种 種 zhòng to plant / to grow / to cultivate syn 长 長 zhǎng chief / head / elder / to grow / to develop / to increase / to enhance syn 生 shēng to be born / to give birth / life / to grow / raw / uncooked / student syn 长大 長大 zhǎng dà to grow up syn 发展 發展 fā zhǎn development / growth / to develop / to grow / to expand syn 成长 成長 chéng zhǎng to mature / to grow / growth syn 生长 生長 shēng zhǎng to grow / to grow up / to be brought up syn 增长 增長 zēng zhǎng to grow / to increase syn 天亮 tiān liàng to grow light (at daybreak) syn 成年 chéng nián to grow to adulthood / fully grown / adult / the whole year syn 懂事 dǒng shì to grow beyond the naivete of childhood / to be aware of what is going on in the world / (esp. of a child) sensible / thoughtful / intelligent syn 种植 種植 zhòng zhí to plant / to grow (a crop) / to cultivate syn 长成 長成 zhǎng chéng to grow up syn 增多 zēng duō to increase / to grow in number syn 出息 chū xi future prospects / profit / to mature / to grow up syn 盆栽 pén zāi to grow (a plant) in a pot / potted plant (sometimes refers specifically to a bonsai plant) 起家 qǐ jiā to start out by / to grow an enterprise beginning with / to begin one's career by syn 栽培 zāi péi to grow / to cultivate / to train / to educate / to patronize syn 生老病死 shēng lǎo bìng sǐ lit. to be born, to grow old, to get sick and to die / fig. the fate of humankind (i.e. mortality) syn 生发 生發 shēng fā to emerge and grow / to develop 与日俱增 與日俱增 yǔ rì jù zēng to increase steadily / to grow with each passing day syn 连理 連理 lián lǐ two trees that grow together as one / fig. conjugal union syn 滋长 滋長 zī zhǎng to grow (usually of abstract things) / to yield / to develop syn 出落 chū luò to grow (prettier etc) / to mature into / to blossom syn 栽种 栽種 zāi zhòng to plant / to grow syn 益智 yì zhì to grow the intellect / Alpinia oxyphylla, a type of ginger (Chinese medicine) 生出 shēng chū to give birth / to grow (whiskers etc) / to generate / to produce syn 种花 種花 zhòng huā to grow flowers / (dialect) to vaccinate / (dialect) to grow cotton 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 变老 變老 biàn lǎo to grow old / to age / aging 风起云涌 風起雲湧 fēng qǐ yún yǒng to surge like a gathering storm (idiom) / to grow by leaps and bounds syn 长满 長滿 zhǎng mǎn to grow all over 偕老 xié lǎo to grow old together 横生 橫生 héng shēng to grow without restraint / overflowing with / to happen unexpectedly syn 消长 消長 xiāo zhǎng to ebb and rise / to decrease and then grow 长牙 長牙 zhǎng yá to grow teeth / to teethe / growing teeth 出淤泥而不染 chū yū ní ér bù rǎn lit. to grow out of the mud unsullied (idiom) / fig. to be principled and incorruptible 发怵 發怵 fā chù to feel terrified / to grow apprehensive 产粮 產糧 chǎn liáng to grow crops / food growing 勃兴 勃興 bó xīng to rise suddenly / to grow vigorously syn 秀 xiù (bound form) refined / elegant / graceful / beautiful / (bound form) superior / excellent / (loanword) show / (literary) to grow / to bloom / (of grain crops) to produce ears syn 栽 zāi to plant / to grow / to insert / to erect (e.g. a bus stop sign) / to impose sth on sb / to stumble / to fall down syn 滋 zī to grow / to nourish / to increase / to cause / juice / taste / (dialect) to spout / to spurt syn 蓄 xù to store up / to grow (e.g. a beard) / to entertain (ideas) syn 莳 蒔 shì (literary) to grow / (literary) to transplant / Taiwan pr. [shi2] syn 生生不息 shēng shēng bù xī to grow and multiply without end 换牙 換牙 huàn yá to grow replacement teeth (zoology) / to grow permanent teeth in place of milk teeth 殖 zhí to grow / to reproduce syn 荒疏 huāng shū to be out of practice / rusty syn 万丈高楼平地起 萬丈高樓平地起 wàn zhàng gāo lóu píng dì qǐ towering buildings are built up from the ground (idiom) / great oaks from little acorns grow 五步蛇 wǔ bù shé