瓜 guā
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guā
noun
melon; gourd; squash
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Food and Drink , Concept: Vegetable 蔬菜
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '瓜'; Guoyu '瓜' n 1; Unihan '瓜'; Wikipedia '瓜') -
guā
noun
Kangxi radical 97
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
Notes: (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7; Guoyu '瓜' n 2)
Contained in
- 甜瓜 muskmelon
- 西瓜 watermelon
- 瓜熟蒂落 when a mellon is ripe it falls
- 青瓜 cucumber
- 小黄瓜(小黃瓜) gherkin
- 佛手瓜 chayote; alligator pear
- 蒲瓜 a bottle gourd; a calabash
- 老王卖瓜，自卖自夸(老王賣瓜，自賣自誇) every potter praises his own pot; all one's geese are swans
- 呆瓜 idiot; fool
- 糖瓜 malt sugar candy
- 冬瓜 winter melon; white gourd
- 越瓜 snake melon
- 瓜皮帽 Chinese skullcap resembling the skin of half a watermelon
- 瓜无滚圆，人无十全(瓜無滾圓，人無十全) no gourd is perfectly round, just as no man is perfect
- 瓜脐(瓜臍) the umbilicus of a melon
- 瓜拿纳(瓜拿納) guarana (Paullinia cupana)
- 倭瓜 pumpkin
- 笨瓜 fool; blockhead
- 番瓜 a pumkin
- 南瓜 pumpkin
- 地瓜 sweet potato ; yam
- 丝瓜(絲瓜) luffa; sponge gourd; Egyptian cucumber
- 瓜田不纳履，李下不整冠(瓜田不納履，李下不整冠) don't tie your shoelaces in a melon patch, and don't adjust your hat under a plum tree; don't do anything that might arouse suspicion
- 王婆卖瓜，自卖自夸(王婆賣瓜，自賣自誇) every potter praises his own pot; all one's geese are swans
- 强扭的瓜不甜(強扭的瓜不甜) 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)
- 菜瓜 snake melon; loofah
- 香瓜 cantaloupe melon
- 胡瓜 cucumber
- 瓜农(瓜農) melon farmer
- 顺藤摸瓜(順藤摸瓜) to follow the vine to get to the melon; to track sth following clues
- 南瓜灯(南瓜燈) jack-o'-lantern
- 苦瓜 bitter melon
- 拍黄瓜(拍黃瓜) smashed cucumber salad
- 厄瓜多 Ecuador (Tw)
- 瓜蒂 pedicel and calyx of muskmelon (used in TCM)
- 瓜娃子 a fool
- 胡瓜鱼(胡瓜魚) smelt (family Osmeridae)
- 吃瓜群众(吃瓜群眾) peanut gallery (esp. in online forums)
- 腌黄瓜(醃黃瓜) pickle
Also contained in
马拿瓜 、 瓜步 、 金瓜石 、 瓜达拉马 、 努瓜娄发 、 瓜拉丁加奴 、 马那瓜 、 尼加拉瓜 、 瓜达尔港 、 安提瓜和巴布达 、 安提瓜 、 麻瓜
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- 卷六十四 志第四十 儀衞 Volume 64 Treatises 40: Ceremonial Guards History of Ming 明史 — count: 22
- 《瓜部》 Guā Radical Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字 — count: 15
- 第六十六回 Chapter 66 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 13
- Scroll 7 Xin Shu 新書 — count: 13
- 卷五十 志第三 天文三 Volume 50 Treatises 3: Astronomy 3 History of Song 宋史 — count: 9
- 卷二十九 志第十九 符瑞下 Volume 29 Treatises 19: Auspicious Signs 3 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 7
- 卷七十九 志第二十九: 輿服二 Volume 79 Treatises 32: Carriages and Clothes 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 7
- 卷一百十六 列傳第六十六: 肅宗代宗諸子 Volume 116 Biographies 66: Suzong and Daizong's Sons Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 6
- 卷五十九 志第十二 天文十二 Volume 59 Treatises 12: Astronomy 12 History of Song 宋史 — count: 6
- 卷七十四 四夷附錄第三: 奚 吐渾 達靼 党項 突厥 吐蕃 回鶻 于闐 高麗 渤海 新羅 黑水靺鞨 南詔蠻 牂牁 昆明 占城 Volume 74: Appendix on the Four Barbarians 3 - Xi, Tuyuhun, Dada, Tangut, Tujie, Tubo, Huihu, Yutian, Goryeo, Bohai, Silla, Heishui Tungusic tribes, Nanzhao Man, Zhangke, Kunming, Champa New History of the Five Dynasties 新五代史 — count: 6
Collocations
- 匏瓜 (匏瓜) 吾豈匏瓜也哉 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 17. 《陽貨》 Yang Huo — count: 10
- 瓜瓠 (瓜瓠) 瓜瓠不成 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months — count: 8
- 嘉瓜 (嘉瓜) 时以为嘉瓜 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 第十四 五行二 災火 草妖 羽蟲孽 羊禍 Volume 104: Five Elements Part Two — count: 7
- 种瓜 (種瓜) 梁之邊亭與楚之邊亭皆種瓜 — Xin Shu 新書, Scroll 7 — count: 7
- 瓜生 (瓜生) 王瓜生 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months — count: 5
- 瓜里 (瓜裡) 有瓜里津 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 第二十二 郡國四 青州 荊州 揚州 Volume 112: Commanderies and States Part Three — count: 5
- 瓜瓞 (瓜瓞) 緜緜瓜瓞 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧文王之什‧緜 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Wen Wang - Mian — count: 4
- 瓜衍 (瓜衍) 亦賞士伯以瓜衍之縣 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 4
- 瓜美 (瓜美) 其瓜美 — Xin Shu 新書, Scroll 7 — count: 3
- 瓜牛 (瓜牛) 自作一瓜牛廬 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷十一 魏書十一 袁張涼國田王邴管傳 Volume 11: Book of Wei 11 - Biographies of Yuan, Zhang, Liang, Guo, Tian, Wang, Bing, and Guan — count: 3