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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *樹* | 樹* | *樹
tree / CL: / to cultivate / to set up
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *幹* | 幹* | *幹
tree trunk / main part of sth / to manage / to work / to do / capable / cadre / to kill (slang) / to fuck (vulgar) / (coll.) pissed off / annoyed
HSK 1
pine / pine tree / CL:
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *棵* | 棵* | *棵
classifier for trees, cabbages, plants etc
HSK 4
poplar tree / various trees of genus Populus
HSK 7-9
tree leaves
HSK 4
fruit tree / CL:
HSK 6
pomegranate tree
lit. the red apricot tree leans over the garden wall (idiom) / fig. a wife having an illicit lover
pattra palm tree (Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as paper substitute for Buddhist sutras
to stand respectfully / (of trees, mountains) standing tall and majestic
Anacardiaceae, plant family including lac tree (Rhus vernicifera) 漆樹|漆树
lit. reeds leaning on a jade tree (idiom) / fig. the lowly associating with the noble; the weak seeking help from the strong
can't see the wood for the trees
tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa)
HSK 7-9
(of a tree) old and strong / (of calligraphy or painting) bold; vigorous
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蓏* | 蓏* | *蓏
fruit of plants (not of trees)
peach tree / CL:
HSK 5
binary tree
the tip of a tree; treetop
HSK 7-9
to cut wood / tree-felling / lumbering
lit. the mountains crumble and the trees lie ruined / a great sage has died (idiom)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *株* | 株* | *株
tree trunk / stump (tree root) / a plant / classifier for trees or plants / strain (biology) / to involve others (in shady business)
HSK 7-9
lineage / genealogy / family tree
trees / greenery
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *橙* | 橙* | *橙
orange tree / orange (color)
lit. eyes obscured by a single leaf (idiom) / fig. not seeing the wider picture / can't see the wood for the trees
loquat tree (Eriobotrya japonica) / loquat fruit
laurel (Laurus nobilis) / bay tree / bay leaf
lumberjack / tree cutter
genealogy / family tree
forest / forest tree
lit. the willow trees make the shade, the flowers give the light (idiom); at one's darkest hour, a glimmer of hope / light at the end of the tunnel
cypress tree / Taiwan pr. [bo2 shu4]
HSK 7-9
(of a tree etc) to reach up to the sky
locust tree (Sophora japonica)
HSK 7-9
decision tree
willow tree / poplar and willow / name of traditional tune
fig. a tree may grow a thousand zhang high, but its leaves return to their roots (proverb) / fig. everything has its ancestral home / in old age, an expatriate returns home
amonang tree (Ixonanthes chinensis)
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)
Arbor Day (March 12th), also known as National Tree Planting Day 全民義務植樹日|全民义务植树日
Persian silk tree (Albizia julibrissin) / tree rhododendron (Rhododendron delavayi)
to make sth of oneself / to become a person who is worthy of respect / (of a tree) to grow to full size / to become useful for timber
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *標* | 標* | *標
mark / sign / label / to mark with a symbol, label, lettering etc / to bear (a brand name, registration number etc) / prize / award / bid / target / quota / (old) the topmost branches of a tree / visible symptom / classifier for military units
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *桑* | 桑* | *桑
(bound form) mulberry tree
wutong (Firmiana platanifolia) / Chinese parasol tree
(idiom) it takes ten years to grow trees, but a hundred years to cultivate people
lit. under a big tree the shade is plentiful (idiom) / fig. to benefit by proximity to an influential person
lit. not to know the true face of Lushan Mountain (idiom) / fig. can't see the forest for the trees
dense (of trees) / thick / ghastly / eerie
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *槎* | 槎* | *槎
a raft made of bamboo or wood / to fell trees / to hew
a lone tree does not make a forest (idiom) / one cannot accomplish much on one's own
jadeite / tree kingfisher
mulberry tree, with leaves used to feed silkworms
Tallow tree / Sapium sebiferum
flowers and trees / plants / flora
kapok (tree)
Christmas tree
writing brush (old) / Castanopsis fordii, a species of evergreen tree common in the south of China whose calybia (nuts) resemble the tip of a writing brush
peepul (Ficus religiosa); bodhi tree; sacred fig
(computing) search tree
pear tree
lit. to fly one's banner on a solitary tree (idiom); fig. to act as a loner / to stand out / to develop one's own school / to have attitude of one's own
blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经); fig. unable to see the big picture / to mistake the part for the whole / unable to see the wood for the trees
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蔭* | 蔭* | *蔭
(bound form) shade (of a tree)
lit. to point at the mulberry tree and curse the locust tree / fig. to scold sb indirectly / to make oblique accusations (idiom)
lit. if moved to a new location, a tree will die, but a person will live (idiom) / fig. human beings, unlike trees, thrive on change
tree shade / shady
dicotyledon (plant family distinguished by two embryonic leaves, includes daisies, broadleaved trees, herbaceous plants)
lit. the spring comes upon a withered tree (idiom) / fig. to get a new lease on life / to be revived / (of a difficult situation) to suddenly improve
tree resin / gum
arboreal / tree-dwelling
sapodilla, a tropical fruit bearing tree
tree bark
locust tree (Sophora japonica)
almond tree / almond / flat peach
fruit tree
Chinese eaglewood; agarwood tree; lignum aloes (Aquilaria agallocha)
antiaris, aka upas tree (Antiaris toxicaria)
lit. every tree or bush an enemy soldier (idiom); fig. to panic and treat everyone as an enemy / to feel beleaguered
orange (tree and fruit)
sumac (Rhus coriaria), east Mediterranean deciduous shrub with fruit used as spice / also called tanner's sumach or vinegar tree
white fungus (Tremella fuciformis) / silver tree-ear fungus
National Tree Planting Day (March 12th), as known as Arbor Day 植樹節|植树节
(of an animal or tree etc) to become a spirit or goblin / (fig.) to be amazingly skillful, smart or evil etc
cotton tree (Bombax ceiba)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *杈* | 杈* | *杈
fork of a tree / pitchfork
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *杈* | 杈* | *杈
branches of a tree / fork of a tree
genealogy / family tree / same as 譜牒|谱牒
to chop wood / to chop down trees
lit. to graft flowers onto a tree (idiom) / fig. to surreptitiously substitute one thing for another
lit. climb a tree to catch a fish (idiom); fig. to attempt the impossible
Dong Feng, doctor during Three Kingdoms period, famous for refusing fees and requesting that his patients plant apricot trees instead
lit. an ant trying to shake a tree (idiom) / fig. to overrate oneself; to overestimate one's capabilities
legendary tree that sheds coins when shaken / (fig.) source of easy money
to give shade (of a tree etc) / to shield
tree hollow / (slang) anonymous platform for sharing secrets / (slang) confidant
orange tree
rubber tree

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