"Plum" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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梅子 méi zi plum
布林 Bù lín plum (loanword)
李子 lǐ zi plum / CL:個|个[ge4]
李 lǐ plum
坆 méi variant of 梅[mei2] / plum
梅花 méi huā plum blossom / clubs &clubs / (a suit in card games) / wintersweet (dialect)
青丝 qīng sī fine black hair / dried plum (sliced, as cake ingredient)
花魁 huā kuí the queen of flowers (refers esp. to plum blossom) / (fig.) nickname for a famous beauty or courtesan
话梅 huà méi plum candy / preserved plum
酸梅 suān méi pickled plum / Japanese umeboshi
李树 lǐ shù plum tree
投桃报李 tóu táo bào lǐ toss a peach, get back a plum (idiom) / to return a favor / to exchange gifts / Scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours.
李代桃僵 lǐ dài táo jiāng lit. the plum tree withers in place of the peach tree / to substitute one thing for another / to carry the can for sb
暗香疏影 àn xiāng shū yǐng (poetic depiction of plum blossom)
樲 èr acid variety of jujube plum
以李报桃 yǐ lǐ bào táo lit. give a plum in exchange for a peach / to return a favor (idiom)
槜李 zuì lǐ plum with bright red skin
踏雪寻梅 tà xuě xún méi to walk in the snow to view the flowering plum
瓜田不纳履，李下不整冠 guā tián bù nà lu:3 , lǐ xià bù zhěng guān lit. don't tie your shoelaces in a melon patch, and don't adjust your hat under a plum tree (idiom) / fig. don't do anything that might arouse suspicion / innocent acts may be misconstrued
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