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  *茶* | 茶* | *茶
tea / tea plant / CL: , 壺|壶
HSK 1
milk tea
HSK 3
black tea / CL: , 壺|壶
HSK 3
green tea / (slang) (of a girl) seemingly innocent and charming but actually calculating and manipulative / a girl who has these qualities
HSK 3
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  *烧* | 烧* | *烧
to burn / to cook / to stew / to bake / to roast / to heat / to boil (tea, water etc) / fever / to run a temperature / (coll.) to let things go to one's head
HSK 4
tea / tea leaves / CL: , , ,
HSK 4
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  *筛* | 筛* | *筛
(bound form) a sieve / to sieve; to sift; to filter / to eliminate through selection / to warm a pot of rice wine (over a fire or in hot water) / to pour (wine or tea) / (dialect) to strike (a gong)
HSK 7-9
Japanese tea ceremony / sado
HSK 7-9
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  *沏* | 沏* | *沏
to steep (tea)
HSK 7-9
tea prepared in large quantity using inexpensive tea leaves
to drink tea / to get engaged / to have a serious conversation / (fig.) to have a meeting with state security agents (to be warned to behave "responsibly")
black dragon / unexpected mistake or mishap / own goal (soccer) / oolong (tea) / (Tw) (loanword from Japanese) udon
to make tea
scented tea / CL: , 壺|壶
tea set / tea service
to have tea and refreshments / to have dim sum lunch (Cantonese)
to taste tea / to sip tea
green tea powder (Japanese: matcha)
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  *茗* | 茗* | *茗
Thea sinensis / young leaves of tea
to cure by drying over a fire (tea, meat etc) / to bake
tea party
to put the last hand to (a book, a film etc) / to finalize / to kill-green (a step in the processing of tea leaves)
expert / scholar / mother earth / a type of green tea
teacup / tea-glass / cup / mug / CL: 隻|只
plain tea and simple food / (fig.) bread and water
tea leaves gathered at springtime or the tea made from these leaves
tea party
Chinese herb tea
tea grower
Tieguanyin tea (a variety of oolong tea)
tea shop
small side table / coffee table / teapoy (ornamental tripod with caddies for tea)
hot tea
Longjing, county-level city in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture 延邊朝鮮族自治州|延边朝鲜族自治州, Jilin / Longjing, a district of Taichung 臺中市|台中市, Taiwan / Longjing tea (abbr. for 龍井茶|龙井茶)
morning tea
tea drink; tea-based beverage
to taste tea / to sip tea
teahouse / tea-stall with seats / tea-garden or teahouse seat
tea and cake / refreshments / tea and dim sum
an expensive type of oolong tea
kombucha (fermented tea)
lit. when people leave, the tea cools (idiom) / fig. when sb is no longer in a position of power, others cease to care about him
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  *烹* | 烹* | *烹
to boil; to brew (tea) / to cook by briefly stir-frying and then mixing in sauce / (old) to boil to death (judicial punishment in ancient times)
leisure time (over a cup of tea, after a meal etc)
Dian Hong tea
the art of tea
fruit tea
biluochun or pi lo chun, a type of green tea grown in the Dongting Mountain region near Lake Tai 太湖, Jiangsu
jasmine tea / scented tea
a cake of tea, commonly Pu'er tea 普洱茶, compacted into a bowl or nest shape / dome shaped tea-brick / caked tea
to treat differently / another cup of tea
unprocessed sun-dried tea leaves used to make black or green tea
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  *酽* | 酽* | *酽
(of tea, wine etc) strong; (of ink, aroma etc) thick; (of a color) deep; rich
tea stain (on the inside of a tea pot, tea cup etc)
tea brick
to brew tea
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  *酾* | 酾* | *酾
(literary) to filter (wine) / to pour (wine or tea) / to dredge / also pr. [shai1] / Taiwan pr. [si1]
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  *槚* | 槚* | *槚
Catalpa, a genus of mostly deciduous trees / old term for Camellia sinensis, the tea plant / also called Thea sinensis / small evergreen shrub (Mallotus japonicus)
tea bag
green tea / only tea (without food)
Quickly, tapioca milk tea franchise
places of pleasure (like brothels, tea houses etc)
lit. to offer three kinds of tea and six different dishes / to be extremely considerate towards guests (idiom)
payment for tea / (old) tip; gratuity
tea stain (on the inside of a tea pot, tea cup etc)
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  *窨* | 窨* | *窨
to scent tea with flowers / variant of
Lu Yu (733-804), Chinese writer from Tang dynasty, known for his obsession with tea
Gong Cha, international franchise selling Taiwan-style milk tea and smoothies etc, established in Kaohsiung in 2006
tribute tea; fine quality tea
gyokuro (shaded Japanese green tea) / (old) early-morning autumn dew / fine liquor
jasmine tea
chrysanthemum tea
to make tea
to dry and roast over a low fire (tea, chestnuts, seaweed etc) / to torrefy
pleasant aftertaste in the back of the throat (esp. when drinking tea)
Dancong, type of oolong tea
to moisten one's lips / to sip (wine, tea etc) / esp. used with negatives: never touch a drop of the stuff
teh tarik, an Indian-style tea with milk
oolong tea
the Classic of Tea, first monograph ever on tea and its culture, written by 陸羽|陆羽 between 760-780
"leicha", a beverage or gruel made from tea leaves, roasted peanuts and herbs etc ground into a powder, traditionally consumed by Hakka people and in the north of Hunan province
lemon tea
dark tea, a variety of fermented tea (e.g. Pu'er tea 普洱茶)
pearl milk tea / tapioca milk tea / bubble milk tea
Long Island Iced Tea
old tea-horse market between Tibet, China, Southeast Asia and India, formalized as a state enterprise under the Song dynasty
tea tree / Camellia sinensis
tea egg (egg boiled with flavorings which may include black tea)
old tea-horse road or southern Silk Road, dating back to 6th century, from Tibet and Sichuan through Yunnan and Southeast Asia, reaching to Bhutan, Sikkim, India and beyond
tea bag / (slang) trouble (loanword)
afternoon tea (light afternoon meal, typically pastries with tea or coffee)
lit. firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and tea / fig. life's daily necessities
no thought for tea or rice (idiom); melancholic and suffering / to have no appetite
bubble milk tea (Tw) / Boba milk tea / tapioca milk tea / see also 珍珠奶茶
to serve tea (to guests)
to take tea and chat / a small-scale informal gathering with tea and snacks
rooibos tea
very concentrated type of tea consumed in Chaozhou, Fujian and Taiwan / variant of 功夫茶
Pu'er tea, a type of black tea produced in the Pu'er region of southwestern Yunnan
Catalpa bungei or Manchurian Catalpa, a tea plant

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