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watermelon / CL: 顆|颗, 個|个
HSK 4
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  *瓜* | 瓜* | *瓜
melon; gourd; squash / (slang) a piece of gossip
HSK 4
cucumber / CL: 條|条
HSK 4
idiot / fool
HSK 7-9
pumpkin
HSK 7-9
to partition / to divide up
HSK 7-9
melon seed / seeds of pumpkin, watermelon or sunflower etc, roasted and flavored, consumed as a snack
HSK 7-9
connection / association / involvement
every potter praises his own pot (idiom) / all one's geese are swans
gherkin
every potter praises his own pot (idiom) / all one's geese are swans
oval face
Hami melon (a variety of muskmelon) / honeydew melon / cantaloupe / also written 哈密瓜
lit. don't tie your shoelaces in a melon patch, and don't adjust your hat under a plum tree (idiom) / fig. don't do anything that might arouse suspicion / innocent acts may be misconstrued
Guadeloupe
smelt (family Osmeridae)
Muggles (Harry Potter)
lit. ripe as a melon that rolls from its vine (idiom); fig. to know fluently / to know sth inside out / to know sth by heart
to let go of the big prize while grabbing at trifles (idiom)
bottle gourd
Gwadar, free trade port city in Pakistani province of Baluchistan
(Tw) Guatemala
(Tw) oriental melon (Cucumis melo Makuwa Group)
erhua variant of 腦瓜|脑瓜
Antigua and Barbuda
luffa; loofah; sponge gourd
cucumber
papaya (Carica papaya) / genus Chaenomeles of shrubs in the family Rosaceae / Chinese flowering quince (Chaenomeles speciosa)
Ecuador
sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) / yam bean (Pachyrhizus erosus) / (TCM) digua fig (Ficus tikoua Bur.)
muskmelon
fruit (plural sense) / melons and fruit
lit. Sow melon and you get melon, sow beans and you get beans (idiom); fig. As you sow, so shall you reap. / One must live with the consequences of one's actions. / You've made your bed, now must lie on it.
when the melon is ripe, it falls (idiom); problems sort themselves out in the fullness of time
Jinguashi, town in Ruifang District, New Taipei City, Taiwan, noted for its historic gold and copper mines, used as a prisoner-of-war camp by the Japanese (1942-1945)
lit. to follow the vine to get to the melon / to track sth following clues
skull / brain / head / mind / mentality / ideas
sour expression on one's face
chayote (Sechium edule); choko; mirliton
Hami melon (a variety of muskmelon) / honeydew melon / cantaloupe
point-and-shoot camera / compact camera
(Tw) cantaloupe; muskmelon
Nicaragua
snake melon
Managua, capital of Nicaragua
fool / blockhead
a changeover of personnel / a new shift / (lit.) replacement for soldier on leave for the melon-picking season
Managua, capital of Nicaragua (Tw)
a smaller variety of watermelon, with big, edible seeds
pickled cucumber
wax gourd (Cucurbitaceae, Benincasa hispida) / white gourd / white hairy melon / Chinese squash
(neologism c. 2016) (slang) to watch an entertaining spectacle from the sidelines and-or engage in gossip about it
lit. (of a melon vine) laden with melons of all sizes (idiom) / fig. (of descendants) to thrive and prosper for generations
white flowered gourd or calabash (family Crescentia)
Sierra de Guadarrama (mountain range across Iberia, passing north of Madrid)
snake melon / loofah
Chinese skullcap resembling the skin of half a watermelon
pumpkin (Gymnopetalum chinense) / a mace with a brass head resembling a pumpkin
papaya
(of a girl) to lose one's virginity / to deflower a virgin / to reach the age of 16 / (of a man) to reach the age of 64
(dialect) pumpkin
(dialect) pumpkin
malt sugar candy, a traditional offering to the kitchen god Zaoshen 灶神
(dialect) cucumber
(Tw) zucchini; courgette; baby marrow / Taiwan pr. [jie2gua1]
idiot / fool
peanut gallery (esp. in online forums) / onlookers who are interested in the spectacle but don't have anything knowledgeable to say about it / (neologism c. 2016)
Ecuador (Tw)
fruit and vegetables
eggplant (Cantonese)
oriental melon (Cucumis melo Makuwa Group) / cantaloupe; muskmelon (Cucumis melo)
foolproof
pickle; pickled cucumber
pickle; pickled cucumber
lit. if you have to use force to break a melon off the vine, it won't taste sweet (because it's only when the melon is ripe that it can be removed with just a slight twist) (idiom) / fig. if sth is not meant to be, it's no use trying to force it to happen
Tellina iridescens (a bivalve mollusk) / any similar small clam
jack-o'-lantern
bitter melon (bitter gourd, balsam pear, balsam apple, leprosy gourd, bitter cucumber)
boiled noodles served without broth, topped with just a sprinkle of oil and some chopped spring onions, to which customers add vinegar, soy sauce or chili oil according to their taste
smashed cucumber salad
guarana (Paullinia cupana)
honeydew melon
zucchini
ugly / repulsive / also written 歪瓜裂棗|歪瓜裂枣
Guazhou, a county in Jiuquan City 酒泉市, Gansu
dried sweet potato slices
(dialect) fool / a silly
no gourd is perfectly round, just as no man is perfect (proverb)
Guadalcanal, the largest island in Solomon Islands
Battle of Guadalcanal (August 1942 – February 1943), a pivotal campaign in the Pacific Theater of World War II
Nuku'alofa, capital of Tonga (Tw)
sweet potato or yam noodles
Antigua
ugly / repulsive
(of animals) round and fat

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