| 苍生 | cāng shēng | (area where) vegetation grows / the common people |   |
| 寸草不生 | cùn cǎo bù shēng | lit. not even a blade of grass grows (idiom) / fig. barren | |
| 寸草不生 | cùn cǎo - bù shēng | lit. not even a blade of grass grows (idiom) / fig. barren | |
| 节上生枝 | jié shàng shēng zhī | a new branch grows out of a knot (idiom) / fig. side issues keep arising | |
| 有意栽花花不发，无心插柳柳成阴 | yǒu yì zāi huā huā bù fā , wú xīn chā liǔ liǔ chéng yīn | lit. you plant a garden and the flowers do not bloom, you poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree / fig. things do not always turn out as one would expect / well-laid plans may fail, and success may come where you least expect it | |
| 无心插柳柳成阴 | wú xīn chā liǔ liǔ chéng yīn | lit. idly poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree to shade you / (fig.) unintentional actions may bring unexpected success / also written 無心插柳柳成蔭|无心插柳柳成荫 | |
| 野火烧不尽，春风吹又生 | yě huǒ shāo bù jìn , chūn fēng chuī yòu shēng | lit. even a prairie fire cannot destroy the grass - it grows again when the breeze blows (proverb) / fig. cannot be easily eliminated / abbr. to 野火春風|野火春风[ye3 huo3 chun1 feng1] | |
| 雚菌 | huán jūn | a type of poisonous fungus that grows on reeds, used in Chinese medicine to help cure patients suffering from ascaris (parasitic worms) | |
| 冬虫夏草 | dōng chóng - xià cǎo | caterpillar fungus (Ophiocordyceps sinensis) (The fungus grows within the body of a caterpillar, culminating in the emergence of a stalked fruiting body from the caterpillar's head, and is a much-prized and expensive ingredient used as a tonic in traditional Chinese medicine.) | |
