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  *树* | 树* | *树
tree / CL: / to cultivate / to set up
HSK 1
pine / pine tree / CL:
HSK 4
poplar tree / various trees of genus Populus
HSK 7-9
peach tree / CL:
HSK 5
cypress tree / Taiwan pr. [bo2 shu4]
HSK 7-9
fruit tree / CL:
HSK 6
to make a contribution / to establish / to found / contribution
HSK 7-9
tech tree; pattern or sequence of technological development (in gaming or metaphorically in real-world innovation)
citron (Citrus medica) / grapefruit
oak
banyan
willow
HSK 7-9
locust tree (Sophora japonica)
HSK 7-9
decision tree
Christmas tree
camphor / Cinnamonum camphara
peepul (Ficus religiosa); bodhi tree; sacred fig
palm tree
conifer
shrub / small tree / sapling / CL:
birch
roadside tree; street tree
tea tree / Camellia sinensis
a family tree
maple
mulberry tree, with leaves used to feed silkworms
evergreen tree
paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)
orange tree
white poplar (Populus bonatii)
sago palm (Cycas revoluta)
Kaoshu township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县, Taiwan
breadfruit tree / Artocarpus altilis
holly
olive tree
binary tree
plum tree
lit. an ant trying to shake a tree (idiom) / fig. to overrate oneself; to overestimate one's capabilities
"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
maple
fir
legendary tree that sheds coins when shaken / (fig.) source of easy money
pear tree
(computing) search tree
black locust tree (Robinia pseudoacacia)
boabab tree / monkey-bread tree / Adansonia digitata (botany)
to plant trees
grapevine
jujube tree / date tree / Zizyphus vulgaris / CL:
eucalyptus
palm tree
rubber tree
useless person (originally from Zhuangzi's "A Happy Excursion" 逍遙遊|逍遥游)
red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) / CL:
Chinese sweetgum (Liquidambar formosana)
to chop wood / to chop down trees
spanning tree (in graph theory)
laurel tree (Laurus nobilis) / bay tree
withered tree
Chinese ash (Fraxinus chinensis), whose bark, flowers and leaves are used in TCM
MURAKAMI Haruki (1949-), Japanese novelist and translator
oak tree
lit. orchids and jade trees (idiom); fig. a child with splendid future prospects
apricot tree
to plant trees
Mongolian oak (Quercus dentata) / Daimyo oak
trees / greenery
lit. reeds leaning on a jade tree (idiom) / fig. the lowly associating with the noble; the weak seeking help from the strong
Chinese horse chestnut (Aesculus chinensis)
croton bush (Croton tiglium), evergreen bush of Euphorbiaceae family 大戟科, with seed having strong purgative properties
Catalpa bungei or Manchurian Catalpa, a tea plant
short tree / bush / shrub
silkworm thorn tree
lac tree (Rhus vernicifera)
Nāgārjuna (c. 150-250 AD), Buddhist philosopher
dragon tree / Dracaena (botany)
locust tree (Sophora japonica)
KAIFU Toshiki (1931-), Japanese politician, prime minister 1989-1991
Chinese honey locust (Gleditsia sinensis)
heath
pomegranate tree
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
Madagascar palm (Pachypodium lamerei)
elm
long peduncled alder (Alnus cremastogyne) / Alnus trebeculata
YUKAWA Hideki (1907-1988), Japanese theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate
Cinchona ledgeriana, tree whose bark contains quinine
pistachio tree
blue sandalwood (Pteroceltis tatarinowii Maxim), the bark of which is used to manufacture 宣紙|宣纸
Antiaris toxicaria (botany)
red alder (Alnus rubra)
Chinese sumac (Rhus chinensis)
Chinese ash (Fraxinus chinensis)
Talipot palm (Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as writing media
coca plant (source of cocaine)


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