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reed catkin / reed flower
HSK 7-9
calabash or bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) / hoist / generic term for block and tackle (or parts thereof) / muddled / (poker) full house
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rush / reed / Phragmites communis
aloe vera
reed
asparagus
lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as a model (idiom) / fig. to copy slavishly
sugar-coated Chinese hawthorn or other fruit on a bamboo skewer / tanghulu
zucchini; courgette; baby marrow
sugar-coated Chinese hawthorn or other fruit on a bamboo skewer / tanghulu
lit. closed gourd / fig. enigma / complete mystery / taciturn person
lit. to draw a gourd from the model (idiom) / fig. to copy sth mechanically without attempt at originality
reed rhizome (used in TCM)
lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as one's model (idiom) / fig. to follow the existing pattern without modification
reeds
reed-pipe wind instrument
Lushan county in Ya'an 雅安, Sichuan
Luxi county in Pingxiang 萍鄉|萍乡, Jiangxi
Lushan county in Ya'an 雅安, Sichuan
Luxi county in Pingxiang 萍鄉|萍乡, Jiangxi
Lusong district of Zhuzhou city 株洲市, Hunan
Lugou Bridge or Marco Polo Bridge in southwest of Beijing, the scene of a conflict that marked the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War 抗日戰爭|抗日战争
Marco Polo Bridge Incident of 7th July 1937, regarded as the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War 抗日戰爭|抗日战争
solve one problem only to find another cropping up
unidentified type of bird referred to in ancient Chinese poems
hulusi, aka cucurbit flute (a kind of free reed wind instrument)
electric chain pulley block
Luzhou or Luchou city in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan
fenugreek
magic gourd, granting your every wish
fenugreek
Luzhou or Luchou city in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan
(bird species of China) common reed warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)
Secret of the Magic Gourd (1958), prize-winning children's fairy tale by Zhang Tianyi 張天翼|张天翼
lever hoist pulley
hand chain pulley block
lever pulley block
pneumatic hoist pulley
Huludao, prefecture-level city in Liaoning Province 遼寧省|辽宁省
what has (he) got up (his) sleeve? / what's going on?
reed mat
reed stem / (fig.) extremely skinny person
Rodong or Nodong, series of North Korean medium-range missiles
reed pipe
oriental greenfinch (Carduelis sinica)
variant of 鱸鰻|鲈鳗, giant mottled eel (Anguilla marmorata)
hoist pulley
(dialect) (loanword) manhole


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