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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
made of bamboo
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
lit. green plums and hobby-horse (idiom) / fig. innocent children's games / childhood sweethearts / a couple who grew up as childhood friends
bamboo rat
bamboo mat
lit. a force to smash bamboo (idiom); fig. irresistible force
using a wicker basket to draw water (idiom); wasted effort
shinai (bamboo sword for kendō)
fernleaf bamboo (Bambusa multiplex), species of bamboo native to China, suited to hedging and screening
fireworks (i.e. pyrotechnic devices, not the display they produce)
bamboo shoot
firecracker
so many that the bamboo slats have been exhausted / innumerable crimes (idiom) / see also 罄筆難書|罄笔难书
extortion by taking advantage of sb's weakness
(bird species of China) Chinese bamboo partridge (Bambusicola thoracicus)
like a hot knife through butter (idiom) / with irresistible force
Zhudong or Chutung town in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县, northwest Taiwan
bamboo raft
bamboo fungus; veiled lady mushroom (Phallus indusiatus)
Xinzhu or Hsinchu County in northwest Taiwan
Caryophyllaceae family (carnations and pinks)
Takeshima (Korean Dokdo 獨島|独岛), disputed islands in Sea of Japan
bamboo pipe
childhood friend (idiom)
split-leaf philodendron / Monstera deliciosa
Hsinchu, city in north Taiwan noted for its high tech industries
black-boned chicken / silky fowl / silkie / Gallus gallus domesticus Brisson / see also 烏骨雞|乌骨鸡
bamboo and wood
lit. (music instruments made of) metal, stone, string, and bamboo (idiom) / fig. traditional Chinese music instruments
Dianthus genus (carnations and pinks)
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
utensil made of bamboo
Bamboo Annals, early chronicle of Chinese ancient history, written c. 300 BC
Maizhokunggar county, Tibetan: Mal gro gung dkar rdzong in Lhasa 拉薩|拉萨, Tibet
traditional Chinese musical instruments / music
to set off firecrackers
setose asparagus
fence
mangosteen
light cotton fabric
bamboo strip
wickerwork
lucky bamboo (Dracaena sanderiana)
lit. smash bamboo, overturn water tank (idiom); fig. irresistible force
Indian arrowroot (Maranta arundinacea)
oleander (Nerium indicum) / Taiwan pr. [jia4 zhu2 tao2]
Dazhu county in Dazhou 達州|达州, Sichuan
Zhushan or Chushan Town in Nantou County 南投縣|南投县, central Taiwan
Zhuxi, a county in Shiyan City 十堰市, Hubei
bamboo fungus
bamboo tube / bamboo pipe
using a wicker basket to draw water (idiom); wasted effort
bamboo shavings (Bambusa tuldoides) used in Chinese medicine
bitter bamboo (Pleioblastus amarus)
angular Solomon's seal / Polygonatum odoratum
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)
see 毛竹
bamboo skewer / bamboo slip used in divination or gambling
black bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra)
Maizhokunggar county, Tibetan: Mal gro gung dkar rdzong in Lhasa 拉薩|拉萨, Tibet
(bird species of China) mountain bamboo partridge (Bambusicola fytchii)
bamboo bark / bamboo green (color)
see 毛竹
lucky bamboo (Dracaena sanderiana)
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(bound form) bamboo / Kangxi radical 118
Zhutang or Chutang Township in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县, Taiwan
Chuk Yuen (place in Hong Kong)
bamboo rhizome / bamboo whip
mottled bamboo
Banjul, capital of Gambia (Tw)
wicker basket
see 毛竹
Zhuqi or Chuchi Township in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县, west Taiwan
Mackie's pest; lovegrass (Chrysopogon aciculatus)
bamboo stick used as a toy horse
boreal carnation or northern pink / Dianthus repens (botany)
China pink / Dianthus chinensis (botany)
bamboo comb
moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis), used as timber etc
bamboo joint
a bamboo carriage / a palanquin
Zhutang or Chutang Township in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县, Taiwan
Zhuqi or Chuchi Township in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县, west Taiwan

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