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slow-witted / blockhead / log (of wood, timber etc) / CL: 塊|块,
HSK 3
wood
HSK 7-9
puppet
HSK 7-9
papaya (Carica papaya) / genus Chaenomeles of shrubs in the family Rosaceae / Chinese flowering quince (Chaenomeles speciosa)
Namtso or Lake Nam (officially Nam Co), mountain lake at Nakchu in central Tibet
yellow rosewood
Namling county, Tibetan: Rnam gling rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet
Man has but one life, grass but one spring (idiom). fig. the brevity of human existence
can't see the wood for the trees
Temujin, birth name of Genghis Khan 成吉思汗
logs
written in a forceful hand / penetrating / profound
Jupiter (planet)
civil engineering
to cut wood / tree-felling / lumbering
lit. the mountains crumble and the trees lie ruined / a great sage has died (idiom)
wooden horse / rocking horse / vaulting horse (gymnastics) / trojan horse (computing)
numb / insensitive / apathetic
HSK 7-9
carpenter
HSK 7-9
wooden boat
lumberjack / tree cutter
charcoal
red wood / mahogany / rosewood / padauk
forest / forest tree
Nyalam county, Tibetan: Gnya' lam rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet
(bird species of China) green-eared barbet (Psilopogon faiostrictus)
flat piece of wood / wood chip / CL: 塊|块,
elder or elderberry (genus Sambucus)
Hormuz Island, Iran, at the mouth of the Persian Gulf
Trojan horse (type of computer virus)
pine wood / deal / larch
amonang tree (Ixonanthes chinensis)
Tarim Basin depression in southern Xinjiang
cask
slab / board / plank / CL: 張|张, 塊|块
HSK 7-9
almond (loanword)
Phoebe zhennan / Machilus nanmu / Chinese cedar / Chinese giant redwood
elm / elmwood
(printing) woodblock
oaken
cassava, a tropical tuber plant
woodwind instrument
Jiamusi University (Heilongjiang)
building / construction / civil engineering
Tarim River of Xinjiang
wooden frame
xylitol
(idiom) it takes ten years to grow trees, but a hundred years to cultivate people
(slang) come on, you can't deny it! / don't you think so?! / (melodramatic form of 有沒有|有没有)
woodwork / carpentry / woodworker / carpenter
wood ear; jelly ear (edible fungus) / CL:
wooden horse stratagem (cf Trojan horse)
lit. body made of wood, heart made of stone (idiom) / fig. heartless
woodcut
a lone tree does not make a forest (idiom) / one cannot accomplish much on one's own
beam / rafter / lintel / person able to bear heavy responsibility / mainstay (of organization) / pillar (of state)
flora and fauna
beam (gymnastics) / balance beam
flowers and trees / plants / flora
stupefied
Sasaki (Japanese surname)
clay ox, wooden horse (idiom); shape without substance / worthless object
woodcut; wood engraving
mahogany
Jovian planet
Mulan county in Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨, Heilongjiang / see 花木蘭|花木兰
lily magnolia (Magnolia liliflora)
lit. the timber has been turned into a boat already (idiom) / fig. what is done cannot be undone
woody plant
pork and scrambled eggs
lit. the spring comes upon a withered tree (idiom) / fig. to get a new lease on life / to be revived / (of a difficult situation) to suddenly improve
rooibos tea
Victory Peak or Jengish Chokusu (7,439 m), the highest peak of Tianshan mountains on the border between Xinjiang and Kyrgyzstan
costus root (medicinal herb) / aucklandia / Saussurea costus / Dolomiaea souliei
fruit tree
(bird species of China) great slaty woodpecker (Mulleripicus pulverulentus)
puppet show
Tsaidam or Qaidam basin (Mongolian: salt marsh), depression northeast of the Plateau of Tibet, located between the Qilian Shan and the Kunlun Shan at the northern margin of the Tibetan Plateau.
two-character surname Duanmu
antiaris, aka upas tree (Antiaris toxicaria)
lit. every tree or bush an enemy soldier (idiom); fig. to panic and treat everyone as an enemy / to feel beleaguered
lit. dumb as a wooden chicken (idiom); fig. dumbstruck
sumac (Rhus coriaria), east Mediterranean deciduous shrub with fruit used as spice / also called tanner's sumach or vinegar tree
Strait of Hormuz
driver (golf)
Tumxuk shehiri (Tumshuq city) or Túmùshūkè subprefecture level city in west Xinjiang
(bird species of China) great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
the timber pagoda of the Fogong Temple in Ying County, Shanxi, built in 1056 (Song dynasty)
marionette
block
Muzha (old spelling: Mucha), suburb to the southeast of Taipei
cotton tree (Bombax ceiba)
roost / perch
birch
Trojan horse
hardwood
lit. to graft flowers onto a tree (idiom) / fig. to surreptitiously substitute one thing for another
lit. climb a tree to catch a fish (idiom); fig. to attempt the impossible
(bird species of China) common flameback (Dinopium javanense)
wood shavings / sawdust

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