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株

zhū

Definition

tree trunk
stump (tree root)
a plant
classifier (for trees or plants)
measure word
to involve others (in shady business)

Character Decomposition

Related words (13)

to stick to sth stubbornly; never let go

to involve others (in a law case)

spacing; distance between plants (within a row)

to involve others (in a crime); guilt by association

plant (horticulture)

stubble

(virus) strain

diseased or infected plant

variant; variant strain (of virus)

liú xíng zhū

epidemic strain

mutant; mutant strain (of virus)

shǒu zhū yuán mù

abbr. for 守株待兔，緣木求魚|守株待兔，缘木求鱼[shou3 zhu1 dai4 tu4 , yuan2 mu4 qiu2 yu2]

yì zhū qián má

common nettle (Urtica dioica)

Idioms (1)

shǒu zhū dài tù

to wait for a windfall; (lit.) to wait every day under a tree (in the hope that a hare kills itself by crashing into the tree trunk); (lit.) to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits (idiom); sit back and wait; to wait idly for opportunities; to trust to chance rather than show initiative

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