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草木皆兵 cǎo jiē bīng lit. every tree or bush an enemy soldier (idiom); fig. to panic and treat everyone as an enemy / to feel beleaguered
转圈 zhuàn quān to rotate / to twirl / to run around / to encircle / rotation / (coll.) to speak indirectly / to beat about the bush
布什 shí Bush (name) / George H.W. Bush (1924-2018), US president 1988-1992 / George W. Bush (1946-), US President 2000-2008
乔木 qiáo tree, esp. with recognizable trunk (as opposed to 灌木[guan4 mu4], bush or shrub)
zhuó thick grass / "bush" component in Chinese characters
chǔ distinct / clear / orderly / pain / suffering / deciduous bush used in Chinese medicine (genus Vitex) / punishment cane (old)
闪烁其词 shǎn shuò to speak evasively (idiom); beating about the bush
拐弯抹角 guǎi wān jiǎo lit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom) / fig. to speak in a roundabout way / to equivocate / to beat about the bush
搪塞 táng to muddle through / to fob sb off / to beat around the bush / to dodge
巴豆 dòu croton (Croton tiglium), evergreen bush of Euphorbiaceae family 大戟科[da4 ji3 ke1] / croton seed, a strong purgative
灌木 guàn bush / shrub
野火 huǒ wildfire / (spreading like) wildfire / bush fire / farm fire (for clearing fields)
甜菊 tián Stevia, South American sunflower genus / sugarleaf (Stevia rebaudiana), bush whose leaves produce sugar substitute
矮树 ǎi shù short tree / bush / shrub
锥套 zhuī tào taper bushing
婴猴 yīng hóu galago; bush baby
绕腾 rào teng to run a long way around / fig. to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to the point / to beat about the bush
兜圈子 dōu quān zi to encircle / to go around / to circle / to beat about the bush
中华短翅莺 Zhōnghuá duǎnchìyīng (bird species of China) Chinese bush warbler (Locustella tacsanowskia)
休氏树莺 Xiūshì shùyīng (bird species of China) Hume's bush warbler (Horornis brunnescens)
北短翅莺 běi duǎnchìyīng (bird species of China) Baikal bush warbler (Locustella davidi)
大树莺 shùyīng (bird species of China) chestnut-crowned bush warbler (Cettia major)
巨嘴短翅莺 jùzuǐ duǎnchìyīng (bird species of China) long-billed bush warbler (Locustella major)
巴豆属 dòu shǔ Croton, genus of evergreen bush of Euphorbiaceae family 大戟科[da4 ji3 ke1]
巴豆树 dòu shù croton bush (Croton tiglium), evergreen bush of Euphorbiaceae family 大戟科[da4 ji3 ke1], with seed having strong purgative properties


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