leaf, petal; page of book; period

DEFINITIONS

葉 yè
  • surname Ye
  • leaf
  • page
  • lobe
  • (historical) period
  • classifier for small boats

WORDS

知秋 yī yè zhī qiū lit. the falling of one leaf heralds the coming of autumn (idiom); fig. a small sign can indicate a great trend; a straw in the wind
障目 yī yè zhàng mù lit. eyes obscured by a single leaf (idiom); fig. not seeing the wider picture; can't see the wood for the trees
樹 qī yè shù Chinese horse chestnut (Aesculus chinensis)
星雲 sān yè xīng yún Trifid Nebula M20
草 sān yè cǎo clover; trefoil
蟲 sān yè chóng trilobite
上半 shàng bàn yè the first half (of a period)
不完全 bù wán quán yè incomplete leaf
zhōng yè mid- (e.g. mid-century); middle period
gān yè dried leaf
互生 hù shēng yè alternate phyllotaxy (leaf pattern)
shí yè Shia (a movement in Islam)
派 shí yè pài Shia sect (of Islam)
傅立 fù lì yè Charles Fourier (French sociologist and socialist, 1772-1837)
傅立變換 fù lì yè biàn huàn (math.) Fourier transform
傅里 fù lǐ yè Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Fourier (French mathematician, 1768-1830)
日中花 bīng yè rì zhōng huā ice plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum)
dāo yè blade
chū yè early part (of a decade, century etc); the first years
qiān yè Chiba (Japanese surname and place name)
縣 qiān yè xiàn Chiba prefecture, Japan
台灣鼻蝠 tái wān yè bí fú leaf-nosed bat
hé yè hinge
機 chuī yè jī leaf blower (machine)
單子 dān zǐ yè monocotyledon (plant family distinguished by single embryonic leaf, includes grasses, orchids and lilies)
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