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  *紫* | 紫* | *紫
purple / violet
HSK 5
the Forbidden City / the Imperial Palace in Beijing / same as 故宮|故宫
(bird species of China) von Schrenck's bittern (Ixobrychus eurhythmus)
to hit the big time
lit. beautiful purples and brilliant reds (idiom) / fig. beautiful flowers
red sandalwood
red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet (the colors of the rainbow)
black rice; purple rice
genus Perilla (includes basil and mints)
thousands of purples and reds (idiom); a blaze of color / fig. a profusion of flourishing trades
(bird species of China) purple sunbird (Cinnyris asiaticus)
red-purple / mauve / prune (color) / claret
Murasaki Shikibu (born c. 973), Japanese writer, author of "The Tale of Genji"
Japanese yew (taxus cuspidata)
gimbap, aka kimbap (Korean dish made by rolling up steamed rice and other ingredients in a sheet of nori)
Zipingpu Dam, Sichuan
beefsteak plant / shiso / Perilla frutescens
G.E.M. (1991-), Chinese pop star
gentian violet C25H30ClN3 / crystal violet
red cabbage / purple cabbage
Zi Wei Dou Shu, a form of Chinese fortune-telling
violet (color)
HMS Amethyst, Royal Navy corvette involved in a 1949 gunfight with the PLA on the Changjiang
purple / violet (color)
Chinese redbud (Cercis chinensis)
Hu Ziwei (1970-), PRC lady TV presenter
Great Bauhinia Medal (GBM), established in 1997 as the highest award under Hong Kong's honors and awards system
amethyst (purple crystalline silicon dioxide)
Boraginaceae (family of flowers and bushes)
(bird species of China) ruby-cheeked sunbird (Chalcoparia singalensis)
lilac
Taxol (a.k.a. Paclitaxel), mitotic inhibitor used in cancer chemotherapy
dark reddish purple
dark reddish purple / Internet slang abbr. for 這樣子|这样子
(bird species of China) black paradise flycatcher; Japanese paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone atrocaudata)
(bird species of China) blue whistling thrush (Myophonus caeruleus)
ultraviolet (ray)
ultraviolet ray
copper (pure copper, as opposed to alloy)
coneflower genus (Echinacea)
(bird species of China) chestnut-cheeked starling (Agropsar philippensis)
bruise
Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus)
ultraviolet light
sage (herb)
Zipingpu Dam, Sichuan
ultraviolet ray
(bird species of China) pale-capped pigeon (Columba punicea)
Porphyra (genus of edible seaweed)
porphyria (medicine)
Japanese ardisia (Ardisia japonica)
purple qipao gown, the sign of an official position
Purple Mountain in suburbs of Nanjing, with Ming tombs and Sun Yat-sen's mausoleum
a type of clay found in the region of Yixing 宜興|宜兴, used to make Yixing stoneware, with its distinctive russet or dark purple coloring
amethyst
(bird species of China) common starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
purple choy sum (Brassica rapa var. purpurea)
(bird species of China) Lord Derby's parakeet (Psittacula derbiana)
Ziyang County in Ankang 安康, Shaanxi
Zipingpu Dam, Sichuan
black bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra)
(bird species of China) yellow-billed nuthatch (Sitta solangiae)
amethyst
(botany) Aster altaicus
(bird species of China) grey-headed swamphen (Porphyrio poliocephalus)
(bird species of China) violet cuckoo (Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus)
Hong Kong orchid (Bauhinia blakeana)
(botany) aster (Aster tataricus)
Ziyang County in Ankang 安康, Shaanxi
(botany) common stock; gillyflower (Matthiola incana) / (botany) violet
red root gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon) / flowering plant whose roots provide purple dye / arnebia (plant genus in family Boraginaceae)
edible seaweed of genus Porphyra or genus Pyropia, esp. one used to make dried sheets of nori
grayish purple color
Zhao Ziyang (1919-2005), PRC reforming politician, general secretary of Chinese Communist Party 1987-1989, held under house arrest from 1989 to his death, and non-person since then
wisteria
Zijin, a county in Heyuan City 河源市, Guangdong
(bird species of China) purple cochoa (Cochoa purpurea)
crape myrtle
(TCM) dried human placenta (used as medicine)
your appearance (honorific)
Chinese violet (Viola mandsurica)
purple cloud (auspicious portent in astrology)
sable (Martes zibellina)
purple
gentian violet
(bird species of China) Taiwan whistling thrush (Myophonus insularis)
Ziyun Miao and Buyei Autonomous County, in Anshun City 安順市|安顺市, Guizhou
to get red and swollen
pansy
Purple Mountain Observatory
golden seal at the waist, purple gown (idiom); in official position
palace of Jade emperor (in Taoism)
white amaranth, purple eggplant (idiom); common foodstuff, unpretentious lifestyle
variant of 紫菜薹


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