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Definitions

  1. 1. to be in harmony

Words Containing 叶

枯叶剂
kū yè jì

Agent Orange (herbicide)

叶尔羌河
yè ěr qiāng hé

Yarkant River in Xinjiang

叶口蝠科
yè kǒu fú kē

(zoology) New World leaf-nosed bats (Phyllostomidae)

茱丽叶
zhū lì yè

Juliet or Juliette (name)

额叶
é yè

frontal lobe

叶片状
yè piàn zhuàng

foliated

月桂叶
yuè guì yè

bay leaf; laurel leaf

双子叶
shuāng zǐ yè

dicotyledon (plant family distinguished by two embryonic leaves, includes daisies, broadleaved trees, herbaceous plants)

三叶虫
sān yè chóng

trilobite

针叶林
zhēn yè lín

needle-leaved forest

叶卡捷琳娜
yè kǎ jié lín nà

Yekaterina or Ekaterina (name)

叶酸
yè suān

folic acid

树高千丈,叶落归根
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)

三叶星云
sān yè xīng yún

Trifid Nebula M20

百叶窗
bǎi yè chuāng

shutter

复叶
fù yè

compound leaf (botany)

百叶
bǎi yè

tripe (stomach lining of cattle etc used as food)

茶叶蛋
chá yè dàn

tea egg (egg boiled with flavorings which may include black tea)

贝叶斯
bèi yè sī

Bayes (name)

针叶植物
zhēn yè zhí wù

needle-leaved plant (e.g. pine tree)

前额叶皮质
qián é yè pí zhì

prefrontal cortex (PFC)

纸叶子
zhǐ yè zi

deck of playing cards

百叶箱
bǎi yè xiāng

Stevenson screen (white box with ventilated sides, housing meteorological instruments)

柳叶眉
liǔ yè méi

see 柳眉[liǔ méi]

香菜叶
xiāng cài yè

coriander leaf

闰四月,吃树叶
rùn sì yuè , chī shù yè

an intercalary fourth month brings food shortages

叶鼻蝠
yè bí fú

leaf-nosed bat

台湾叶鼻蝠
tái wān yè bí fú

Formosan leaf-nosed bat

长尾缝叶莺
cháng wěi féng yè yīng

(bird species of China) common tailorbird (Orthotomus sutorius)

叶城
yè chéng

Qaghiliq nahiyisi (Kargilik county) in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區|喀什地区[kā shí dì qū], west Xinjiang

叶伟文
yè wěi wén

alias of 葉偉民|叶伟民[yè wěi mín]

落叶剂
luò yè jì

defoliant

叶脉
yè mài

venation (pattern of veins on a leaf)

脑叶
nǎo yè

lobe of the brain

飞叶子
fēi yè zi

(slang) to smoke pot

叶黄素
yè huáng sù

lutein (biochemistry)

叶江川
yè jiāng chuān

Ye Jiangchuan

枝繁叶茂
zhī fán yè mào

(of plants) to grow luxuriantly; (fig.) (of a family or business etc) to prosper; to flourish

刀叶
dāo yè

blade

皱叶欧芹
zhòu yè ōu qín

curled-leaf parsley (Petroselinum crispum)

棕叶
zòng yè

leaf (usually bamboo or reed leaf) used to wrap 粽子[zòng zi] sticky rice dumplings

竹叶青蛇
zhú yè qīng shé

Trimeresurus stejnegeri (poisonous snake)

叶绿素
yè lǜ sù

chlorophyll

子叶
zǐ yè

cotyledon (first embryonic leaf)

单子叶
dān zǐ yè

monocotyledon (plant family distinguished by single embryonic leaf, includes grasses, orchids and lilies)

枯叶
kū yè

dead leaf

艾叶
ài yè

Folium Artemisiae argyi

秋叶
qiū yè

autumn leaf

多叶
duō yè

leafy

烟叶
yān yè

leaf tobacco

香叶醇
xiāng yè chún

geraniol (chemistry)

叶卡捷琳堡
yè kǎ jié lín bǎo

Yekaterinburg (Russian city, also known as Ekaterinburg or Sverdlovsk)

香叶
xiāng yè

bay leaf

萎叶
wěi yè

betel

月桂树叶
yuè guì shù yè

laurel leaf; bay leaf

羽状复叶
yǔ zhuàng fù yè

bipinnate leaf (in phyllotaxy)

树高千丈,落叶归根
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[shù gāo qiān zhàng , yè luò guī gēn]

中叶
zhōng yè

mid- (e.g. mid-century)

迦叶佛
jiā yè fó

Buddha Kassapa (Pāli) or Kāśyapa (Skt) (one of the Buddhas of the past)

牡丹虽好,终须绿叶扶持
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.

