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bamboo / CL: ,
HSK 5
Xinzhu or Hsinchu city in northern Taiwan, noted for high tech industries / Xinzhu or Hsinchu county in northwest Taiwan
walking stick; stick insect
bamboo pole (used to punt a boat)
(idiom) to have a well-thought-out plan in mind
HSK 7-9
firecracker
HSK 7-9
bamboo pole
HSK 7-9
traditional Chinese musical instruments / music
bamboo rat
oleander (Nerium oleander)
lit. green plums and hobby-horse (idiom) / fig. innocent children's games / childhood sweethearts / a couple who grew up as childhood friends
bamboo mat
shinai (bamboo sword for kendō)
extortion by taking advantage of sb's weakness
firecracker
Takeshima (Korean Dokdo 獨島|独岛), disputed islands in Sea of Japan
fernleaf bamboo (Bambusa multiplex), species of bamboo native to China, suited to hedging and screening
bamboo slips (used for writing on in ancient times)
lit. a force to smash bamboo (idiom); fig. irresistible force
(literary) bamboo forest
bamboo fungus; veiled lady mushroom (Phallus indusiatus)
like a hot knife through butter (idiom) / with irresistible force
bamboo raft
Caryophyllaceae family (carnations and pinks)
bamboo pipe
(lit.) string and wind instruments (idiom) / (fig.) traditional Chinese ensemble music
using a wicker basket to draw water (idiom); wasted effort
Hsinchu, city in north Taiwan noted for its high tech industries
Takeuchi (Japanese surname)
boreal carnation or northern pink / Dianthus repens (botany)
Mianzhu, a county-level city in Deyang City 德陽市|德阳市, Sichuan
(bird species of China) pale-headed woodpecker (Gecinulus grantia)
bamboo and wood
Mackie's pest; lovegrass (Chrysopogon aciculatus)
(lit.) (music instruments made of) metal, stone, string, and bamboo (idiom) / (fig.) traditional Chinese music instruments
fireworks (i.e. pyrotechnic devices, not the display they produce)
Dazhu, a county in Dazhou City 達州市|达州市, Sichuan
bamboo forest
rolls of dried soymilk cream (used in cooking after being rehydrated)
grenadine / carnation / clove pink / Dianthus caryophyllus (botany)
same as 斑竹, mottled bamboo, since according to legend the spots on mottled bamboo are marks left by the tears shed by two of King Shun's concubines (Ehuang 娥皇 and Nüying 女英, known as the Concubines of the Xiang 湘妃) upon learning of his death
(bird species of China) Chinese bamboo partridge (Bambusicola thoracicus)
utensil made of bamboo
bamboo skewer / bamboo slip used in divination or gambling
a bamboo carriage / a palanquin
to set off firecrackers
setose asparagus
mangosteen
light cotton fabric
bamboo strip
grenadine / carnation / clove pink / Dianthus caryophyllus (botany)
lucky bamboo (Dracaena sanderiana)
lit. smash bamboo, overturn water tank (idiom); fig. irresistible force
Indian arrowroot (Maranta arundinacea)
Trimeresurus stejnegeri (poisonous snake)
Xinzhu or Hsinchu County in northwest Taiwan
bamboo fungus
bamboo tube / bamboo pipe
black-boned chicken / silky fowl / silkie / Gallus gallus domesticus Brisson / see also 烏骨雞|乌骨鸡
bamboo shavings (Bambusa tuldoides) used in Chinese medicine
bitter bamboo (Pleioblastus amarus)
angular Solomon's seal / Polygonatum odoratum
bamboo shoot
(bird species of China) mountain bamboo partridge (Bambusicola fytchii)
Zhubei, a city in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县, northwest Taiwan
Zhubei, a city in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县, northwest Taiwan
bamboo clapper boards used in folk theater
like beans pouring out of a bamboo tube (metaphor for blurting everything out at once)
lucky bamboo (Dracaena sanderiana)
see 毛竹
Chuk Yuen (place in Hong Kong)
black bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra)
Maizhokunggar, a county in Lhasa City 拉薩市|拉萨市, Tibet
Zhushan, a county in Shiyan City 十堰市, Hubei
wickerwork
bamboo bark / bamboo green (color)
see 毛竹
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(bound form) bamboo / Kangxi radical 118
bamboo rhizome / bamboo whip
mottled bamboo
Banjul, capital of Gambia (Tw)
see 毛竹
bamboo hoop / bamboo band
wicker basket
(lit.) too numerous to record on bamboo slips (idiom) / (fig.) (of crimes or misdeeds) innumerable; beyond counting
China pink / Dianthus chinensis (botany)
bamboo comb
using a wicker basket to draw water (idiom); wasted effort
moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis), used as timber etc
made of bamboo
Trimeresurus stejnegeri (poisonous snake)
split-leaf philodendron / Monstera deliciosa
bamboo stick used as a toy horse

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