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willow
HSK 7-9
weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
Liouying, a district in Tainan 台南, Taiwan
Liubei district of Liuzhou city 柳州市, Guangxi
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  *柳* | 柳* | *柳
surname Liu
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  *柳* | 柳* | *柳
willow
willow twig; osier; wicker
see 柳眉
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
Liu Qing (1916-1978), writer
weeping willow
liuqin lute, smaller version of the pipa 琵琶, with holes in the soundbox, and range similar to that of a violin
(ornithology) leaf warbler (bird of genus Phylloscopus)
calligraphic style of Liu Gongquan
Liuzhou, prefecture-level city in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区
lit. to enjoy the beautiful spring scenery (idiom) / fig. to frequent brothels / to sow one's wild oats
story of Liu Yi, Tang fantasy fiction by Li Chaowei 李朝威, popular with dramatist of subsequent dynasties
Liulin county in Lüliang 呂梁|吕梁, Shanxi 山西
lancet (surgeon's knife)
willow tree / poplar and willow / name of traditional tune
Liunan district of Liuzhou city 柳州市, Guangxi
lit. the willow trees make the shade, the flowers give the light (idiom); at one's darkest hour, a glimmer of hope / light at the end of the tunnel
willow catkin
lit. green willows and red flowers (idiom) / fig. all the colors of spring
long, shapely eyebrows
lit. idly poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree to shade you / (fig.) unintentional actions may bring unexpected success / also written 無心插柳柳成蔭|无心插柳柳成荫
(idiom) red-light district
Shandong opera
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old variant of
Liulin county in Lüliang 呂梁|吕梁, Shanxi 山西
red-light district
Liuhe county in Tonghua 通化, Jilin
brothel
broken flower, withered willow (idiom); fig. fallen woman
Liuhe county in Tonghua 通化, Jilin
prostitute
sexually transmitted disease; venereal disease
desolate
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old variant of
Liunan district of Liuzhou city 柳州市, Guangxi
Liubei district of Liuzhou city 柳州市, Guangxi
Liu Zongyuan (773-819), Tang essayist and poet, advocate of the classical writing 古文運動|古文运动 and neoclassical 復古|复古 movements
pork fillet
orange (fruit) (Tw)
Liu Yong (987-1053), Song poet
(Tw) chicken strips
orange juice / CL: , , , / see also 橙汁
Liuyuan town in Guazhou county 瓜州縣|瓜州县 in Jiuquan 酒泉, Gansu
Spring Willow Society, pioneering Chinese theatrical company set up in Tokyo in 1906, part of New Culture Movement 新文化運動|新文化运动, continued in China from 1912 as 新劇同志會|新剧同志会
willow
chicken strips
(idiom) (of a good outcome) unanticipated / serendipitous / fortuitous
poplar mushroom (Cyclocybe aegerita)
(beef) tenderloin
fillet beef served sizzling on a hot iron plate
(bird species of China) willow ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus)
Liu Gongquan (778-865), Tang calligrapher
(bird species of China) dusky warbler (Phylloscopus fuscatus)
(bird species of China) Pallas's leaf warbler (Phylloscopus proregulus)
(bird species of China) Kamchatka leaf warbler (Phylloscopus examinandus)
(bird species of China) Arctic warbler (Phylloscopus borealis)
(bird species of China) large-billed leaf warbler (Phylloscopus magnirostris)
(bird species of China) greenish warbler (Phylloscopus trochiloides)
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
(bird species of China) wood warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix)
(bird species of China) buff-throated warbler (Phylloscopus subaffinis)
(bird species of China) buff-barred warbler (Phylloscopus pulcher)
pussy willow
(bird species of China) yellow-browed warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus)
(bird species of China) sulphur-breasted warbler (Phylloscopus ricketti)
(bird species of China) eastern crowned warbler (Phylloscopus coronatus)
(bird species of China) Claudia's leaf warbler (Phylloscopus claudiae)
(bird species of China) common chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
(bird species of China) Sichuan leaf warbler (Phylloscopus forresti)
(bird species of China) Emei leaf warbler (Phylloscopus emeiensis)
(bird species of China) Radde's warbler (Phylloscopus schwarzi)
(bird species of China) Sakhalin leaf warbler (Phylloscopus borealoides)
(bird species of China) Japanese leaf warbler (Phylloscopus xanthodryas)
Spring Willow Society, pioneering Chinese theatrical company set up in Tokyo in 1906, part of New Culture Movement 新文化運動|新文化运动, continued in China from 1912 as 新劇同志會|新剧同志会
Spring Willow Society, pioneering Chinese theatrical company set up in Tokyo in 1906, part of New Culture Movement 新文化運動|新文化运动, continued in China from 1912 as 新劇同志會|新剧同志会
(bird species of China) mountain chiffchaff (Phylloscopus sindianus)
albuterol (also known as proventil, salbutamol, ventolin), an asthma drug
Liuyuan town in Guazhou county 瓜州縣|瓜州县 in Jiuquan 酒泉, Gansu
Liucheng county in Liuzhou 柳州, Guangxi
Liucheng county in Liuzhou 柳州, Guangxi
the Mukden or Manchurian Railway Incident of 18th September 1931 used by the Japanese as a pretext to annex Manchuria / also known as 9-18 incident 九一八事變|九一八事变
Willow palisade across Liaoning, 17th century barrier
orange (fruit)
lit. willow scent and mist of blossom (idiom); scene full of the delights of spring
(bird species of China) yellow-streaked warbler (Phylloscopus armandii)
(bird species of China) willow warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
broken flower, withered willow (idiom); fig. fallen woman
(bird species of China) Hainan leaf warbler (Phylloscopus hainanus)
(bird species of China) Hume's leaf warbler (Phylloscopus humei)
(bird species of China) lemon-rumped warbler (Phylloscopus chloronotus)
(bird species of China) ashy-throated warbler (Phylloscopus maculipennis)
(bird species of China) limestone leaf warbler (Phylloscopus calciatilis)
(bird species of China) sulphur-bellied warbler (Phylloscopus griseolus)

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