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melon; gourd; squash / (slang) a piece of gossip
HSK 4
watermelon / CL: 顆|颗, 個|个
HSK 4
cucumber / CL: 條|条
HSK 4
idiot / fool
HSK 7-9
melon seed / seeds of pumpkin, watermelon or sunflower etc, roasted and flavored, consumed as a snack
HSK 7-9
pumpkin
HSK 7-9
to partition / to divide up
HSK 7-9
fruit (plural sense) / melons and fruit
Guadalajara
papaya (Carica papaya) / genus Chaenomeles of shrubs in the family Rosaceae / Chinese flowering quince (Chaenomeles speciosa)
fruit and vegetables
sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) / yam bean (Pachyrhizus erosus) / (TCM) digua fig (Ficus tikoua Bur.)
muskmelon
bitter melon (bitter gourd, balsam pear, balsam apple, leprosy gourd, bitter cucumber)
oval face
Hami melon (a variety of muskmelon) / honeydew melon / cantaloupe
Hami melon (a variety of muskmelon) / honeydew melon / cantaloupe / also written 哈密瓜
oriental melon (Cucumis melo Makuwa Group) / cantaloupe; muskmelon (Cucumis melo)
melon farmer
cucumber
skull / brain / head / mind / mentality / ideas
connection / association / involvement
Nicaragua
luffa (loofah)
idiot / fool
Ecuador
wax gourd (Cucurbitaceae, Benincasa hispida) / white gourd / white hairy melon / Chinese squash
papaya
(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
(dialect) cucumber
lit. to follow the vine to get to the melon / to track sth following clues
snake melon / loofah
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.
(neologism c. 2016) (slang) to watch an entertaining spectacle from the sidelines and-or engage in gossip about it
pumpkin (Gymnopetalum chinense) / a mace with a brass head resembling a pumpkin
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
(dialect) pumpkin
when the melon is ripe, it falls (idiom); problems sort themselves out in the fullness of time
Gwadar, free trade port city in Pakistani province of Baluchistan
malt sugar candy, a traditional offering to the kitchen god Zaoshen 灶神
pickled cucumber
Kuala Terengganu, capital of Terengganu state, Malaysia
(dialect) pumpkin
Managua, capital of Nicaragua
every potter praises his own pot (idiom) / all one's geese are swans
(of animals) round and fat
guarana (Paullinia cupana)
Chinese skullcap resembling the skin of half a watermelon
smashed cucumber salad
fool / blockhead
Antigua and Barbuda
Guatemala (Tw)
eggplant (Cantonese)
a changeover of personnel / a new shift / (lit.) replacement for soldier on leave for the melon-picking season
(Tw) zucchini; courgette; baby marrow / Taiwan pr. [jie2gua1]
Ecuador (Tw)
every potter praises his own pot (idiom) / all one's geese are swans
pedicel and calyx of muskmelon (used in TCM)
(neologism) (slang) it's none of your business (imitation of an accented pronunciation of 與你無關|与你无关)
(dialect) fool / a silly
pickle; pickled cucumber
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)
point-and-shoot camera / compact camera
dried sweet potato slices
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
sour expression on one's face
a smaller variety of watermelon, with big, edible seeds
to let go of the big prize while grabbing at trifles (idiom)
bottle gourd
smelt (family Osmeridae)
(Tw) cantaloupe; muskmelon
zucchini
ugly / repulsive / also written 歪瓜裂棗|歪瓜裂枣
Tellina iridescens (a bivalve mollusk) / any similar small clam
no gourd is perfectly round, just as no man is perfect (proverb)
honeydew melon
white flowered gourd or calabash (family Crescentia)
snake melon
Cerro Aconcagua, mountain in the Americas
Mount Aconcagua, Argentina, the highest point in the Western Hemisphere
spaghetti squash (Cucurbita pepo)
gherkin
ugly / repulsive
Guadalcanal, the largest island in Solomon Islands
Battle of Guadalcanal (August 1942 - February 1943), a pivotal campaign in the Pacific Theater of World War II
Muggles (Harry Potter)
chayote (Sechium edule); choko; mirliton
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
foolproof
Nuku'alofa, capital of Tonga (Tw)
jack-o'-lantern
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)
sweet potato or yam noodles
Antigua
Guazhou county in Jiuquan 酒泉, Gansu
Guazhou county in Jiuquan 酒泉, Gansu

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