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


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