疯狂 瘋狂 fēng kuáng crazy / frenzied / wild syn 野兽 野獸 yě shòu beast / wild animal syn 野马 野馬 yě mǎ feral horse / free-roaming horse / wild horse 香草 xiāng cǎo aromatic herb / vanilla / alternative name for Eupatorium fortunei / (fig.) loyal and dependable person (old) 野心 yě xīn ambition / wild schemes / careerism 野生 yě shēng wild / undomesticated 野性 yě xìng wild nature / unruliness 野猪 野豬 yě zhū wild boar (Sus scrofa) / CL:頭|头[tou2] 欣喜若狂 xīn xǐ ruò kuáng to be wild with joy (idiom) syn 捕猎 捕獵 bǔ liè to catch (wild animals) / to hunt syn 瞎猜 xiā cāi to make a wild guess / blind guess 荒芜 荒蕪 huāng wú left to return to unchecked growth / overgrown / grown wild syn 想入非非 xiǎng rù fēi fēi to indulge in fantasy (idiom) / to let one's imagination run wild syn 药草 藥草 yào cǎo medicinal herb syn 蛮荒 蠻荒 mán huāng savage / wild / uncivilized territory syn 钻牛角尖 鑽牛角尖 zuān niú jiǎo jiān lit. to penetrate into a bull's horn (idiom) / fig. to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem / to bash one's head against a brick wall / a wild goose chase / a blind alley / to split hairs syn 猖獗 chāng jué to be rampant / to run wild syn 胡诌 胡謅 hú zhōu to invent crazy nonsense / to cook up (excuses) / to talk at random / wild babble syn 野味 yě wèi game / wild animals and birds hunted for food or sport 野鸭 野鴨 yě yā wild duck / mallard (Anas platyrhyncha) syn 遐想 xiá xiǎng reverie / daydream / to be lost in wild and fanciful thoughts 狂放 kuáng fàng wild / unrestrained 开垦 開墾 kāi kěn to clear a wild area for cultivation / to put under the plow syn 草本 cǎo běn grass / herb 放养 放養 fàng yǎng to raise (livestock or poultry) in an open environment / to breed (fish, bees, silkworms etc) in a suitable environment / to culture (kelp etc) / to release (a captive animal) into the wild syn 水草 shuǐ cǎo aquatic plants / water and grass (i.e. favorable foraging land for livestock or wild animals) / (Malaysia) (coll.) drinking straw 野狗 yě gǒu wild dog / feral dog / stray dog 遐思 xiá sī to fancy from afar / reverie / wild and fanciful thoughts syn 大雁 dà yàn wild goose / CL:隻|只[zhi1] syn 木香 mù xiāng costus root (medicinal herb) / aucklandia / Saussurea costus / Dolomiaea souliei syn 妄言 wàng yán lies / wild talk / to tell lies / to talk nonsense / fantasy (literature) syn 三七 sān qī pseudoginseng (Panax pseudoginseng), hemostatic herb 狂野 kuáng yě coarse and wild 野生动物 野生動物 yě shēng dòng wù wild animal 胡思乱想 胡思亂想 hú sī luàn xiǎng to indulge in flights of fancy (idiom) / to let one's imagination run wild syn 雪莲 雪蓮 xuě lián snow lotus herb / Saussurea involucrata 凉茶 涼茶 liáng chá Chinese herb tea 乱搞 亂搞 luàn gǎo to make a mess / to mess with / to be wild / to sleep around / to jump into bed 荒草 huāng cǎo weeds / brush (vegetation) / wild grassland syn 仙草 xiān cǎo medicinal herb (genus Mesona) / grass jelly 大雁塔 dà yàn tǎ Giant Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi'an 拈花惹草 niān huā rě cǎo lit. to pick the flowers and trample the grass (idiom) / fig. to womanize / to frequent brothels / to sow one's wild oats syn 野生植物 yě shēng zhí wù plants in the wild 寻花问柳 尋花問柳 xún huā wèn liǔ lit. to enjoy the beautiful spring scenery (idiom) / fig. to frequent brothels / to sow one's wild oats syn 妄念 wàng niàn wild fantasy / unwarranted thought syn 茭白 jiāo bái Manchurian wild rice 菰[gu1], aka water bamboo, or its edible