Deinagkistrodon acutus, a species of venomous pit viper, aka five-pace viper (i.e. can grow to five paces) syn 食言而肥 shí yán ér féi lit. to grow fat eating one's words (idiom) / fig. not to live up to one's promises syn 长生久视 長生久視 cháng shēng jiǔ shì to grow old with unfailing eyes and ears (idiom) 白首齐眉 白首齊眉 bái shǒu qí méi (of a couple) to grow old together in mutual respect (idiom) 抛荒 拋荒 pāo huāng to lie idle (of arable land) / fig. rusty because of lack of practice syn 生鏽 shēng xiù variant of 生銹|生锈, to get rusty / to rust / to corrode / oxidization 脑子生锈 腦子生銹 nǎo zi shēng xiù lit. brains rusty / ossified thinking 锈铁 鏽鐵 xiù tiě rusty iron 栗头八色鸫 栗頭八色鶇 lì tóu bā sè dōng (bird species of China) rusty-naped pitta (Hydrornis oatesi) 灰冠鸦雀 灰冠鴉雀 huī guān yā què (bird species of China) Przevalski's parrotbill / rusty-throated parrotbill (Suthora przewalskii) 红腹山雀 紅腹山雀 hóng fù shān què (bird species of China) Père David's tit / rusty-breasted tit (Poecile davidi) 台湾棕噪鹛 臺灣棕噪鶥 tái wān zōng zào méi (bird species of China) rusty laughingthrush (Pterorhinus poecilorhynchus) 褐胁雀鹛 褐脅雀鶥 hè xié què méi (bird species of China) rusty-capped fulvetta (Schoeniparus dubius) 锈红腹旋木雀 鏽紅腹旋木雀 xiù hóng fù xuán mù què (bird species of China) rusty-flanked treecreeper (Certhia nipalensis) 锈腹短翅鸫 鏽腹短翅鶇 xiù fù duǎn chì dōng (bird species of China) rusty-bellied shortwing (Brachypteryx hyperythra) 锈脸钩嘴鹛 鏽臉鉤嘴鶥 xiù liǎn gōu zuǐ méi (bird species of China) rusty-cheeked scimitar babbler (Erythrogenys erythrogenys) 锈额斑翅鹛 鏽額斑翅鶥 xiù é bān chì méi (bird species of China) rusty-fronted barwing (Actinodura egertoni) 刀不磨要生锈，人不学要落后 刀不磨要生銹，人不學要落後 dāo bù mó yào shēng xiù , rén bù xué yào luò hòu (proverb) a blade will get rusty if it is not sharpened / a man will fall behind if he doesn't study 因爱成恨 因愛成恨 yīn ài chéng hèn hatred caused by love (idiom) / to grow to hate someone because of unrequited love for that person 滋蔓 zī màn to grow and spread syn 蓄须明志 蓄鬚明志 xù xū míng zhì to grow a beard as a symbol of one's determination (as Mei Lanfang 梅蘭芳|梅兰芳[Mei2 Lan2 fang1] growing a beard and refusing to perform for the Japanese) 裁培 cái péi to grow (crop) / cultivation 农桑 農桑 nóng sāng mulberry farming / to grow mulberry for sericulture 距离产生美 距離產生美 jù lí chǎn shēng měi absence makes the heart grow fonder 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 镸 cháng "long" or "to grow" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 168) 逆生长 逆生長 nì shēng zhǎng to seem to grow younger / to regain one's youthful looks 小别胜新婚 小別勝新婚 xiǎo bié shèng xīn hūn reunion after an absence is sweeter than being newlyweds (idiom) / absence makes the heart grow fonder 水培 shuǐ péi to grow plants hydroponically 长毛 長毛 zhǎng máo to grow hair / to become mildewed 播种 播種 bō zhòng to grow (maize etc) from seed / to plant (maize etc) by sowing seed syn 十年树木，百年树人 十年樹木，百年樹人 shí nián - shù mù , bǎi nián - shù rén (idiom) it takes ten years to grow trees, but a hundred years to cultivate people 枝繁叶茂 枝繁葉茂 zhī fán yè mào (of plants) to grow luxuriantly / (fig.) (of a family or business etc) to prosper / to flourish syn 生老病死 shēng - lǎo - bìng - sǐ lit. to be born, to grow old, to get sick and to die (idiom) / fig. the fate of humankind (i.e. mortality) syn 蓄须 蓄鬚 xù xū to grow a beard 长生不老 長生不老 cháng shēng - bù lǎo (idiom) to live forever and never grow old syn 长生久视 長生久視 cháng shēng - jiǔ shì (idiom) to live forever and never grow old 出挑 chū tiāo (of a young person) to grow (prettier etc) / to mature into / to blossom syn 地栽 dì zāi to grow in open ground (as opposed to pot cultivation 盆栽[pen2 zai1]) 托举 托舉 tuō jǔ to lift and support / to hold up (physically) / (fig.) to support sb (or sth) so that they can grow, develop or succeed syn 