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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *梅* | 梅* | *梅
plum / plum flower / Japanese apricot (Prunus mume)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *杏* | 杏* | *杏
apricot / (bound form) almond
apricot
apricot tree
lit. the red apricot tree leans over the garden wall (idiom) / fig. a wife having an illicit lover
forest of apricot trees / (fig.) honorific term for fine doctor (cf Dr Dong Feng 董奉, 3rd century AD, asked his patients to plant apricot trees instead of paying fees)
almond / apricot kernel
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *杻* | 杻* | *杻
handcuffs / red apricot
village of blossoming apricot trees where one can find a wineshop (reference to the famous poem 清明 by 杜牧)
almond tofu; almond jelly (dessert made with apricot kernel milk, sugar and agar)
drumming to make apricots flower, cf joke by Tang Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗, playing the drum in apricot blossom
Dong Feng, doctor during Three Kingdoms period, famous for refusing fees and requesting that his patients plant apricot trees instead


Tip: Pinyin can be entered with or without tone numbers, e.g. 'nihao' or 'ni3hao3'.
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