stem, which resembles a bamboo shoot syn 外卡 wài kǎ (sports) wild card (loanword) 细辛 細辛 xì xīn Manchurian wild ginger (family Asarum) 荆芥 荊芥 jīng jiè schizonepeta, herb used in Chinese medicine 疯 瘋 fēng insane / mad / wild syn 狂 kuáng mad / wild / violent syn 菰 gū Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia), now rare in the wild, formerly harvested for its grain, now mainly cultivated for its edible stem known as 茭白筍|茭白笋[jiao1bai2sun3], which is swollen by a smut fungus / (variant of 菇[gu1]) mushroom syn 莘 xīn Asarum / Wild ginger / also 細辛|细辛[xi4 xin1] syn 车前草 車前草 chē qián cǎo plantain herb (Plantago asiatica) 野鸳鸯 野鴛鴦 yě yuān yāng wild mandarin duck / (derog.) illicit lovers / unorthodox couple 芗 薌 xiāng aromatic herb used for seasoning / variant of 香[xiang1] 蕲 蘄 qí (herb) / implore / pray / place name 蘅 héng Asarum blumei (wild ginger plant) 唳 lì cry of a crane or wild goose syn 猊 貎 ní wild beast / wild horse / lion / trad. form used erroneously for 貌 / simplified form used erroneously for 狻 芴 wù fluorene C13H10 / (old) name of an edible wild plant 貊 mò name of a wild tribe / silent 蒗 làng (herb) / place name 猹 chá Badger-like wild animal 趋之若鹜 趨之若鶩 qū zhī ruò wù to rush like ducks (idiom) / the mob scrabbles madly for sth unobtainable / an unruly crowd on a wild goose chase 荒山野岭 荒山野嶺 huāng shān yě lǐng wild, mountainous country syn 穷山恶水 窮山惡水 qióng shān è shuǐ lit. barren hills and wild rivers (idiom) / fig. inhospitable natural environment syn 生药 生藥 shēng yào unprocessed medicinal herb 蓠 蘺 lí red algae / Gracilaria, several species, some edible / Japanese ogonori / arch. used for vanilla-like herb 貍 lí wild cat 苙 lì (herb) / pigsty 鄿 qí (herb) / place name 韱 xiān wild onions or leeks 蓸 cáo (a kind of herb) 蘘 ráng a kind of wild ginger 鬖 sān wild hair 蔙 xuàn (herb) 羹藜含糗 gēng lí hán qiǔ nothing but herb soup and dry provisions to eat (idiom) / to survive on a coarse diet / à la guerre comme à la guerre 羹藜唅糗 gēng lí hān qiǔ nothing but herb soup and dry provisions to eat (idiom) / to survive on a coarse diet / à la guerre comme à la guerre 蒄 guān (herb mentioned in ancient texts) 狼子野心 láng zǐ yě xīn ambition of wild wolves (idiom) / rapacious designs 饭糗茹草 飯糗茹草 fàn qiǔ rú cǎo lit. to live on dry provisions and wild herbs (idiom) / fig. to live in abject poverty 狼奔豕突 láng bēn shǐ tū the wolf runs and the wild boar rushes (idiom) / crowds of evil-doers mill around like wild beasts syn 野生生物 yě shēng shēng wù wildlife / creatures in the wild / wild organism 脱缰野马 脫韁野馬 tuō jiāng yě mǎ a wild horse that refuses to be bridled (a metaphor for sth that runs wild) 萐 shà (auspicious herb) 萴 zé (medicinal herb) 单味药 單味藥 dān wèi yào medicine made from a single herb / drug made from a single substance 旋覆花 xuán fù huā (botany) convolvulvus / Flos Inulae (Chinese herb) 洋紫苏 洋紫蘇 yáng zǐ sū sage (herb) 洋苏 洋蘇 yáng sū sage (herb) 溪黄草 溪黃草 xī huáng cǎo Rabdosia lophanthoides (no common name), herb plant of Lamiaceae family (together with mint and lavender), used in TCM 茜紫 qiàn zǐ sage (herb) 莳萝 蒔蘿 shí luó dill (herb, Anethum graveolens) 药苗 藥苗 yào miáo medicinal herb seedling 蘼芜 蘼蕪 mí wú Gracilaria confervoides (a fragrant herb) 香薄荷 xiāng bò he savory (herb) 矮地茶 ǎi dì chá (loanword) Japanese ardisia (Ardisia japonica) (herb) 三棱草 三稜草 sān léng cǎo sedge herb (Cyperus rotundus) 