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papaya (Carica papaya) / genus Chaenomeles of shrubs in the family Rosaceae / Chinese flowering quince (Chaenomeles speciosa)
idiot / fool
HSK 7-9
Jinguashi, town in Ruifang District, New Taipei City, Taiwan, noted for its historic gold and copper mines, used as a prisoner-of-war camp by the Japanese (1942-1945)
(neologism) (slang) it's none of your business (imitation of an accented pronunciation of 與你無關|与你无关)
peanut gallery (esp. in online forums) / onlookers who are interested in the spectacle but don't have anything knowledgeable to say about it / (neologism c. 2016)
(neologism c. 2016) (slang) to watch an entertaining spectacle from the sidelines and-or engage in gossip about it
pumpkin
HSK 7-9
fruit (plural sense) / melons and fruit
sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) / yam bean (Pachyrhizus erosus) / (TCM) digua fig (Ficus tikoua Bur.)
watermelon / CL: 顆|颗, 個|个
HSK 4
to partition / to divide up
HSK 7-9
chayote (Sechium edule); choko; mirliton
Hami melon (a variety of muskmelon) / honeydew melon / cantaloupe
wax gourd (Cucurbitaceae, Benincasa hispida) / white gourd / white hairy melon / Chinese squash
ugly / repulsive / also written 歪瓜裂棗|歪瓜裂枣
melon seed / seeds of pumpkin, watermelon or sunflower etc, roasted and flavored, consumed as a snack
HSK 7-9
every potter praises his own pot (idiom) / all one's geese are swans
lit. if you have to use force to break a melon off the vine, it won't taste sweet (because it's only when the melon is ripe that it can be removed with just a slight twist) (idiom) / fig. if sth is not meant to be, it's no use trying to force it to happen
(dialect) pumpkin
lit. Sow melon and you get melon, sow beans and you get beans (idiom); fig. As you sow, so shall you reap. / One must live with the consequences of one's actions. / You've made your bed, now must lie on it.
cucumber / CL: 條|条
HSK 4
connection / association / involvement
every potter praises his own pot (idiom) / all one's geese are swans
muskmelon
bitter melon (bitter gourd, balsam pear, balsam apple, leprosy gourd, bitter cucumber)
to let go of the big prize while grabbing at trifles (idiom)
(dialect) fool / a silly
jack-o'-lantern
idiot / fool
Muggles (Harry Potter)
a smaller variety of watermelon, with big, edible seeds
Managua, capital of Nicaragua
Ecuador (Tw)
pumpkin (Gymnopetalum chinense) / a mace with a brass head resembling a pumpkin
foolproof
Nicaragua
(dialect) cucumber
oriental melon (Cucumis melo Makuwa Group) / cantaloupe; muskmelon (Cucumis melo)
ugly / repulsive
(Tw) cantaloupe; muskmelon
lit. (of a melon vine) laden with melons of all sizes (idiom) / fig. (of descendants) to thrive and prosper for generations
Sierra de Guadarrama (mountain range across Iberia, passing north of Madrid)
point-and-shoot camera / compact camera
bottle gourd
Guadalcanal, the largest island in Solomon Islands
papaya
(dialect) pumpkin
gherkin
fruit and vegetables
boiled noodles served without broth, topped with just a sprinkle of oil and some chopped spring onions, to which customers add vinegar, soy sauce or chili oil according to their taste
Antigua and Barbuda
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melon; gourd; squash / (slang) a piece of gossip
HSK 4
Guazhou, a county in Jiuquan City 酒泉市, Gansu
Guadeloupe
(dialect) pumpkin / (fig.) oaf
eggplant (Cantonese)
sour expression on one's face
fool / blockhead
cucumber
dried sweet potato slices
melon field
pedicel and calyx of muskmelon (used in TCM)
(Tw) Guatemala
Guadalajara
(Tw) zucchini; courgette; baby marrow / Taiwan pr. [jie2gua1]
a changeover of personnel / a new shift / (lit.) replacement for soldier on leave for the melon-picking season
snake melon / loofah
lit. to follow the vine to get to the melon / to track sth following clues
oval face
skull / brain / head / mind / mentality / ideas
pickled cucumber
lit. don't tie your shoelaces in a melon patch, and don't adjust your hat under a plum tree (idiom) / fig. don't do anything that might arouse suspicion / innocent acts may be misconstrued
Gwadar Port on Arabian Sea in Pakistani province of Baluchistan
(of a girl) to lose one's virginity / to deflower a virgin / to reach the age of 16 / (of a man) to reach the age of 64
no gourd is perfectly round, just as no man is perfect (proverb)
when the melon is ripe, it falls (idiom); problems sort themselves out in the fullness of time
pickle; pickled cucumber
Battle of Guadalcanal (August 1942 – February 1943), a pivotal campaign in the Pacific Theater of World War II
honeydew melon
(Tw) oriental melon (Cucumis melo Makuwa Group)
pickle; pickled cucumber
zucchini
(of animals) round and fat
spaghetti squash (Cucurbita pepo)
squirting cucumber (Ecballium elaterium)
sweet potato or yam noodles
luffa; loofah; sponge gourd
lit. ripe as a melon that rolls from its vine (idiom); fig. to know fluently / to know sth inside out / to know sth by heart
malt sugar candy, a traditional offering to the kitchen god Zaoshen 灶神
Gwadar, free trade port city in Pakistani province of Baluchistan
Ecuador
Managua, capital of Nicaragua (Tw)
Antigua
snake melon
the umbilicus of a melon

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