"Flax" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 亚麻 | yà má | flax |  |
| 胡麻 | hú má | sesame / (botany) flax / linseed | |
| 杀人如麻 | shā rén rú má | lit. to kill people like scything flax (idiom) / fig. to kill people like flies |  |
| 麻 |  má | generic name for hemp, flax etc / hemp or flax fiber for textile materials / sesame / CL:縷|缕[lu:3] / (of materials) rough or coarse / pocked / pitted / to have pins and needles or tingling / to feel numb | |
| 麻类 | má lèi | bast fiber plant (general term for hemp, flax, jute, ramie etc) | |
| 杀人如麻 | shā rén - rú má | lit. to kill people like scything flax (idiom) / fig. to kill people like flies | |
