1 seed

2 species

3 kind

4 type

5 classifier for types, kinds, sorts

1 gold

2 golden (opportunity)

3 prime (time)

1 various kinds

2 all sorts

1 breed

2 variety

3 classifier: 个 gè

1 to sow seeds

2 sowing

3 seed

1 lit. not to stop until one reaches the Yellow River (idiom)

2 fig. to persevere until one reaches one's goal

3 to keep going while some hope is left

1 country destroyed, its people annihilated (idiom); total destruction

1 lit. to return to the Yellow Springs 黃泉|黄泉[Huáng quán] (idiom)

2 fig. to die

3 to meet one's end

1 no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom)

2 also written 啞巴吃黃連|哑巴吃黄连

3 (often precedes 有苦說不出|有苦说不出[yǒu kǔ shuō bu chū])

1 no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom)

2 also written 啞巴吃黃蓮|哑巴吃黄莲

3 (often precedes 有苦說不出|有苦说不出[yǒu kǔ shuō bu chū])