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firecracker
HSK 7-9
lucky bamboo (Dracaena sanderiana)
setose asparagus
Mianzhu, county-level city in Deyang 德陽|德阳, Sichuan
angular Solomon's seal / Polygonatum odoratum
like a hot knife through butter (idiom) / with irresistible force
Xinzhu or Hsinchu city in northern Taiwan, noted for high tech industries / Xinzhu or Hsinchu county in northwest Taiwan
(idiom) to have a well-thought-out plan in mind
moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis), used as timber etc
mottled bamboo
rolls of dried soymilk cream (used in cooking after being rehydrated)
China pink / Dianthus chinensis (botany)
black bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra)
split-leaf philodendron / Monstera deliciosa
firecracker
bitter bamboo (Pleioblastus amarus)
mangosteen
bamboo (genus Fargesia)
Yizhu or Ichu Township in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县, west Taiwan
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
fireworks (i.e. pyrotechnic devices, not the display they produce)
bamboo (archaic)
to set off firecrackers
spiny bamboo (Bambusa blumeana)
see 毛竹
grenadine / carnation / clove pink / Dianthus caryophyllus (botany)
lucky bamboo (Dracaena sanderiana)
Banjul, capital of Gambia (Tw)
boreal carnation or northern pink / Dianthus repens (botany)
grenadine / carnation / clove pink / Dianthus caryophyllus (botany)
see 毛竹
Dazhu county in Dazhou 達州|达州, Sichuan
see 毛竹
grenadine / carnation / clove pink / Dianthus caryophyllus (botany)
Chinese yo-yo
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *竹* | 竹* | *竹
bamboo / CL: , , / Kangxi radical 118
traditional Chinese musical instruments / music
variant of 毛竹
fernleaf bamboo (Bambusa multiplex), species of bamboo native to China, suited to hedging and screening


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