番荔枝
fān lì zhī
Pinyin

Definition

番荔枝
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fān lì zhī
  1. custard apple
  2. soursop (Annonaceae)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

番
Pān
  1. 1 surname Pan
番茄
fān qié
  1. 1 tomato
金枝玉叶
jīn zhī yù yè
  1. 1 golden branch, jade leaves (idiom); fig. blue-blooded nobility, esp. imperial kinsmen or peerless beauty
枝
zhī
  1. 1 branch
  2. 2 classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc
树枝
shù zhī
  1. 1 branch
  2. 2 twig

Idioms (11)

一枝独秀
yī zhī dú xiù
  1. 1 lit. only one branch of the tree is thriving (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be in a league of one's own
  3. 3 outstanding
三番五次
sān fān wǔ cì
  1. 1 over and over again (idiom)
几次三番
jǐ cì sān fān
  1. 1 lit. twice then three times (idiom); fig. repeatedly
  2. 2 over and over again
有枝有叶
yǒu zhī yǒu yè
  1. 1 to become bogged down in the details (idiom)
枝节横生
zhī jié héng shēng
  1. 1 side issues keep arising (idiom)