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slow-witted / blockhead / log (of wood, timber etc) / CL: 塊|块,
HSK 3
Hua Mulan, legendary woman warrior (c. fifth century), Northern dynasties folk hero recorded in Sui and Tang literature
wood
HSK 7-9
puppet
HSK 7-9
papaya (Carica papaya) / genus Chaenomeles of shrubs in the family Rosaceae / Chinese flowering quince (Chaenomeles speciosa)
woodpecker
flora and fauna
Namling county, Tibetan: Rnam gling rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet
Man has but one life, grass but one spring (idiom). fig. the brevity of human existence
logs
written in a forceful hand / penetrating / profound
Jupiter (planet)
civil engineering
block
a logging area
to cut wood / tree-felling / lumbering
ebony
Ürümqi, prefecture-level city and capital of Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region 新疆維吾爾自治區|新疆维吾尔自治区
Trojan horse (type of computer virus)
numb / insensitive / apathetic
HSK 7-9
driver (golf)
tree
HSK 7-9
carpenter
HSK 7-9
wooden boat
to carry out large scale construction
zhangtou wooden rod puppetry
lumberjack / tree cutter
charcoal
forest / forest tree
a lone tree does not make a forest (idiom) / one cannot accomplish much on one's own
wooden horse / rocking horse / vaulting horse (gymnastics) / trojan horse (computing)
flat piece of wood / wood chip / CL: 塊|块,
elder or elderberry (genus Sambucus)
birch
lit. dumb as a wooden chicken (idiom); fig. dumbstruck
pine wood / deal / larch
amonang tree (Ixonanthes chinensis)
Tarim Basin depression in southern Xinjiang
cask
slab / board / plank / CL: 張|张, 塊|块
HSK 7-9
almond (loanword)
to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish (idiom); without any practical course of action
Golmud or Ge'ermu city (Tibetan: na gor mo grong khyer) in Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海西蒙古族藏族自治州, Qinghai
woodwind instrument
Phoebe zhennan / Machilus nanmu / Chinese cedar / Chinese giant redwood
elm / elmwood
sappan wood (Caesalpinia sappan), used in Chinese medicine / administrative subdivision of banner (county) in Inner Mongolia (Mongol: arrow)
Tsaidam or Qaidam basin (Mongolian: salt marsh), depression northeast of the Plateau of Tibet, located between the Qilian Shan and the Kunlun Shan at the northern margin of the Tibetan Plateau.
(printing) woodblock
oaken
cassava, a tropical tuber plant
building / construction / civil engineering
Tarim River of Xinjiang
wooden frame
xylitol
Magnolia, genus of trees and shrubs
can't see the wood for the trees
(slang) come on, you can't deny it! / don't you think so?! / (melodramatic form of 有沒有|有没有)
woodwork / carpentry / woodworker / carpenter
wood ear; jelly ear (edible fungus) / CL:
to drill wood to make fire
Tumxuk shehiri (Tumshuq city) or Túmùshūkè subprefecture level city in west Xinjiang
merry-go-round / carousel
lit. body made of wood, heart made of stone (idiom) / fig. heartless
puppet show
woodcut
Magnoliaceae, family of trees and shrubs
wood turning / woodwork lathe
tree, esp. with recognizable trunk (as opposed to 灌木, bush or shrub)
wooden
Tsaidam or Qaidam basin (Mongolian: salt marsh), depression northeast of the Plateau of Tibet, located between the Qilian Shan and the Kunlun Shan at the northern margin of the Tibetan Plateau.
beam / rafter / lintel / person able to bear heavy responsibility / mainstay (of organization) / pillar (of state)
sappan wood (Caesalpinia sappan), used in Chinese medicine
beam (gymnastics) / balance beam
flowers and trees / plants / flora
Temujin, birth name of Genghis Khan 成吉思汗
wooden pile / stake
stupefied
Sasaki (Japanese surname)
tapioca
mahogany
shrub / shrubbery
lit. the timber has been turned into a boat already (idiom) / fig. what is done cannot be undone
woody plant
pork and scrambled eggs
lit. the spring comes upon a withered tree (idiom) / fig. to get a new lease on life / to be revived / (of a difficult situation) to suddenly improve
Urumqi county (Uighur: Ürümchi Nahiyisi) in Urumqi 烏魯木齊|乌鲁木齐, Xinjiang
lit. climb a tree to catch a fish (idiom); fig. to attempt the impossible
Muli Tibetan Autonomous County in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture 涼山彝族自治州|凉山彝族自治州, Sichuan
costus root (medicinal herb) / aucklandia / Saussurea costus / Dolomiaea souliei
(coll.) a blockhead; a thickhead
single-log bridge / (fig.) difficult path
Hormuz Island, Iran, at the mouth of the Persian Gulf
Jovian planet
fruit tree
beech
Muzha (old spelling: Mucha), suburb to the southeast of Taipei
two-character surname Duanmu
antiaris, aka upas tree (Antiaris toxicaria)

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