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cucumber / CL: 條|条
HSK 4
watermelon / CL: 顆|颗, 個|个
HSK 4
idiot / fool
HSK 7-9
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melon; gourd; squash / (slang) a piece of gossip
HSK 4
pumpkin
HSK 7-9
peanut gallery (esp. in online forums) / onlookers who are interested in the spectacle but don't have anything knowledgeable to say about it / (neologism c. 2016)
to partition / to divide up
HSK 7-9
papaya (Carica papaya) / genus Chaenomeles of shrubs in the family Rosaceae / Chinese flowering quince (Chaenomeles speciosa)
luffa; loofah; sponge gourd
Jinguashi, town in Ruifang District, New Taipei City, Taiwan, noted for its historic gold and copper mines, used as a prisoner-of-war camp by the Japanese (1942-1945)
every potter praises his own pot (idiom) / all one's geese are swans
boiled noodles served without broth, topped with just a sprinkle of oil and some chopped spring onions, to which customers add vinegar, soy sauce or chili oil according to their taste
(neologism c. 2016) (slang) to watch an entertaining spectacle from the sidelines and-or engage in gossip about it
fruit (plural sense) / melons and fruit
melon seed / seeds of pumpkin, watermelon or sunflower etc, roasted and flavored, consumed as a snack
HSK 7-9
sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) / yam bean (Pachyrhizus erosus) / (TCM) digua fig (Ficus tikoua Bur.)
every potter praises his own pot (idiom) / all one's geese are swans
pickle; pickled cucumber
chayote (Sechium edule); choko; mirliton
Hami melon (a variety of muskmelon) / honeydew melon / cantaloupe
wax gourd (Cucurbitaceae, Benincasa hispida) / white gourd / white hairy melon / Chinese squash
melon farmer
Ecuador
smashed cucumber salad
to let go of the big prize while grabbing at trifles (idiom)
skull / brain / head / mind / mentality / ideas
jack-o'-lantern
Liuyuan town in Guazhou county 瓜州縣|瓜州县 in Jiuquan 酒泉, Gansu
(dialect) pumpkin
lit. to follow the vine to get to the melon / to track sth following clues
connection / association / involvement
lit. if you have to use force to break a melon off the vine, it won't taste sweet (because it's only when the melon is ripe that it can be removed with just a slight twist) (idiom) / fig. if sth is not meant to be, it's no use trying to force it to happen
muskmelon
bitter melon (bitter gourd, balsam pear, balsam apple, leprosy gourd, bitter cucumber)
Antigua
oval face
(dialect) fool / a silly
idiot / fool
gherkin
ugly / repulsive / also written 歪瓜裂棗|歪瓜裂枣
Muggles (Harry Potter)
a smaller variety of watermelon, with big, edible seeds
(neologism) (slang) it's none of your business (imitation of an accented pronunciation of 與你無關|与你无关)
Ecuador (Tw)
no gourd is perfectly round, just as no man is perfect (proverb)
(Tw) oriental melon (Cucumis melo Makuwa Group)
pill bug; roly-poly
pumpkin (Gymnopetalum chinense) / a mace with a brass head resembling a pumpkin
foolproof
Nicaragua
Battle of Guadalcanal (August 1942 – February 1943), a pivotal campaign in the Pacific Theater of World War II
(dialect) cucumber
oriental melon (Cucumis melo Makuwa Group) / cantaloupe; muskmelon (Cucumis melo)
bottle gourd (i.e. 瓠瓜)
pickle; pickled cucumber
(Tw) cantaloupe; muskmelon
ugly / repulsive
Gwadar, free trade port city in Pakistani province of Baluchistan
Guadeloupe
bottle gourd
Guadalajara
papaya
(dialect) pumpkin
lit. don't tie your shoelaces in a melon patch, and don't adjust your hat under a plum tree (idiom) / fig. don't do anything that might arouse suspicion / innocent acts may be misconstrued
fruit and vegetables
point-and-shoot camera / compact camera
smelt (family Osmeridae)
Sierra de Guadarrama (mountain range across Iberia, passing north of Madrid)
(Tw) zucchini; courgette; baby marrow / Taiwan pr. [jie2gua1]
honeydew melon
(dialect) pumpkin / (fig.) oaf
eggplant (Cantonese)
lit. (of a melon vine) laden with melons of all sizes (idiom) / fig. (of descendants) to thrive and prosper for generations
fool / blockhead
cucumber
melon field
pedicel and calyx of muskmelon (used in TCM)
Guadalcanal, the largest island in Solomon Islands
asparagus / (Tw) young shoots of the chayote vine 佛手瓜
a changeover of personnel / a new shift / (lit.) replacement for soldier on leave for the melon-picking season
lit. Sow melon and you get melon, sow beans and you get beans (idiom); fig. As you sow, so shall you reap. / One must live with the consequences of one's actions. / You've made your bed, now must lie on it.
snake melon / loofah
pickled cucumber
(of a girl) to lose one's virginity / to deflower a virgin / to reach the age of 16 / (of a man) to reach the age of 64
Managua, capital of Nicaragua (Tw)
Antigua and Barbuda
when the melon is ripe, it falls (idiom); problems sort themselves out in the fullness of time
sweet potato or yam noodles
zucchini
lit. ripe as a melon that rolls from its vine (idiom); fig. to know fluently / to know sth inside out / to know sth by heart
sour expression on one's face
squirting cucumber (Ecballium elaterium)
guarana (Paullinia cupana)
Gwadar Port on Arabian Sea in Pakistani province of Baluchistan
malt sugar candy, a traditional offering to the kitchen god Zaoshen 灶神

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