秋葵
qiū kuí
Pinyin
Definition
秋葵
-
- okra (Hibiscus esculentus)
- lady's fingers
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC)
- 2 Spring and Autumn Annals, chronicle of Lu State (722-481 BC)
- 1 surname Qiu
- 1 the Mid-autumn festival, the traditional moon-viewing festival on the 15th of the 8th lunar month
- 1 the Mid-Autumn Festival on 15th of 8th lunar month
Idioms (20)
一日三秋
- 1 a single day apart seems like three seasons (idiom)
一日不见,如隔三秋
- 1 one day apart seems like three years (idiom)
一叶知秋
- 1 lit. the falling of one leaf heralds the coming of autumn (idiom)
- 2 fig. a small sign can indicate a great trend
- 3 a straw in the wind
一雨成秋
- 1 a sudden shower towards the end of summer brings an abrupt arrival of autumn (idiom)
冰壶秋月
- 1 jade ice jug and autumn moon (idiom, from poem by Song writer Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡); fig. spotless white and pure
- 2 flawless person