"Ripe" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 chéng shú mature / ripe / to mature / to ripen / Taiwan pr. [cheng2 shou2]
 shú ripe / mature / thoroughly cooked / done / familiar / acquainted / experienced / skilled / (of sleep etc) deep / profound / also pr. [shou2]
 shú tòu completely ripe / ripened / well-cooked
 bái tóu xié lǎo (to live together until the) white hairs of old age (idiom) / to live to a ripe old age in conjugal bliss / until death do us part
寿 shòu zhōng zhèng qǐn to die of old age / to die in one's bed at a ripe old age / (fig.) (of a structure or machine etc) to come to the end of its life
 gǔn guā làn shú lit. ripe as a melon that rolls from its vine (idiom) / fig. to know fluently / to know sth inside out / to know sth by heart
 guā shú dì luò when the melon is ripe, it falls (idiom) / problems sort themselves out in the fullness of time
 rěn ripe grain
 bái tóu dào lǎo (to live together until the) white hairs of old age (idiom) / to live to a ripe old age in conjugal bliss / until death do us part
 bái tóu xié lǎo live to ripe old age in conjugal bliss / remain a devoted couple to the end of their lives
 yī huí shēng , èr huí shú lit. at first raw, later ripe (idiom) / unfamiliar at first but you get used to it / strangers at first meeting, but soon friends / awkward at first but becoming skillful later / an acquired taste
 qiū hòu suàn zhàng lit. settle accounts after the autumn harvest (idiom) / to wait until the time is ripe to settle accounts / to bide one's time for revenge
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寿 shòu zhōng to die of old age / to live to a ripe old age / (fig.) (of sth) to come to an end (after a long period of service)
 bù dào huǒ hòu bù jiē guō don't act until the time is ripe (idiom)
 qiǎng niǔ de guā bù tián lit. if you have to use force to break a melon off the vine, it won't taste sweet (because it's only when the melon is ripe that it can be removed with just a slight twist) (idiom) / fig. if sth is not meant to be, it's no use trying to force it to happen
 má jiāo an extra strong type of Sichuan pepper, dark green when ripe but light brown after air drying
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