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tree / CL: / to cultivate / to set up
HSK 1
woods / grove / forest
HSK 4
pine / pine tree / CL:
HSK 4
tree leaves
HSK 4
peach tree / CL:
HSK 5
fruit tree / CL:
HSK 6
poplar tree / various trees of genus Populus
HSK 7-9
branch / twig
HSK 7-9
tree
HSK 7-9
locust tree (Sophora japonica)
HSK 7-9
to set up / to establish
HSK 7-9
willow
HSK 7-9
to make a contribution / to establish / to found / contribution
HSK 7-9
cypress tree / Taiwan pr. [bo2 shu4]
HSK 7-9
the tip of a tree; treetop
HSK 7-9
shade of a tree / Taiwan pr. [shu4yin4]
HSK 7-9
Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, in Qinghai Province 青海省
(bird species of China) crested treeswift (Hemiprocne coronata)
laurel leaf; bay leaf
epoxy resin (chemistry)
lit. to fly one's banner on a solitary tree (idiom); fig. to act as a loner / to stand out / to develop one's own school / to have attitude of one's own
resin
to have a unique style of one's own (idiom)
palm tree
maple
Shulin city in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan
Arbor Day (March 12th), also known as National Tree Planting Day 全民義務植樹日|全民义务植树日
mulberry tree, with leaves used to feed silkworms
lit. an ant trying to shake a big tree (idiom) / fig. to overrate one's own strength / also written 蚍蜉撼樹|蚍蜉撼树
Talipot palm (Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as writing media
fir
banyan
dendritic cell
tree species
tree bark
When the tree topples the monkeys scatter. (idiom); fig. an opportunist abandons an unfavorable cause / Rats leave a sinking ship.
jaboticaba; Brazilian grape tree
breadfruit tree / Artocarpus altilis
Shulin city in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan
tree roots
tree frog
Chinese ash (Fraxinus chinensis), whose bark, flowers and leaves are used in TCM
tree trunk
Cinchona ledgeriana, tree whose bark contains quinine
(bird species of China) ratchet-tailed treepie (Temnurus temnurus)
mangrove forest or swamp
to plant trees
oak
lit. a tall tree attracts the wind (idiom) / fig. a famous or rich person attracts criticism
peepul (Ficus religiosa); bodhi tree; sacred fig
sapling
camphor / Cinnamonum camphara
coca plant (source of cocaine)
(idiom) it takes ten years to grow trees, but a hundred years to cultivate people
eucalyptus
legendary tree that sheds coins when shaken / (fig.) source of easy money
tea tree / Camellia sinensis
Lishu county in Siping 四平, Jilin / Lishu district of Jixi city 雞西|鸡西, Heilongjiang
pear tree
to prepare children to become capable citizens
Yushu, a county-level city in Changchun City 長春市|长春市, Jilin
roadside tree; street tree
elm
lac tree (Rhus vernicifera)
jujube tree / date tree / Zizyphus vulgaris / CL:
display of fireworks and lanterns
hedge
lit. an ant trying to shake a tree (idiom) / fig. to overrate oneself; to overestimate one's capabilities
tree resin / gum
dragon tree / Dracaena (botany)
plum tree
birch
(idiom) it takes many years to raise children to be upstanding citizens
thicket / undergrowth
"ants climbing a tree", a Sichuan dish made with cellophane noodles 粉絲|粉丝 and ground meat (so called because the particles of meat clinging to the noodles look like ants on the twigs of a tree) / (sex position) man standing, woman clinging to his upper body / (erotic massage) full-body licking
alkyd resin
Chinese horse chestnut (Aesculus chinensis)
lit. the trees long for peace but the wind will never cease (idiom) / fig. the world changes, whether you want it or not
palm tree
conifer
lit. orchids and jade trees (idiom); fig. a child with splendid future prospects
oak tree
tree trunk
lit. the iron tree blooms (idiom) / a highly improbable or extremely rare occurrence
(bird species of China) Hume's bush warbler (Horornis brunnescens)
maple
Nāgārjuna (c. 150-250 AD), Buddhist philosopher
laurel tree (Laurus nobilis) / bay tree
Zhangshu, a county-level city in Yichun City 宜春市, Jiangxi
sloth (zoology)
sago palm (Cycas revoluta)
can't see the wood for the trees
Chinese sweetgum (Liquidambar formosana)
Zhou Shuren, the real name of author Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅
black locust tree (Robinia pseudoacacia)
to deck the tree with false blossoms / to make something of no value appear valuable (idiom)
polyester resin

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