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  *绿* | 绿* | *绿
green / (slang) (derived from 綠帽子|绿帽子) to cheat on (one's spouse or boyfriend or girlfriend)
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green
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green tea / (slang) (of a girl) seemingly innocent and charming but actually calculating and manipulative / a girl who has these qualities
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  *青* | 青* | *青
green / blue / black / youth / young (of people)
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to make green with plants / to reforest / (Internet slang) Islamization
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  *葱* | 葱* | *葱
scallion / green onion
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green light (traffic signal) / (fig.) permission to proceed
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dark green
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green area (e.g. urban park or garden)
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greenish-blue / emerald green
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to covet / envious / jealous / green with envy / infuriated / furious
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lit. tread the green; go for a walk in the spring (when the grass has turned green) / spring hike season around Qingming festival 清明, 4th-6th April
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  *碧* | 碧* | *碧
green jade / bluish green / blue / jade
green vegetables / Chinese cabbage
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  *沧* | 沧* | *沧
(bound form) (of water, esp. the ocean) deep blue-green / (literary) cold
cyan / blue-green
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  *苍* | 苍* | *苍
dark blue / deep green / ash-gray
permanent residency permit (originally referred specifically to the US green card)
Capsicum annuum / green pepper
chopped green onions
Chinese olive (Canarium album) / green unripe fruit / (Tw) fresh fruits
green (golf) (loanword)
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  *翠* | 翠* | *翠
bluish-green / green jade
green tea powder (Japanese: matcha)
string bean / snap bean / green bean
green water / crystal-clear water
to put the last hand to (a book, a film etc) / to finalize / to kill-green (a step in the processing of tea leaves)
Green or Greene (name)
expert / scholar / mother earth / a type of green tea
silage / green fodder
dark green / forest green
dark green
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  *芊* | 芊* | *芊
green / luxuriant growth
scallion / green onion / verdant / lush green
green leaf / (fig.) actor playing a supporting role
green soybean / green peas
lit. green hills and clear waters / pleasant country scene (idiom)
fresh and green / verdant
the white part of a green onion or scallion
tender green; soft green
lit. green plums and hobby-horse (idiom) / fig. innocent children's games / childhood sweethearts / a couple who grew up as childhood friends
lanterns red, wine green (idiom); feasting and pleasure-seeking / debauched and corrupt environment
lit. the stove fire has turned bright green (allusion to Daoist alchemy) (idiom) / fig. (of an art, a technique etc) brought to the point of perfection
green manure
lush green / dark green / turquoise
verdant / lush green and full of life
immature green soy beans, either still in the pod (edamame) or removed from the pod
light green
biluochun or pi lo chun, a type of green tea grown in the Dongting Mountain region near Lake Tai 太湖, Jiangsu
lush green; verdant
cyanobacterium (blue-green alga)
Green Standard Army, standing infantry during Qing dynasty, originally formed from Ming and other Chinese army units
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  *菉* | 菉* | *菉
Arthraxon ciliare / green / rhodacene
green algae / chlorella (dietary supplement)
lit. yellow does not reach green (idiom); the yellow autumn crop does not last until the green spring crop / temporary deficit in manpower or resources / unable to make ends meet
blue or green jujube / Chinese green date
unprocessed sun-dried tea leaves used to make black or green tea
green bean / French bean / runner bean
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  *黝* | 黝* | *黝
black / dark green
verdant / green
red flowers and green willow / all the colors of spring
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  *蝈* | 蝈* | *蝈
small green cicada or frog (meaning unclear, possibly onom.) / see 蟈蟈|蝈蝈 long-horned grasshopper
worldwide green parties
fresh green
light green
(of plants) to turn green again / to revegetate
green vitriol (ferrous sulfate FeSO4:7H2O)
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  *螗* | 螗* | *螗
variety of small cicada with a green back and a clear song (in ancient books)
green tea / only tea (without food)
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  *蠽* | 蠽* | *蠽
small green cicada
green / glazed tile
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  *蚔* | 蚔* | *蚔
green-frog
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  *芚* | 芚* | *芚
green sprout / foolish
green grass
green hills / (the good) life
green screen
army green
gyokuro (shaded Japanese green tea) / (old) early-morning autumn dew / fine liquor
green algae
green plant
(Baghdad) green zone
bamboo bark / bamboo green (color)
green onion; spring onion
tender green (shoots)
Green Dam, content-control software, in use during 2009-2010 (abbr. for 綠壩·花季護航|绿坝·花季护航)
dark or deep green
qingtuan, green-colored dumpling originating from Jiangnan, traditionally made with glutinous rice mixed with mugwort and filled with sweet bean paste, usually eaten around Qingming Festival 清明節|清明节
green paper (government report proposing policies and inviting discussion)
green, long-necked mythical bird
dish consisting of stir-fried potato, eggplant and green pepper
Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae)
Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae)
lit. the next mountain looks taller (idiom); fig. not satisfied with one's current position / the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence
leafy green vegetable; leafy greens
green vitriol (ferrous sulfate FeSO4:7H2O)
green sea, blue sky (idiom); sea and sky merge in one shade / loneliness of faithful widow
leafy green vegetable; leafy greens
green train (slow, noisy, unairconditioned train with forest green livery and yellow trim that ran on the Chinese railway system from the 1950s, phased out in the early 21st century)
Green Wall of China, a massive afforestation program on the eastern margin of the Gobi Desert aimed at stopping the desert's expansion, started in 1978 and planned to be completed by 2050
(bird species of China) green peafowl (Pavo muticus)

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