| 灌木 | guàn mù | bush / shrub |   |
| 矮树 | ǎi shù | short tree / bush / shrub | |
| 布什 | Bù shí | Bush (name) / George H.W. Bush (1924-2018), US president 1988-1992 / George W. Bush (1946-), US President 2000-2008 | |
| 乔木 | qiáo mù | tree, esp. with recognizable trunk (as opposed to 灌木[guan4 mu4], bush or shrub) | |
| 搪塞 | táng sè | to muddle through / to fob sb off / to beat around the bush / to dodge | |
| 转圈 | zhuàn quān | to rotate / to twirl / to run around / to encircle / rotation / (coll.) to speak indirectly / to beat about the bush | |
| 野火 | yě huǒ | wildfire / (spreading like) wildfire / bush fire / farm fire (for clearing fields) | |
| 拐弯抹角 | guǎi wān mò 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 | |
| 兜圈子 | dōu quān zi | to encircle / to go around / to circle / to beat about the bush | |
| 草木皆兵 | cǎo mù jiē bīng | lit. every tree or bush an enemy soldier (idiom) / fig. to panic and treat everyone as an enemy / to feel beleaguered | |
| 巴豆 | bā dòu | croton (Croton tiglium), evergreen bush of Euphorbiaceae family 大戟科[da4 ji3 ke1] / croton seed, a strong purgative | |
| 绕圈子 | rào quān zi | to go around in circles / to make a detour / (fig.) to beat about the bush | |
| 打开天窗说亮话 | dǎ kāi tiān chuāng shuō liàng huà | (let's) not mince words / (let's) not beat about the bush | |
| 绕弯子 | rào wān zi | lit. to go on a long detour / fig. to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to the point / to beat about the bush | |
| 楚 |  chǔ | distinct / clear / orderly / pain / suffering / deciduous bush used in Chinese medicine (genus Vitex) / punishment cane (old) | |
| 恙虫病 | yàng chóng bìng | (medicine) scrub typhus / bush typhus / tsutsugamushi disease | |
| 巴豆属 | bā dòu shǔ | Croton, genus of evergreen bush of Euphorbiaceae family 大戟科[da4 ji3 ke1] | |
| 巴豆树 | bā dòu shù | croton bush (Croton tiglium), evergreen bush of Euphorbiaceae family 大戟科[da4 ji3 ke1], with seed having strong purgative properties | |
| 甜菊 | tián jú | Stevia, South American sunflower genus / sugarleaf (Stevia rebaudiana), bush whose leaves produce sugar substitute | |
| 绕弯子儿 | rào wān zǐ r | lit. to go on a long detour / fig. to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to the point / to beat about the bush | |
| 绕脖子 | rào bó zi | tricky / involved / to beat about the bush | |
| 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 | |
| 苏合香 | sū hé xiāng | snowdrop bush (Styrax officinalis) / gum storax, used in TCM | |
| 转腰子 | zhuàn yāo zi | (coll.) to pace around nervously / to speak indirectly / to beat about the bush | |
| 转变抹角 | zhuǎn biàn mò jiǎo | lit. (of road) winding and turning (idiom) / to speak in a roundabout way / to equivocate / to beat about the bush | |
| 闪烁其词 | shǎn shuò qí cí | to speak evasively (idiom) / beating about the bush | |
| 婴猴 | yīng hóu | galago / bush baby | |
| 歌百灵 | gē bǎi líng | (bird species of China) singing bush lark (Mirafra javanica) | |
| 白斑黑石鵖 | bái bān hēi shí bī | (bird species of China) pied bush chat (Saxicola caprata) | |
| 安纳波利斯共同谅解 | | Joint Understanding Read by President Bush at Annapolis Conference / Annapolis Joint Understanding | |
| 飞机草 | fēi jī cǎo | Siam weed / jack in the bush | |
| 丛林妻子 | | bush wife | |
| 灌木林火 | guàn mù lín huǒ | bush fire | |
| 丛林野味 | | bush meat | |
| 古柯植物 | | coca bush | |
| 中华短翅莺 | Zhōng huá duǎn chì yīng | (bird species of China) Chinese bush warbler (Locustella tacsanowskia) | |
| 休氏树莺 | Xiū shì shù yīng | (bird species of China) Hume's bush warbler (Horornis brunnescens) | |
| 北短翅莺 | běi duǎn chì yīng | (bird species of China) Baikal bush warbler (Locustella davidi) | |
| 大树莺 | dà shù yīng | (bird species of China) chestnut-crowned bush warbler (Cettia major) | |
| 巨嘴短翅莺 | jù zuǐ duǎn chì yīng | (bird species of China) long-billed bush warbler (Locustella major) | |
| 强脚树莺 | qiáng jiǎo shù yīng | (bird species of China) brown-flanked bush warbler (Horornis fortipes) | |
| 斑胸短翅莺 | bān xiōng duǎn chì yīng | (bird species of China) spotted bush warbler (Locustella thoracica) | |
| 日本树莺 | Rì běn shù yīng | (bird species of China) Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone) | |
| 棕腹林鸲 | zōng fù lín qú | (bird species of China) rufous-breasted bush robin (Tarsiger hyperythrus) | |
| 棕褐短翅莺 | zōng hè duǎn chì yīng | (bird species of China) brown bush warbler (Locustella luteoventris) | |
| 棕顶树莺 | zòng dǐng shù yīng | (bird species of China) grey-sided bush warbler (Cettia brunnifrons) | |
| 淡脚树莺 | dàn jiǎo shù yīng | (bird species of China) pale-footed bush warbler (Hemitesia pallidipes) | |
| 灰林鵖 | huī lín bī | (bird species of China) grey bush chat (Saxicola ferreus) | |
| 异色树莺 | yì sè shù yīng | (bird species of China) aberrant bush warbler (Horornis flavolivaceus) | |
| 白喉石鵖 | bái hóu shí bī | (bird species of China) white-throated bush chat (Saxicola insignis) | |
| 白眉林鸲 | bái méi lín qú | (bird species of China) white-browed bush robin (Tarsiger indicus) | |
| 台湾林鸲 | Tái wān lín qú | (bird species of China) collared bush robin (Tarsiger johnstoniae) | |
| 台湾短翅莺 | Tái wān duǎn chì yīng | (bird species of China) Taiwan bush warbler (Locustella alishanensis) | |
| 远东树莺 | Yuǎn dōng shù yīng | (bird species of China) Manchurian bush warbler (Horornis canturians) | |
| 金色林鸲 | jīn sè lín qú | (bird species of China) golden bush robin (Tarsiger chrysaeus) | |
| 高山短翅莺 | gāo shān duǎn chì yīng | (bird species of China) russet bush warbler (Locustella mandelli) | |
| 黄腹树莺 | huáng fù shù yīng | (bird species of China) yellow-bellied bush warbler (Horornis acanthizoides) | |
| 黑白林鵖 | hēi bái lín bī | (bird species of China) Jerdon's bush chat (Saxicola jerdoni) | |
| 灰林䳭 | huī lín jí | (bird species of China) grey bush chat (Saxicola ferreus) | |
| 白喉石䳭 | bái hóu shí jí | (bird species of China) white-throated bush chat (Saxicola insignis) | |
| 白斑黑石䳭 | bái bān hēi shí jí | (bird species of China) pied bush chat (Saxicola caprata) | |
| 黑白林䳭 | hēi bái lín jí | (bird species of China) Jerdon's bush chat (Saxicola jerdoni) | |
| 棕顶树莺 | zōng dǐng shù yīng | (bird species of China) grey-sided bush warbler (Cettia brunnifrons) | |
