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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *綠* | 綠* | *綠
green / (slang) (derived from 綠帽子|绿帽子) to cheat on (one's spouse or boyfriend or girlfriend)
HSK 2
green
HSK 2
green tea / (slang) (of a girl) seemingly innocent and charming but actually calculating and manipulative / a girl who has these qualities
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *青* | 青* | *青
green / blue / black / youth / young (of people)
HSK 5
to make green with plants / to reforest / (Internet slang) Islamization
HSK 6
green area (e.g. urban park or garden)
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蔥* | 蔥* | *蔥
scallion / green onion
HSK 7-9
green light (traffic signal) / (fig.) permission to proceed
HSK 7-9
greenish-blue / emerald green
HSK 7-9
dark green
HSK 7-9
to covet / envious / jealous / green with envy / infuriated / furious
HSK 7-9
putting green (golf)
green soybean / green peas
Longjing tea, aka Dragon Well tea, a high-quality pan-roasted green tea from the area of Longjing Village in Hangzhou, Zhejiang
(bird species of China) green-crowned warbler (Phylloscopus burkii)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蒼* | 蒼* | *蒼
dark blue / deep green / ash-gray
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *碧* | 碧* | *碧
green jade / bluish green / blue / jade
(bird species of China) green-winged teal (Anas carolinensis)
green hills / (the good) life
Green Standard Army, standing infantry during Qing dynasty, originally formed from Ming and other Chinese army units
Green or Greene (name)
permanent residency permit (originally referred specifically to the US green card)
Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *翠* | 翠* | *翠
bluish-green / green jade
Chinese olive (Canarium album) / green unripe fruit / (Tw) fresh fruits
green leaf / (fig.) actor playing a supporting role
green manure
expert / scholar / mother earth / a type of green tea
cyanobacterium (blue-green alga)
Capsicum annuum / green pepper
green algae
scallion / green onion / verdant / lush green
Bitan or Green Pool on Xindian Creek 新店溪, Taipei county, Taiwan
green pool
dark or deep green
chopped green onions
green vegetables / Chinese cabbage
not distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom) / not to distinguish between right and wrong
dark green / forest green
green (golf) (loanword)
to put the last hand to (a book, a film etc) / to finalize / to kill-green (a step in the processing of tea leaves)
olive-green (color)
yellow-green
green algae / chlorella (dietary supplement)
green and lush
worldwide green parties
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
lit. green hills and clear waters (idiom) / fig. picturesque natural scenery
the white part of a green onion or scallion
lanterns red, wine green (idiom); feasting and pleasure-seeking / debauched and corrupt environment
light green
green onion; spring onion
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
tender green; soft green
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *滄* | 滄* | *滄
(bound form) (of water, esp. the ocean) deep blue-green / (literary) cold
dark green
lush green / dark green / turquoise
silage / green fodder
green grass like cushion (idiom); green meadow so inviting to sleep on
fresh green
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)
gyokuro (shaded Japanese green tea) / (old) early-morning autumn dew / fine liquor
blue-and-green landscape (genre of landscape painting originating in the Tang dynasty, in which blues and greens predominate)
green sea, blue sky (idiom); sea and sky merge in one shade / loneliness of faithful widow
green / glazed tile
fresh and green / verdant
bamboo bark / bamboo green (color)
immature green soy beans, either still in the pod (edamame) or removed from the pod
to give the green light / to give the go-ahead
green grass like cushion (idiom); green meadow so inviting to sleep on
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
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
lit. green willows and red flowers (idiom) / fig. all the colors of spring
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *芚* | 芚* | *芚
green sprout / foolish
biluochun or pi lo chun, a type of green tea grown in the Dongting Mountain region near Lake Tai 太湖, Jiangsu
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蟈* | 蟈* | *蟈
small green cicada or frog (meaning unclear, possibly onom.) / see 蟈蟈|蝈蝈 long-horned grasshopper
yellow green
string bean / snap bean / green bean
green vitriol (ferrous sulfate FeSO4:7H2O)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *黝* | 黝* | *黝
black / dark green
same as 綠營|绿营, Green standard army, standing infantry during Qing dynasty, originally formed from Ming and other Chinese army units
light green
green tea powder (Japanese: matcha)
green turban (figuratively, a symbol of being a cuckold)
green tea / only tea (without food)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *螗* | 螗* | *螗
variety of small cicada with a green back and a clear song (in ancient books)
Paris green / copper(II) acetoarsenite Cu(C2H3O2)2·3Cu(AsO2)2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蠽* | 蠽* | *蠽
small green cicada
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *菉* | 菉* | *菉
Arthraxon ciliare / green / rhodacene
green bean / French bean / runner bean
cyan / blue-green
green lacewing
(of plants) to turn green again / to revegetate
splendid in green and gold (idiom); looking radiant
green and flourishing / overgrown
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蚔* | 蚔* | *蚔
green-frog
verdant / lush green and full of life
yellow green
greens / green vegetables
huanglongbing, citrus greening disease

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