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  1. 1. to be in harmony

Words Containing 叶

树叶
shù yè

tree leaves

茶叶
chá yè

tea

叶子
yè zi

leaf (CL:片[piàn])

一叶知秋
yī yè zhī qiū

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

一叶障目
yī yè zhàng mù

lit. eyes obscured by a single leaf (idiom)

七叶树
qī yè shù

Chinese horse chestnut (Aesculus chinensis)

三叶星云
sān yè xīng yún

Trifid Nebula M20

三叶虫
sān yè chóng

trilobite

三叶草
sān yè cǎo

clover

上半叶
shàng bàn yè

the first half (of a period)

不完全叶
bù wán quán yè

incomplete leaf

中叶
zhōng yè

mid- (e.g. mid-century)

干叶
gān yè

dried leaf

互生叶
hù shēng yè

alternate phyllotaxy (leaf pattern)

什叶
shí yè

Shia (a movement in Islam)

什叶派
shí yè pài

Shia sect (of Islam)

傅立叶
fù lì yè

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

傅立叶变换
fù lì yè biàn huàn

(math.) Fourier transform

傅里叶
fù lǐ yè

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

冰叶日中花
bīng yè rì zhōng huā

ice plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum)

刀叶
dāo yè

blade

初叶
chū yè

early part (of a decade, century etc)

前额叶皮质
qián é yè pí zhì

prefrontal cortex (PFC)

千叶县
qiān yè xiàn

Chiba prefecture, Japan

台湾叶鼻蝠
tái wān yè bí fú

Formosan leaf-nosed bat

叶韵
xié yùn

to rhyme

合叶
hé yè

hinge

吹叶机
chuī yè jī

leaf blower (machine)

单子叶
dān zǐ yè

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

单叶双曲面
dān yè shuāng qū miàn

hyperboloid of one sheet (math.)

四叶草
sì yè cǎo

four-leaf clover

多叶
duō yè

leafy

大叶性肺炎
dà yè xìng fèi yán

lobar pneumonia

嫩叶
nèn yè

tender young leaves

子叶
zǐ yè

cotyledon (first embryonic leaf)

布莱叶
bù lái yè

Braille (name)

后半叶
hòu bàn yè

latter half (of a decade, century etc)

心叶椴
xīn yè duàn

small-leaf linden (Tilia cordata)

捕虫叶
bǔ chóng yè

insect-catching leaf

月桂树叶
yuè guì shù yè

laurel leaf; bay leaf

月桂叶
yuè guì yè

bay leaf; laurel leaf

有枝有叶
yǒu zhī yǒu yè

to become bogged down in the details (idiom)

末叶
mò yè

final years

朱丽叶
zhū lì yè

Juliet or Juliette (name)

枕叶
zhěn yè

occipital lobe

枝繁叶茂
zhī fán yè mào

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

枝叶
zhī yè

branch and leaf

枯叶
kū yè

dead leaf

枯叶剂
kū yè jì

Agent Orange (herbicide)

柊叶
zhōng yè

Phrynium capitatum

柳叶刀
liǔ yè dāo

lancet (surgeon's knife)

柳叶眉
liǔ yè méi

see 柳眉[liǔ méi]

根深叶茂
gēn shēn yè mào

deep roots and vigorous foliage (idiom)

桉叶油
ān yè yóu

eucalyptus oil

梅西叶
méi xī yè

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

梅西叶星表
méi xī yè xīng biǎo

Messier catalog of nebulae and clusters (1784)

梵册贝叶
fàn cè bèi yè

Sanskrit on Talipot palm leaves (idiom); Buddhist scripture

棕叶
zòng yè

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

枫叶
fēng yè

maple leaf

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]

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)

橙腹叶鹎
chéng fù yè bēi

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

烟叶
yān yè

leaf tobacco

牛百叶
niú bǎi yè

omasum

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.

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.

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.

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.

