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  *园* | 园* | *园
land used for growing plants / site used for public recreation / abbr. for a place ending in 園|园, such as a botanical garden 植物園|植物园, kindergarten 幼兒園|幼儿园 etc
HSK 6
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  *床* | 床* | *床
bed; couch (furniture that one can lie down on) (CL:張|张) / bed; bottom (of rivers, oceans, gardens etc) / frame; chassis / classifier for blankets, quilts etc
HSK 1
courtyard / garden / yard / patio / CL: 個|个 / (old) servant
HSK 2
garden (for flowers, ornamental plants etc); (landscaped) park; yard with decorative plants / CL:
HSK 2
gardens; park; landscape garden
HSK 5
rock garden / rockery
(Tw) garden party; fete (held in a garden or park); carnival; fair
Garden of Gethsemane (in the Christian passion story)
garden area
HSK 6
botanical garden / arboretum
Garden of Eden
everything in the garden is lovely
rear court / back garden / backyard (also fig.)
lit. robust years / prime of life / summer / able-bodied (fit for military service) / mature (talent, garden etc)
green area (e.g. urban park or garden)
HSK 7-9
gardener
vegetable garden
garden plot
Granny Liu visits the Grand View gardens / (of a simple person) to be overwhelmed by new experiences and luxurious surroundings
to visit a park or garden
Madison Square Garden
garden party; fete (held in a garden or park); carnival; fair
to water the plants / to water the garden
to spruce up; to renovate; to tend (a garden); to groom (one's hair); to finish (a rough surface); to trim (a lawn); to touch up (a photo)
lit. the red apricot tree leans over the garden wall (idiom) / fig. a wife having an illicit lover
Prospect Garden / Grand View Garden, a garden in Dream of the Red Chamber
reception pavilion (generally part of a large residence, and often built in a garden)
backyard garden
lit. you plant a garden and the flowers do not bloom, you poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree / fig. things do not always turn out as one would expect / well-laid plans may fail, and success may come where you least expect it
rock garden / rockery
Four great compilations of Northern Song dynasty, namely: Extensive records of the Taiping era (978) 太平廣記|太平广记, Imperial readings of the Taiping era 太平御覽|太平御览, Prime tortoise of the record bureau 冊府元龜|册府元龟, Finest blossoms in the garden of literature 文苑英華|文苑英华
Garden of Gethsemane
transliteration of Tibetan lingka: garden
pavilions and kiosks (in Chinese gardens)
Norbulingka (Tibetan: precious garden), summer residence of Dalai Lamas in Lhasa, Tibet
Four great compilations of Northern Song dynasty, namely: Extensive records of the Taiping era (978) 太平廣記|太平广记, Imperial readings of the Taiping era 太平御覽|太平御览, Prime tortoise of the record bureau 冊府元龜|册府元龟, Finest blossoms in the garden of literature 文苑英華|文苑英华
gardener
teahouse / tea-stall with seats / tea-garden or teahouse seat
Lingering Garden in Suzhou, Jiangsu
Garden of Many Flowers (name) / Baihua garden in Hongmiao village 洪廟村|洪庙村, Shandong
Retreat and Reflection Garden in Tongli, Jiangsu
Couple's Retreat Garden in Suzhou, Jiangsu
to look after / to tend (one's crops, garden, livestock, pets etc) / to repair
Lion Grove Garden in Suzhou, Jiangsu
scholar's rock (one of the naturally-eroded, fantastically-shaped rocks put on display indoors or in gardens in China)
Oath of the Peach Garden, sworn by Liu Bei 劉備|刘备, Zhang Fei 張飛|张飞 and Guan Yu 關羽|关羽 at the start of the Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义
hanging gardens (Babylon etc) / rooftop garden
pitchfork / garden fork / restraining pole (used by police) / military fork (of ancient times)
Humble Administrator's Garden in Suzhou, Jiangsu
Finest Blossoms in the Garden of Literature, Song dynasty collection of poetry, odes, songs and writings compiled during 982-986 under Li Fang 李昉, Xu Xuan 徐鉉|徐铉, Song Bai 宋白 and Su Yijian 蘇易簡|苏易简, 1000 scrolls
Master of the Nets Garden in Suzhou, Jiangsu
(bird species of China) garden sunbird (Cinnyris jugularis)
Ryōanji, temple in northwest Kyōto 京都, Japan with famous rock garden
Madison Square Garden
Keukenhof, flower garden in Netherlands
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  *圃* | 圃* | *圃
garden / orchard
rock garden
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  *苑* | 苑* | *苑
(literary) enclosed area for growing trees, keeping animals etc; imperial garden; park / (literary) center (of arts, literature etc)
The Garden of Cultivation in Suzhou, Jiangsu
jade garden of celestial ruler / paradise
lit. the flowers in one's garden cannot match the fragrance of wild flowers (idiom) / fig. other women seem more attractive than one's own partner / the grass is always greener on the other side
lit. not even peek at the garden / fig. to be absorbed in one's studies (idiom)
garden nasturtium / Tropaeolum majus
flower garden


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