apologize / (bound form) to decline / to refuse / (bound form) (of flowers, leaves etc) to wither syn 菸 yū to wither / dried leaves / faded / withered 吴头楚尾 吳頭楚尾 wú tóu chǔ wěi lit. head in Wu and tail in Chu (idiom) / fig. close together / head-to-tail / one thing starts where the other leaves off 梵册贝叶 梵冊貝葉 fàn cè bèi yè Sanskrit on Talipot palm leaves (idiom) / Buddhist scripture 秋风扫落叶 秋風掃落葉 qiū fēng sǎo luò yè lit. as the autumn gale sweeps away the fallen leaves (idiom) / to drive out the old and make a clean sweep 纷纷扬扬 紛紛揚揚 fēn fēn yáng yáng fluttering about (of leaves etc) syn 金枝玉叶 金枝玉葉 jīn zhī yù yè golden branch, jade leaves (idiom) / fig. blue-blooded nobility, esp. imperial kinsmen or peerless beauty syn 萚 蘀 tuò fallen leaves and bark 蘀 tuò fallen leaves and bark 蕸 xiá water-lily leaves 箊 yū bamboo with thin / wide leaves 拂动 拂動 fú dòng (of a breeze) to make (hair, leaves, clothing etc) sway gently / to ruffle 木兰纲 木蘭綱 mù lán gāng Magnoliopsidae or Dicotyledoneae (class of plants distinguished by two embryonic leaves) 柘丝 柘絲 zhè sī silk from worms fed on 柘[zhe4] leaves 柘蚕 柘蠶 zhè cán silkworms fed on the leaves of the 柘[zhe4] tree 牡丹虽好，全仗绿叶扶 牡丹雖好，全仗綠葉扶 mǔ dan suī hǎo , quán zhàng lǜ yè fú Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others. 牡丹虽好，全凭绿叶扶持 牡丹雖好，全憑綠葉扶持 mǔ dan suī hǎo , quán píng lǜ yè fú chí Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others. 甜菊 tián jú Stevia, South American sunflower genus / sugarleaf (Stevia rebaudiana), bush whose leaves produce sugar substitute 白苋 白莧 bái xiàn white amaranth (Amaranthus albus) / sprouts and tender leaves of Chinese spinach (Amaranthus spp.) used as food 羽裂 yǔ liè pinnation (splitting of leaves into lobes) 莽草 mǎng cǎo Chinese anise (Ilicium anisatum, a shrub with poisonous leaves) 叶片状 葉片狀 yè piàn zhuàng foliated / striated into thin leaves 贝多 貝多 bèi duō pattra palm tree (loan from Sanskrit, Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as paper substitute for Buddhist sutras 贝多罗树 貝多羅樹 bèi duō luó shù Talipot palm (Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as writing media 贝叶 貝葉 bèi yè pattra palm tree (Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as paper substitute for Buddhist sutras 贝叶棕 貝葉棕 bèi yè zōng pattra palm tree (Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as paper substitute for Buddhist sutras 贝叶经 貝葉經 bèi yè jīng sutra written on leaves of pattra palm tree 艾片 ài piàn preparation obtained from sambong leaves, containing borneol (used in TCM) / Borneolum Luodian 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 火星撞地球 huǒ xīng zhuàng dì qiú clash that leaves both sides shattered 牡丹虽好，全仗绿叶扶持 牡丹雖好，全仗綠葉扶持 mǔ dan suī hǎo , quán zhàng lǜ yè fú chí Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others. 牡丹虽好，终须绿叶扶持 牡丹雖好，終須綠葉扶持 mǔ dan suī hǎo , zhōng xū lǜ yè fú chí Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others. 攀折 pān zhé to snap off (flowers, leaves, twigs etc from a tree or shrub) syn 悉悉索索 xī xī suǒ suǒ (onom.) rustling sound (of clothing, leaves, snow etc) / faint noises 