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leaf (CL:) / (slang) marijuana
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tea / tea leaves / CL: , , ,
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tree leaves
HSK 4
leafy
Ye County or Yexian, a county in Pingdingshan City 平頂山市|平顶山市, Henan
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surname Ye
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leaf / page / lobe / (historical) period / classifier for small boats
bay leaf; laurel leaf
fig. a tree may grow a thousand zhang high, but its leaves return to their roots (proverb) / fig. everything has its ancestral home / in old age, an expatriate returns home
bipinnate leaf (in phyllotaxy)
stipule
Qaghiliq nahiyisi (Kargilik county) in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區|喀什地区, west Xinjiang
tarragon
eucalyptus oil
Juliet or Juliette (name)
Messier catalog of nebulae and clusters (1784)
folic acid
Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.
deciduous plant / deciduous vegetation
sutra written on leaves of pattra palm tree
see 柳眉
Yeji, a district of Lu'an City 六安市, Anhui
Romeo and Juliet, 1594 tragedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亞|莎士比亚
(botany) phyllotaxy; leaf arrangement
Trimeresurus stejnegeri (poisonous snake)
Bayes (name) / Thomas Bayes (1702-1761), English mathematician and theologian
dead leaf; withered leaf
Yeltsin (name) / Boris Yeltsin (1931-2007) first post-communist president of Russia 1991-1999
mid- (e.g. mid-century) / middle period
hinge
red autumnal leaves
tripe (stomach lining of cattle etc used as food)
maple leaf
chloroplast
leaf tobacco
venation (pattern of veins on a leaf)
green leaf / (fig.) actor playing a supporting role
turbine wheel
lit. the falling of one leaf heralds the coming of autumn (idiom) / fig. a small sign can indicate a great trend / a straw in the wind
Getting Home, 2007 PRC comedy-drama film directed by 張揚|张扬, starring 趙本山|赵本山
lit. a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom) / fig. all things go back to their source eventually / in old age, an expatriate returns home
(of plants) to grow luxuriantly; (fig.) (of a family or business etc) to prosper; to flourish
needle-leaved (tree)
broad-leaved (tree)
branch and leaf
autumn leaf
lit. Lord Ye's passion for dragons (idiom) / fig. to pretend to be fond of sth while actually fearing it / ostensible fondness of sth one really fears
Charles Fourier (French sociologist and socialist, 1772-1837)
larch tree (Pinus larix) / deciduous pine tree
Charles Messier (1730-1817), French astronomer who catalogued nebulas and galaxies
the first half (of a period)
Chiba (Japanese surname and place name)
lit. eyes obscured by a single leaf (idiom) / fig. not seeing the wider picture / can't see the wood for the trees
lutein (biochemistry)
tender young leaves
parietal lobe
senna leaf (Folium sennae)
Raymond YIP Wai-Man, Hong Kong film director (debut as director: 1994)
golden branch, jade leaves (idiom); fig. blue-blooded nobility, esp. imperial kinsmen or peerless beauty
Chinese horse chestnut (Aesculus chinensis)
Juliet or Juliette (name)
trilobite
bladeless fan
thick stems and broad leaves (idiom) / boorish / rough and ready / sloppy
early part (of a decade, century etc) / the first years
deep roots and vigorous foliage (idiom) / (fig.) well established and growing strongly
final years / end (of a decade, era etc)
Shia (a movement in Islam)
compound leaf (botany)
a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom); everything has its ancestral home / In old age, an expatriate longs to return home.
Yekaterinburg (Russian city, also known as Ekaterinburg or Sverdlovsk)
lobe of the brain
Chiba prefecture, Japan
mugwort leaf (TCM) / Folium Artemisiae argyi
pattra palm tree (Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as paper substitute for Buddhist sutras
silver leaf
frontal lobe
petiole / leafstalk
small-leaf linden (Tilia cordata)
Yip Man (1893-1972), martial arts practitioner, master of Bruce Lee
Yekaterina or Ekaterina (name) / Catherine the Great or Catherine the Second (1684-1727), Empress of Russia
temporal lobe
cotyledon (first embryonic leaf)
shutter / blind
Ye Jiangchuan
four-leaf clover
tea egg (egg boiled with flavorings which may include black tea)
Ye Shengtao (1894-1988), writer and editor, known esp. for children's books
blade (of propellor) / vane / leaf
deciduous tree
leafy green vegetable; leafy greens
occipital lobe
pattra palm tree (Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as paper substitute for Buddhist sutras
dried leaf
omasum / beef tripe
conifer
leafy green vegetable; leafy greens
Qaghiliq nahiyisi (Kargilik county) in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區|喀什地区, west Xinjiang
Yarkant River in Xinjiang

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