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"to prune (branches)" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
打杈 dǎ chà to prune (branches) syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
门 門 mén gate / door / CL:扇[shan4] / gateway / doorway / CL:個|个[ge4] / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal / derived from Watergate) syn
修理 xiū lǐ to repair / to fix / to prune / to trim / (coll.) to sort sb out / to fix sb syn
时分 時分 shí fēn time / period during the day / one of the 12 two-hour periods enumerated by the earthly branches 地支 syn
修剪 xiū jiǎn to prune / to trim syn
甲子 jiǎ zǐ first year of the sixty-year cycle (where each year is numbered with one of the 10 heavenly stems 天干[tian1 gan1] and one of the 12 earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1]) / the sixty-year cycle
紫红色 紫紅色 zǐ hóng sè red-purple / mauve / prune (color) / claret
冉冉 rǎn rǎn gradually / slowly / (of branches or hair) softly drooping syn
枝节 枝節 zhī jié branches and knots / fig. side issue / minor peripheral problem syn
生肖 shēng xiào one of the twelve animals symbolic of the earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1] / animal from the Chinese zodiac syn
婆娑 pó suō to swirl about / (of leaves and branches) to sway
支部 zhī bù branch, esp. grass root branches of a political party syn
地支 dì zhī the 12 earthly branches 子[zi3], 丑[chou3], 寅[yin2], 卯[mao3], 辰[chen2], 巳[si4], 午[wu3], 未[wei4], 申[shen1], 酉[you3], 戌[xu1], 亥[hai4], used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers I, II etc
本命年 běn mìng nián year of one's birth sign, according to the cycle of 12 animals of the earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1]
干支 gān zhī the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] and twelve earthly branches 十二枝 / sexagenary cycle
枝蔓 zhī màn branches and tendrils / fig. overcomplicated or digressive syn
标 標 biāo mark / sign / label / to mark with a symbol, label, lettering etc / to bear (a brand name, registration number etc) / prize / award / bid / target / quota / (old) the topmost branches of a tree / visible symptom / classifier for military units syn
杈 chà branches of a tree / fork of a tree syn
剪枝 jiǎn zhī to prune (branches etc)
厣 厴 yǎn operculum (Latin: little lid) / a covering flap (in various branches of anatomy) syn
艳如桃李 艷如桃李 yàn rú táo lǐ lit. beautiful as peach and prune / fig. radiant beauty
子丑 zǐ chǒu first two of the twelve earthly branches 十二地支 / by ext., the earthly branches
疏剪 shū jiǎn to prune
本固枝荣 本固枝榮 běn gù zhī róng when the root is firm, the branches flourish syn
五院 wǔ yuàn the five yuan (administrative branches of government) of the Republic of China under Sun Yat-sen's constitution: 行政院[Xing2 zheng4 yuan4] Executive Yuan, 立法院[Li4 fa3 yuan4] Legislative Yuan, 司法院[Si1 fa3 yuan4] Judicial Yuan, 考試院|考试院[Kao3 shi4 yuan4] Examination Yuan, 監察院|监察院[Jian1 cha2 yuan4] Control Yuan
冗条子 冗條子 rǒng tiáo zi unwanted branches (of a tree etc)
十二地支 shí èr dì zhī the 12 earthly branches 子[zi3], 丑, 寅, 卯, 辰, 巳, 午, 未, 申, 酉, 戌, 亥 (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers)
十二支 shí èr zhī the 12 earthly branches 子[zi3], 丑, 寅, 卯, 辰, 巳, 午, 未, 申, 酉, 戌, 亥 (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal number)
在天愿做比翼鸟，在地愿做连理枝 在天願做比翼鳥，在地願做連理枝 zài tiān yuàn zuò bǐ yì niǎo , zài dì yuàn zuò lián lǐ zhī In the sky to be two birds flying wing to wing, on earth to be two trees with branches intertwined / wishing for conjugal bliss
少突胶质 少突膠質 shǎo tū jiāo zhì oligodendrocytes (Greek: cells with few branches), a type of cell in central nervous system / oligodendroglia
支与流裔 支與流裔 zhī yǔ liú yì lit. branches and descendants / of a similar kind / related
盘错 盤錯 pán cuò intertwined (of tree roots or branches) / fig. an intricate matter
联宗 聯宗 lián zōng combined branches of a clan
银苔 銀苔 yín tái moss silver / silver in the form of fibers or branches
军公教 軍公教 jūn gōng jiào army, civil service and education / all branches of state employment
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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