"Gourd" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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瓜 guā melon / gourd / squash
瓠 hù gourd
葫芦 hú lu calabash or bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) / hoist / generic term for block and tackle (or parts thereof) / muddled / (poker) full house
冬瓜 dōng guā wax gourd (Cucurbitaceae, Benincasa hispida) / white gourd / white hairy melon / Chinese squash
苦瓜 kǔ guā bitter melon (bitter gourd, balsam pear, balsam apple, leprosy gourd, bitter cucumber)
八音 bā yīn ancient classification system for musical instruments, based on the material of which the instrument is made (metal 金, stone 石, clay 土, leather 革, silk 絲|丝, wood 木, gourd 匏, bamboo 竹) / the eight kinds of sound produced by instruments in these categories / music
依样画葫芦 yī yàng huà hú lu lit. to draw a gourd from the model (idiom) / fig. to copy sth mechanically without attempt at originality
闷葫芦 mèn hú lu lit. closed gourd / fig. enigma / complete mystery / taciturn person
照葫芦画瓢 zhào hú lu huà piáo lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as a model (idiom) / fig. to copy slavishly
葫 hú Allium scorodoprasum / bottle gourd
匏 páo bottle gourd / Lagenaria vulgaris
宝葫芦 bǎo hú lu magic gourd, granting your every wish
宝葫芦的秘密 bǎo hú lu de mì mì Secret of the Magic Gourd (1958), prize-winning children's fairy tale by Zhang Tianyi 張天翼|张天翼[Zhang1 Tian1 yi4]
张天翼 Zhāng Tiān yì Zhang Tianyi (1906-1985), children's writer, author of prize-winning fairy tale Secret of the Magic Gourd 寶葫蘆的秘密|宝葫芦的秘密[Bao3 hu2 lu5 de5 Mi4 mi4]
蒲瓜 pú guā white flowered gourd or calabash (family Crescentia)
李铁拐 Lǐ Tiě guǎi Iron-Crutch Li, one of the Eight Immortals 八仙[Ba1 xian1] in Chinese mythology, walking around with an iron crutch and carrying a gourd with special medicine
瓜无滚圆，人无十全 guā wú gǔn yuán , rén wú shí quán no gourd is perfectly round, just as no man is perfect (proverb)
瓠瓜 hù guā bottle gourd
夜开花 yè kāi huā bottle gourd (i.e. 瓠瓜[hu4 gua1])
依葫芦画瓢 yī hú lu huà piáo lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as one's model (idiom) / fig. to follow the existing pattern without modification
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