枫叶
fēng yè

maple leaf

单叶双曲面
dān yè shuāng qū miàn

hyperboloid of one sheet (math.)

叶卡特琳娜堡
yè kǎ tè lín nà bǎo

Ekaterinaburg or Ekaterinburg (formerly Sverdlovsk), Russian town on the Ural mountains

不完全叶
bù wán quán yè

incomplete leaf

蓝翅叶鹎
lán chì yè bēi

(bird species of China) blue-winged leafbird (Chloropsis cochinchinensis)

叶子列
yè zi liè

leaf arrangement

四叶草
sì yè cǎo

four-leaf clover

落叶植物
luò yè zhí wù

deciduous plant

心叶椴
xīn yè duàn

small-leaf linden (Tilia cordata)

叶柄
yè bǐng

petiole

叶脉序
yè mài xù

leaf venation (botany)

黑喉缝叶莺
hēi hóu féng yè yīng

(bird species of China) dark-necked tailorbird (Orthotomus atrogularis)

牡丹虽好,全凭绿叶扶持
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.

末叶
mò yè

final years

嫩叶
nèn yè

tender young leaves

龙利叶
lóng lì yè

Sauropus spatulifolius Beille (shrub of the Euphorbiaceae family)

叶苔
yè tái

liverwort (Jungermannia lanceolata)

叶片
yè piàn

blade (of propellor)

牡丹虽好,全仗绿叶扶
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.

柊叶
zhōng yè

Phrynium capitatum

叶城县
yè chéng xiàn

Qaghiliq nahiyisi (Kargilik county) in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區|喀什地区[kā shí dì qū], west Xinjiang

柳叶刀
liǔ yè dāo

lancet (surgeon's knife)

顶叶
dǐng yè

parietal lobe

一叶障目
yī yè zhàng mù

lit. eyes obscured by a single leaf (idiom)

落叶
luò yè

dead leaves

颞叶
niè yè

temporal lobe

秋叶原
qiū yè yuán

Akihabara, region of downtown Tokyo famous for electronics stores

落叶松
luò yè sōng

larch tree (Pinus larix)

叶韵
xié yùn

to rhyme

阔叶
kuò yè

broad-leaved (tree)

贝叶
bèi yè

pattra palm tree (Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as paper substitute for Buddhist sutras

叶轮机械
yè lún jī xiè

turbomachine

叶落归根
yè luò guī gēn

a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom); everything has its ancestral home

艾叶炭
ài yè tàn

Folium Artemisiae argyi carbonisatum

千叶县
qiān yè xiàn

Chiba prefecture, Japan

粗枝大叶
cū zhī dà yè

thick stems and broad leaves (idiom)

大叶性肺炎
dà yè xìng fèi yán

lobar pneumonia

三叶草
sān yè cǎo

clover

落叶归根
luò yè guī gēn

Getting Home, 2007 PRC comedy-drama film directed by 張揚|张扬[zhāng yáng], starring 趙本山|赵本山[zhào běn shān]

叶绿体
yè lǜ tǐ

chloroplast

梅西叶星表
méi xī yè xīng biǎo

Messier catalog of nebulae and clusters (1784)

芫荽叶
yán sui yè

coriander leaf

根深叶茂
gēn shēn yè mào

deep roots and vigorous foliage (idiom)

叶序
yè xù

leaf arrangement

落叶乔木
luò yè qiáo mù

deciduous tree

艾叶油
ài yè yóu

mugwort leaf oil (TCM)

朱丽叶
zhū lì yè

Juliet or Juliette (name)

