枣树 (棗樹)
zǎo shù
Pinyin
Definition
枣树 (棗樹)
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- jujube tree
- date tree
- Zizyphus vulgaris
- CL:棵[kē]
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
不要在一棵树上吊死
- 1 don't insist on only taking one road to Rome (idiom)
- 2 there's more than one way to skin a cat
别树一帜
- 1 lit. to fly one's banner on a solitary tree (idiom); fig. to act as a loner
- 2 to stand out
- 3 to develop one's own school
- 4 to have attitude of one's own
别树一旗
- 1 lit. to fly one's banner on a solitary tree (idiom); fig. to act as a loner
- 2 to stand out
- 3 to develop one's own school
- 4 to have attitude of one's own
前人栽树,后人乘凉
- 1 to enjoy the benefits of the hard work of one's predecessors. (idiom)
十年树木,百年树人
- 1 It takes ten years to nurture a tree, but a hundred years to train a man (idiom). A good education program takes a long time to develop.