"Apricot" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 xìng zi apricot
 xìng apricot / almond
 xìng rén almond / apricot kernel
 xìng huā apricot blossoms
 xìng huā cūn village of blossoming apricot trees where one can find a wineshop (reference to the famous poem 清明 / by 杜牧[Du4 Mu4])
 xìng shù apricot tree
 hóng xìng chū qiáng lit. the red apricot tree leans over the garden wall (idiom) / fig. a wife having an illicit lover
 jié gǔ cuī huā drumming to make apricots flower, cf joke by Tang Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗, playing the drum in apricot blossom
 xìng lín forest of apricot trees / (fig.) honorific term for fine doctor (cf Dr Dong Feng 董奉[Dong3 Feng4], 3rd century AD, asked his patients to plant apricot trees instead of paying fees)
 niǔ handcuffs / red apricot
 Dǒng Fèng Dong Feng, doctor during Three Kingdoms period, famous for refusing fees and requesting that his patients plant apricot trees instead
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