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  *樹* | 樹* | *樹
tree / CL: / to cultivate / to set up
HSK 1
tree leaves
HSK 4
woods / grove / forest
HSK 4
pine / pine tree / CL:
HSK 4
peach tree / CL:
HSK 5
fruit tree / CL:
HSK 6
poplar tree / various trees of genus Populus
HSK 7-9
branch / twig
HSK 7-9
tree
HSK 7-9
locust tree (Sophora japonica)
HSK 7-9
to set up / to establish
HSK 7-9
willow
HSK 7-9
cypress tree / Taiwan pr. [bo2 shu4]
HSK 7-9
the tip of a tree; treetop
HSK 7-9
to make a contribution / to establish / to found / contribution
HSK 7-9
shade of a tree / Taiwan pr. [shu4yin4]
HSK 7-9
resin
Arbor Day (March 12th), also known as National Tree Planting Day 全民義務植樹日|全民义务植树日
When the tree topples the monkeys scatter. (idiom); fig. an opportunist abandons an unfavorable cause / Rats leave a sinking ship.
breadfruit tree / Artocarpus altilis
Shulin city in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan
maple
tree roots
Chinese ash (Fraxinus chinensis), whose bark, flowers and leaves are used in TCM
tree trunk
sapling
mangrove forest or swamp
Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, in Qinghai Province 青海省
to plant trees
epoxy resin (chemistry)
oak
tree bark
lit. a tall tree attracts the wind (idiom) / fig. a famous or rich person attracts criticism
peepul (Ficus religiosa); bodhi tree; sacred fig
Zhangshu, county-level city in Yichun 宜春, Jiangxi
camphor / Cinnamonum camphara
lit. to fly one's banner on a solitary tree (idiom); fig. to act as a loner / to stand out / to develop one's own school / to have attitude of one's own
(idiom) it takes ten years to grow trees, but a hundred years to cultivate people
eucalyptus
legendary tree that sheds coins when shaken / (fig.) source of easy money
tea tree / Camellia sinensis
Lishu county in Siping 四平, Jilin / Lishu district of Jixi city 雞西|鸡西, Heilongjiang
pear tree
to prepare children to become capable citizens
Yushu, county-level city in Changchun 長春|长春, Jilin
roadside tree; street tree
Yushu, county-level city in Changchun 長春|长春, Jilin
elm
lac tree (Rhus vernicifera)
jujube tree / date tree / Zizyphus vulgaris / CL:
display of fireworks and lanterns
lit. an ant trying to shake a tree (idiom) / fig. to overrate oneself; to overestimate one's capabilities
tree resin / gum
palm tree
dragon tree / Dracaena (botany)
plum tree
birch
(idiom) it takes many years to raise children to be upstanding citizens
tree frog
thicket / undergrowth
"ants climbing a tree", a Sichuan dish made with cellophane noodles 粉絲|粉丝 and ground meat (so called because the particles of meat clinging to the noodles look like ants on the twigs of a tree) / (sex position) man standing, woman clinging to his upper body / (erotic massage) full-body licking
alkyd resin
Chinese horse chestnut (Aesculus chinensis)
lit. the trees long for peace but the wind will never cease (idiom) / fig. the world changes, whether you want it or not
banyan
palm tree
conifer
lit. orchids and jade trees (idiom); fig. a child with splendid future prospects
lit. to fly one's banner on a solitary tree (idiom); fig. to act as a loner / to stand out / to develop one's own school / to have attitude of one's own
oak tree
mulberry tree, with leaves used to feed silkworms
Cinchona ledgeriana, tree whose bark contains quinine
fir
tree trunk
lit. the iron tree blooms (idiom) / a highly improbable or extremely rare occurrence
maple
Nāgārjuna (c. 150-250 AD), Buddhist philosopher
laurel tree (Laurus nobilis) / bay tree
tree species
sloth (zoology)
sago palm (Cycas revoluta)
lit. an ant trying to shake a big tree (idiom) / fig. to overrate one's own strength / also written 蚍蜉撼樹|蚍蜉撼树
can't see the wood for the trees
Chinese sweetgum (Liquidambar formosana)
to have a unique style of one's own (idiom)
Zhou Shuren, the real name of author Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅
black locust tree (Robinia pseudoacacia)
to deck the tree with false blossoms / to make something of no value appear valuable (idiom)
Zhangshu, county-level city in Yichun 宜春, Jiangxi
to antagonize people / to make an enemy of sb
shade (of a tree)
Lishu district of Jixi city 雞西|鸡西, Heilongjiang
lit. to erect a stele and write a biography (idiom) / to monumentalize / to glorify / to sing the praises of
lit. reeds leaning on a jade tree (idiom) / fig. the lowly associating with the noble; the weak seeking help from the strong
apricot tree
Kaoshu township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县, Taiwan
olive tree
rubber tree

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