leaf, petal; page of book; period

DEFINITIONS

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

WORDS

梅西星表 méi xī yè xīng biǎo Messier catalog of nebulae and clusters (1784)
梵冊貝 fàn cè bèi yè Sanskrit on Talipot palm leaves (idiom); Buddhist scripture
zòng yè leaf (usually bamboo or reed leaf) used to wrap 粽子[zong4 zi5] sticky rice dumplings
fēng yè maple leaf
shù yè tree leaves
樹高千丈,落歸根 shù gāo qiān zhàng , luò yè guī gēn see 樹高千丈,葉落歸根|树高千丈,叶落归根[shu4 gao1 qian1 zhang4 , ye4 luo4 gui1 gen1]
樹高千丈,落歸根 shù gāo qiān zhàng , yè luò guī gēn fig. a tree may grow a thousand zhang high, but its leaves return to their roots (proverb); fig. everything has its ancestral home; in old age, an expatriate returns home
橙腹鵯 chéng fù yè bēi (bird species of China) orange-bellied leafbird (Chloropsis hardwickii)
yān yè leaf tobacco
牛百 niú bǎi yè omasum; beef tripe
牡丹雖好,全仗綠扶 mǔ dan suī hǎo , quán zhàng lǜ yè fú Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.
牡丹雖好,全仗綠扶持 mǔ dan suī hǎo , quán zhàng lǜ yè fú chí Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.
牡丹雖好,全憑綠扶持 mǔ dan suī hǎo , quán píng lǜ yè fú chí Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.
牡丹雖好,終須綠扶持 mǔ dan suī hǎo , zhōng xū lǜ yè fú chí Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.
番瀉 fān xiè yè senna leaf (Folium sennae)
bǎi yè tripe (stomach lining of cattle etc used as food)
窗 bǎi yè chuāng shutter; blind
箱 bǎi yè xiāng Stevenson screen (white box with ventilated sides, housing meteorological instruments); thermometer screen; instrument shelter
歐芹 zhòu yè ōu qín curled-leaf parsley (Petroselinum crispum)
qiū yè autumn leaf
原 qiū yè yuán Akihabara, region of downtown Tokyo famous for electronics stores
秋風掃落 qiū fēng sǎo luò yè lit. as the autumn gale sweeps away the fallen leaves (idiom); to drive out the old and make a clean sweep
青 zhú yè qīng Trimeresurus stejnegeri (poisonous snake)
青蛇 zhú yè qīng shé Trimeresurus stejnegeri (poisonous snake)
粗枝大 cū zhī dà yè thick stems and broad leaves (idiom); boorish; rough and ready; sloppy