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cucumber / CL: 條|条
HSK 4
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  *黄* | 黄* | *黄
yellow / pornographic / to fall through
HSK 2
yellow / vulgar; lewd; pornographic
HSK 2
gold / golden (opportunity) / prime (time)
HSK 4
Xia Huanggong also known as Huang Shigong 黃石公|黄石公 (dates of birth and death uncertain), Daoist hermit of the Qin Dynasty 秦代 and purported author of “Three Strategies of Huang Shigong” 黃石公三略|黄石公三略, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书
yolk sac (ectodermal cells attaching fetus to uterus before the development of the placenta)
lit. the dishes are cold (idiom) / fig. to arrive late; to take one's sweet time
Huangling county in Yan'an 延安, Shaanxi
Huang Xin, character in The Water Margin
Beijing opera (or styles of song in) / abbr. for 西皮二黃|西皮二黄
Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan City, built in 223, burnt down in 1884, rebuilt in 1985 / favored place of poet sages, who in legend arrived riding golden cranes / Tang poem by Cui Hao 崔顥|崔颢, with theme 'the past will never return' / one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓|岳阳楼 in Yueyang, north Hunan, and Tengwang Tower 滕王閣|滕王阁 in Nanchang, Jiangxi
abiu (Pouteria caimito)
the yellow race; the Mongoloid race
(bird species of China) yellow-browed tit (Sylviparus modestus)
a black stallion or possibly a yellow mare (idiom); don't judge by outward appearance
gold color
yellowcake
descendants of the Fiery Emperor and the Yellow Emperor (i.e. Han Chinese people)
dusk / evening / nightfall
HSK 7-9
ephedra (genus Ephedra)
Huangzhou, a district of Huanggang City 黃岡市|黄冈市, Hubei
(bird species of China) yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)
pickle; pickled cucumber
dream of golden millet / fig. illusions of wealth and glory / pipe dream
butter / CL:
yellowish
the Yellow Emperor, mythological emperor of China, reigned c. 2697-2597 BC
The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Eighty-one Difficulties, medical text, c. 1st century AD
(Tw) (coll.) taxicab
(lit.) to flash the yellow light / (fig.) to give a warning sign
(of a woman) old and faded
the ovary and digestive glands of a female crab (eaten as a delicacy)
Whampoa Military Academy
Huanglong county in Yan'an 延安, Shaanxi
margarine
The Yellow Emperor's Internal Canon, medical text c. 300 BC
golden age
yellow bone marrow
to eradicate pornography and illegal publications
egg yolk
smashed cucumber salad
red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet (the colors of the rainbow)
bumblebee
light yellow
ginger (color)
to inspect videos and other media for pornographic content
Huang Zhong (-220), general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, portrayed as an old fighter
maiden / virgin girl
to be forced to suffer in silence (idiom) / unable to speak of one's bitter suffering / sometimes written 啞子吃黃連有苦說不出|哑子吃黄连有苦说不出
to alter a text indiscriminately (idiom) / to make irresponsible criticism
loess landform
first line of the Thousand Character Classic 千字文
lit. not to stop until one reaches the Yellow River (idiom) / fig. to persevere until one reaches one's goal / to keep going while some hope is left
Huanghuagang (Chrysanthemum Hill) in Guangzhou, scene of disastrous uprising of 23rd April 1911
lit. to return to the Yellow Springs 黃泉|黄泉 (idiom) / fig. to die / to meet one's end
Golden Week, two 7-day national holiday periods
Mongolian gazelle / Procapra gutturosa
yellow croaker (fish) / corvina
sallow / yellow and withered / sickly
golden yellow; golden
huangqi / milk vetch root (used in TCM) / Astragalus membranaceus or Astragalus mongholicus
Chinese foxglove (Rehmannia glutinosa), its rhizome used in TCM
no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom) / also written 啞巴吃黃連|哑巴吃黄连 / (often precedes 有苦說不出|有苦说不出)
lit. to directly attack Huanglong / fig. to directly combat the root of a problem
(bird species of China) yellow-billed blue magpie (Urocissa flavirostris)
ox; cattle / scalper of tickets etc / (dialect) to fail to show up / (dialect) to break a promise
Hutchison Whampoa (former investment holding company based in Hong Kong, founded in 1863, defunct in 2015)
fig. with the connivance of both sides / fig. by mutual consent / cf Wu patriot Huang Gai submits to mock beating at the hands of General Zhou Yu to deceive Cao Cao 曹操 before the 208 battle of Redcliff 赤壁之戰|赤壁之战
prime time
Neihuang, a county in Anyang City 安陽市|安阳市, Henan
campaign against pornography
lit. in books are sumptuous houses and graceful ladies (proverb) / fig. be diligent in your studies, success and glory will follow
fig. romantic relationship between an elderly couple / falling in love in the autumn of one's life
gherkin
yellow bicycle (nickname for bicycles provided by the Ofo bike-sharing company, active 2014–2020)
yellow chrysanthemum / chamomile (Anthemis spp.)
to be gone forever (idiom) / to disappear without a trace
bezoar
lutein (biochemistry)
macula lutea (anatomy, central area of retina) / yellow spot
lit. house made of gold / fig. luxurious residence
custard bun
to enumerate what is black and yellow (idiom); to criticize sb behind his back to incite quarrels / also written 數黑論黃|数黑论黄
realgar / red orpiment
Huang Zongxi (1610-1695), scholar and writer of the Ming-Qing transition
Yellow Peril, political novel by Wang Lixiong 王力雄
yellow peril (offensive term referring to the perceived threat to Western nations, of immigration or military expansion from East Asian nations)
yellow green
the seventy two martyrs of the Huanghuagang uprising of 23rd April 1911
citron daylily (Hemerocallis citrina Baroni); golden needles (its edible flower)
Huang Binhong (1865-1955), art historian and literati painter
flavone
ephedrine
Huangping, a county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture 黔東南苗族侗族自治州|黔东南苗族侗族自治州, Guizhou
yellow rosewood
methamphetamine
tangerine yellow / saffron (color)

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