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Lushan county in Ya'an 雅安, Sichuan
what has (he) got up (his) sleeve? / what's going on?
reed catkin / reed flower
HSK 7-9
magic gourd, granting your every wish
calabash or bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) / hoist / generic term for block and tackle (or parts thereof) / muddled / (poker) full house
Huludao, prefecture-level city in Liaoning Province 遼寧省|辽宁省
sugar-coated Chinese hawthorn or other fruit on a bamboo skewer / tanghulu
reed mat
aloe vera
lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as a model (idiom) / fig. to copy slavishly
reed
lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as one's model (idiom) / fig. to follow the existing pattern without modification
Secret of the Magic Gourd (1958), prize-winning children's fairy tale by Zhang Tianyi 張天翼|张天翼
sugar-coated Chinese hawthorn or other fruit on a bamboo skewer / tanghulu
reeds
reed rhizome (used in TCM)
electric chain pulley block
solve one problem only to find another cropping up
pneumatic hoist pulley
Luxi, a county in Pingxiang City 萍鄉市|萍乡市, Jiangxi
lit. to draw a gourd from the model (idiom) / fig. to copy sth mechanically without attempt at originality
lit. closed gourd / fig. enigma / complete mystery / taciturn person
Lusong, a district of Zhuzhou City 株洲市, Hunan
reed stem / (fig.) extremely skinny person
asparagus
hulusi, aka cucurbit flute (a kind of free reed wind instrument)
lever hoist pulley
lever pulley block
zucchini; courgette; baby marrow
fenugreek
Luzhou or Luchou city in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan
hand chain pulley block
unidentified type of bird referred to in ancient Chinese poems
hoist pulley
(bird species of China) common reed warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)
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rush / reed / Phragmites communis
reed-pipe wind instrument
Luzhou or Luchou city in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan
(dialect) (loanword) manhole
Lushan county in Ya'an 雅安, Sichuan
oriental greenfinch (Carduelis sinica)
reed pipe
Rodong or Nodong, series of North Korean medium-range missiles
fenugreek
variant of 鱸鰻|鲈鳗, giant mottled eel (Anguilla marmorata)


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