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yāng sapling; seedling; sprout; (esp.) rice seedling / stem; stalk; vine / baby livestock; fry / (dialect) to raise; to cultivate (plants or animals)
葛根 gēn tuber of the kudzu vine (Pueraria lobata), used in Chinese medicine
罗汉果 luó hàn guǒ monk fruit, the sweet fruit of Siraitia grosvenorii, a vine of the Curcubitaceae family native to southern China and northern Thailand, used in Chinese medicine
五味子 wèi schizandra (Schisandra chinensis) / Magnolia vine
Caltrop or puncture vine (Tribulus terrestris) / to thatch (a roof)
téng rattan / cane / vine
藤蔓 téng màn vine / also pr. [teng2 wan4]
tiáo reed grass / Chinese trumpet vine (Campsis grandiflora) (old)
顺藤摸瓜 shùn téng guā lit. to follow the vine to get to the melon / to track sth following clues
滚瓜烂熟 gǔn guā làn shú 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
dodder (Cuscuta sinensis, a parasitic vine with seeds having medicinal uses) / also called 菟絲子|菟丝子
蒺藜 li (botany) caltrop; puncture vine (Tribulus terrestris) / barbed object
秧子 yāng zi sapling; seedling; sprout; (esp.) rice seedling / stem; stalk; vine / baby livestock; fry / (dialect) (derog.) suffix used to indicate a type of person
liǎn trailing plant / liana / creeper / wild vine (Gynostemma pentaphyllum or Vitis pentaphylla)
龙须菜 lóng cài asparagus / (Tw) young shoots of the chayote vine 佛手瓜[fo2 shou3 gua1]
茑萝 niǎo luó cypress vine
豆薯 dòu shǔ yam bean (Pachyrhizus erosus), a vine with sweet edible root
葛藤 téng tangle of vines / fig. complications
liǎn variant of 蘞|蔹, trailing plant / liana / creeper / wild vine (Gynostemma pentaphyllum or Vitis pentaphylla)
凌霄花 líng xiāo huā Chinese trumpet vine (Campsis grandiflora)
菟丝子 dodder (Cuscuta sinensis, a parasitic vine with seeds used in medicine)
藤本植物 téng běn zhí vine plant
强扭的瓜不甜 qiǎng niǔ de guā tián 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
缠绕茎 chán rào jīng vine / twining stem
绵绵瓜瓞 mián mián - guā dié lit. (of a melon vine) laden with melons of all sizes (idiom) / fig. (of descendants) to thrive and prosper for generations


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