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tree leaves
HSK 4
tea / tea leaves / CL: , , ,
HSK 4
leaf (CL:) / (slang) marijuana
HSK 4
blade (of propellor) / vane / leaf
lit. Lord Ye's passion for dragons (idiom) / fig. to pretend to be fond of sth while actually fearing it / ostensible fondness of sth one really fears
Yekaterina or Ekaterina (name) / Catherine the Great or Catherine the Second (1684-1727), Empress of Russia
Bayes (name) / Thomas Bayes (1702-1761), English mathematician and theologian
bladeless fan
compound leaf (botany)
(bird species of China) golden-fronted leafbird (Chloropsis aurifrons)
needle-leaved (tree)
Sanskrit on Talipot palm leaves (idiom); Buddhist scripture
parietal lobe
chlorophyll
chloroplast
leafy green vegetable; leafy greens
trilobite
lit. eyes obscured by a single leaf (idiom) / fig. not seeing the wider picture / can't see the wood for the trees
clover / trefoil
the first half (of a period)
latter half (of a decade, century etc)
lit. the falling of one leaf heralds the coming of autumn (idiom) / fig. a small sign can indicate a great trend / a straw in the wind
Charles Fourier (French sociologist and socialist, 1772-1837)
lit. as the autumn gale sweeps away the fallen leaves (idiom); to drive out the old and make a clean sweep
folic acid
red autumnal leaves
dead leaves / to lose leaves (of plants) / deciduous
Yip Man (1893-1972), martial arts practitioner, master of Bruce Lee
leaf surface
four-leaf clover
conifer
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to be in harmony
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surname Ye
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leaf / page / lobe / (historical) period / classifier for small boats
mid- (e.g. mid-century) / middle period
petiole / leafstalk
Shia sect (of Islam)
Chiba (Japanese surname and place name)
shutter / blind
Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.
prefrontal cortex (PFC)
Chiba prefecture, Japan
deciduous plant / deciduous vegetation
Akihabara, region of downtown Tokyo famous for electronics stores
thick stems and broad leaves (idiom) / boorish / rough and ready / sloppy
a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom); everything has its ancestral home / In old age, an expatriate longs to return home.
dried leaf
final years / end (of a decade, era etc)
branch and leaf
senna leaf (Folium sennae)
Ye County or Yexian, a county in Pingdingshan City 平頂山市|平顶山市, Henan
(slang) Canada
leaf tobacco
leafy green vegetable; leafy greens
lutein (biochemistry)
geraniol (chemistry)
Trifid Nebula, M20
leafy
to become bogged down in the details (idiom)
leaf litter
Ye Shengtao (1894-1988), writer and editor, known esp. for children's books
Braille (name) / Louis Braille (1809-1852), French educator who invented braille
occipital lobe
(bird species of China) dark-necked tailorbird (Orthotomus atrogularis)
Agent Orange (herbicide)
maple leaf
larch tree (Pinus larix) / deciduous pine tree
(Tw) fender (automotive)
needle-leaved plant (e.g. pine tree)
see 柳眉
Yeltsin (name) / Boris Yeltsin (1931-2007) first post-communist president of Russia 1991-1999
tender young leaves
autumn leaf
green leaf / (fig.) actor playing a supporting role
betel
foliated / striated into thin leaves
hinge
Qaghiliq nahiyisi (Kargilik county) in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區|喀什地区, west Xinjiang
pattra palm tree (Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as paper substitute for Buddhist sutras
needle-leaved forest
temporal lobe
deep roots and vigorous foliage (idiom) / (fig.) well established and growing strongly
Yekaterinburg (Russian city, also known as Ekaterinburg or Sverdlovsk)
(slang) to smoke pot
Yarkant River in Xinjiang
pattra palm tree (Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as paper substitute for Buddhist sutras
(math.) Fourier transform
to rhyme / also written 協韻|协韵
dead leaf; withered leaf
lancet (surgeon's knife)
turbine wheel
broad-leaved (tree)
frontal lobe
bay leaf; laurel leaf
eucalyptus oil
veinlet in a leaf
venation (pattern of veins on a leaf)
golden branch, jade leaves (idiom); fig. blue-blooded nobility, esp. imperial kinsmen or peerless beauty
leaf bud
laurel leaf; bay leaf

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