叶礼庭
yè lǐ tíng

Michael Grant Ignatieff (1947-), leader of the Liberal Party of Canada

红叶
hóng yè

red autumnal leaves

龙嵩叶
lóng sōng yè

tarragon

叶利钦
yè lì qīn

Yeltsin (name)

初叶
chū yè

early part (of a decade, century etc)

茶叶
chá yè

tea

上半叶
shàng bàn yè

the first half (of a period)

叶问
yè wèn

Yip Man (1893-1972), martial arts practitioner, master of Bruce Lee

罗密欧与朱丽叶
luó mì ōu yǔ zhū lì yè

Romeo and Juliet, 1594 tragedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亞|莎士比亚

一叶知秋
yī yè zhī qiū

lit. the falling of one leaf heralds the coming of autumn (idiom)

叶伟民
yè wěi mín

Raymond YIP Wai-Man, Hong Kong film director (debut as director: 1994)

枝叶
zhī yè

branch and leaf

叶鞘
yè qiào

(botany) leaf sheath

叶轮
yè lún

turbine wheel

番泻叶
fān xiè yè

senna leaf (Folium sennae)

树叶
shù yè

tree leaves

叶县
yè xiàn

Ye county in Pingdingshan 平頂山|平顶山[píng dǐng shān], Henan

银叶
yín yè

silver leaf

冰叶日中花
bīng yè rì zhōng huā

ice plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum)

叶子
yè zi

leaf (CL:片[piàn])

针叶
zhēn yè

needle-leaved (tree)

叶永烈
yè yǒng liè

Ye Yonglie (1940-), popular science writer

叶挺
yè tǐng

Ye Ting (1896-1946), communist military leader

七叶树
qī yè shù

Chinese horse chestnut (Aesculus chinensis)

牛百叶
niú bǎi yè

omasum

竹叶青
zhú yè qīng

Trimeresurus stejnegeri (poisonous snake)

叶枕
yè zhěn

pulvini

落叶层
luò yè céng

leaf litter

梵册贝叶
fàn cè bèi yè

Sanskrit on Talipot palm leaves (idiom); Buddhist scripture

什叶
shí yè

Shia (a movement in Islam)

捕虫叶
bǔ chóng yè

insect-catching leaf

干叶
gān yè

dried leaf

有枝有叶
yǒu zhī yǒu yè

to become bogged down in the details (idiom)

绿叶
lǜ yè

green leaf

叶选平
yè xuǎn píng

Ye Xuanping (1924-2019), former Governor of Guangdong 廣東|广东[guǎng dōng]

互生叶
hù shēng yè

alternate phyllotaxy (leaf pattern)

傅立叶变换
fù lì yè biàn huàn

(math.) Fourier transform

贝叶经
bèi yè jīng

sutra written on leaves of pattra palm tree

叶瑟
yè sè

Jesse (name)

金头缝叶莺
jīn tóu fèng yè yīng

(bird species of China) mountain tailorbird (Phyllergates cuculatus)

细叶脉
xì yè mài

veinlet in a leaf

吹叶机
chuī yè jī

leaf blower (machine)

后半叶
hòu bàn yè

latter half (of a decade, century etc)

橙腹叶鹎
chéng fù yè bēi

(bird species of China) orange-bellied leafbird (Chloropsis hardwickii)

叶圣陶
yè shèng táo

Ye Shengtao (1894-1988), writer and editor, known esp. for children's books

枕叶
zhěn yè

occipital lobe

桉叶油
ān yè yóu

eucalyptus oil

贝叶棕
bèi yè zōng

pattra palm tree (Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as paper substitute for Buddhist sutras

叶公好龙
yè gōng hào lóng

lit. Lord Ye's passion for dragons (idiom)

合叶
hé yè

hinge

傅里叶
fù lǐ yè

Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Fourier (French mathematician, 1768-1830)

布莱叶
bù lái yè

Braille (name)

什叶派
shí yè pài

Shia sect (of Islam)

牡丹虽好,全仗绿叶扶持
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.

梅西叶
méi xī yè

Charles Messier (1730-1817), French astronomer who catalogued nebulas and galaxies

傅立叶
fù lì yè

Charles Fourier (French sociologist and socialist, 1772-1837)

针叶树
zhēn yè shù

conifer