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


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