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téng rattan / cane / vine
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
藤蔓 téng màn vine / also pr. [teng2 wan4]
五味子 wèi schizandra (Schisandra chinensis) / Magnolia vine
Caltrop or puncture vine (Tribulus terrestris) / to thatch (a roof)
dodder (Cuscuta sinensis, a parasitic vine with seeds having medicinal uses) / also called 菟絲子|菟丝子
tiáo reed grass / Chinese trumpet vine (Campsis grandiflora) (old)
蒺藜 li (botany) caltrop; puncture vine (Tribulus terrestris) / barbed object
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
豆薯 dòu shǔ yam bean (Pachyrhizus erosus), a vine with sweet edible root
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
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)
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
菟丝子 dodder (Cuscuta sinensis, a parasitic vine with seeds used in medicine)


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