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
- 吃瓜群众(吃瓜群眾) peanut gallery (esp. in online forums)
- 笨瓜 fool; blockhead
- 瓜蒂 pedicel and calyx of muskmelon (used in TCM)
- 瓜拿纳(瓜拿納) guarana (Paullinia cupana)
- 白兰瓜(白蘭瓜) honeydew melon
- 茭瓜 wild rice shoots
- 番瓜 a pumkin
- 机哩瓜拉(機哩瓜拉) to jabber; to rumble
- 蒲瓜 a bottle gourd; a calabash
- 顺藤摸瓜(順藤摸瓜) to follow the vine to get to the melon; to track sth following clues
- 阿空加瓜 Cerro Aconcagua, mountain in the Americas
- 地瓜面(地瓜麵) sweet potato or yam noodles
- 糖瓜 malt sugar candy
- 歪瓜裂枣(歪瓜裂棗) ugly; repulsive
- 弥瓜(彌瓜) a kind of mellon
- 滚瓜溜圆(滾瓜溜圓) (of animals) round and fat
- 瓜熟蒂落 when a mellon is ripe it falls
- 丝瓜(絲瓜) luffa; sponge gourd; Egyptian cucumber
- 打瓜 a smaller variety of watermelon
- 呆瓜 idiot; fool
- 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
- 腌黄瓜(醃黃瓜) pickle
- 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
- 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
- 意大利青瓜 zucchini
- 瓜农(瓜農) melon farmer
- 破瓜 (of a girl) to lose one's virginity; to deflower a virgin; to reach the age of 16; (of a man) to reach the age of 64
- 面瓜 pumpkin; (fig.) oaf
- 厚皮甜瓜 muskmelon
- 酱瓜(醬瓜) pickled cucumber
- 瓜分 to divide up; to partition
- 哈密瓜 Hami melon; cantaloupe
- 瓜田李下 don't tie your shoelaces in a melon patch, and don't adjust your hat under a plum tree
- 瓜菜 fruit and vegetables
- 拍黄瓜(拍黃瓜) smashed cucumber salad
- 青瓜 cucumber
- 苦瓜脸(苦瓜臉) sour expression on one's face
- 苦瓜 bitter melon
- 瓜子 melon seeds ; to hit with two fingers
- 脑瓜(腦瓜) skull; brain; head; mind; mentality; ideas
Also contained in
瓜哇 、 麻瓜 、 瓜达拉哈拉 、 瓜达卡纳尔岛 、 厄瓜多尔 、 安提瓜和巴布达 、 马那瓜 、 瓜地马拉 、 瓜达尔港 、 阿空加瓜山 、 尼加拉瓜
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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
- 卷二十三 Scroll 23 Wenxuan 文選 — 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
- 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
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
- 种瓜 (種瓜) 梁之邊亭與楚之邊亭皆種瓜 — Xin Shu 新書, Scroll 7 — count: 7
- 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
- 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
- 瓜美 (瓜美) 其瓜美 — Xin Shu 新書, Scroll 7 — count: 3
- 瓜田 (瓜田) 臨淮瓜田儀等為盜賊 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷九十九下 王莽傳 Volume 99c: Wang Mang 3 — count: 3