番泻叶
fān xiè yè

senna leaf (Folium sennae)

百叶
bǎi yè

tripe (stomach lining of cattle etc used as food)

百叶窗
bǎi yè chuāng

shutter

百叶箱
bǎi yè xiāng

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

皱叶欧芹
zhòu yè ōu qín

curled-leaf parsley (Petroselinum crispum)

秋叶
qiū yè

autumn leaf

秋叶原
qiū yè yuán

Akihabara, region of downtown Tokyo famous for electronics stores

竹叶青
zhú yè qīng

Trimeresurus stejnegeri (poisonous snake)

竹叶青蛇
zhú yè qīng shé

Trimeresurus stejnegeri (poisonous snake)

粗枝大叶
cū zhī dà yè

thick stems and broad leaves (idiom)

红叶
hóng yè

red autumnal leaves

纸叶子
zhǐ yè zi

deck of playing cards

细叶脉
xì yè mài

veinlet in a leaf

绿叶
lǜ yè

green leaf

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

羽状复叶
yǔ zhuàng fù yè

bipinnate leaf (in phyllotaxy)

脑叶
nǎo yè

lobe of the brain

艾叶
ài yè

Folium Artemisiae argyi

艾叶油
ài yè yóu

mugwort leaf oil (TCM)

艾叶炭
ài yè tàn

Folium Artemisiae argyi carbonisatum

芫荽叶
yán sui yè

coriander leaf

茱丽叶
zhū lì yè

Juliet or Juliette (name)

茶叶蛋
chá yè dàn

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

萎叶
wěi yè

betel

落叶
luò yè

dead leaves

落叶剂
luò yè jì

defoliant

落叶乔木
luò yè qiáo mù

deciduous tree

落叶层
luò yè céng

leaf litter

落叶松
luò yè sōng

larch tree (Pinus larix)

落叶植物
luò yè zhí wù

deciduous plant

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]

叶伟文
yè wěi wén

alias of 葉偉民|叶伟民[yè wěi mín]

叶伟民
yè wěi mín

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

叶公好龙
yè gōng hào lóng

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

叶利钦
yè lì qīn

Yeltsin (name)

叶卡捷琳堡
yè kǎ jié lín bǎo

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

叶卡捷琳娜
yè kǎ jié lín nà

Yekaterina or Ekaterina (name)

叶卡特琳娜堡
yè kǎ tè lín nà bǎo

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

叶口蝠科
yè kǒu fú kē

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

叶问
yè wèn

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

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

叶子列
yè zi liè

leaf arrangement

叶序
yè xù

leaf arrangement

叶挺
yè tǐng

Ye Ting (1896-1946), communist military leader

叶枕
yè zhěn

pulvini

叶柄
yè bǐng

petiole

叶永烈
yè yǒng liè

Ye Yonglie (1940-), popular science writer

叶江川
yè jiāng chuān

Ye Jiangchuan

叶尔羌河
yè ěr qiāng hé

Yarkant River in Xinjiang

叶片
yè piàn

blade (of propellor)

叶片状
yè piàn zhuàng

foliated

叶瑟
yè sè

Jesse (name)

叶礼庭
yè lǐ tíng

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

叶绿素
yè lǜ sù

chlorophyll

叶绿体
yè lǜ tǐ

chloroplast

叶县
yè xiàn

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

叶圣陶
yè shèng táo

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

叶脉
yè mài

venation (pattern of veins on a leaf)

叶脉序
yè mài xù

leaf venation (botany)

叶苔
yè tái

liverwort (Jungermannia lanceolata)

叶落归根
yè luò guī gēn

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

叶轮
yè lún

turbine wheel

叶轮机械
yè lún jī xiè

turbomachine

叶选平
yè xuǎn píng

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

叶酸
yè suān

folic acid

叶鞘
yè qiào

(botany) leaf sheath

叶黄素
yè huáng sù

lutein (biochemistry)

叶鼻蝠
yè bí fú

leaf-nosed bat

蓝翅叶鹎
lán chì yè bēi

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

复叶
fù yè

compound leaf (botany)

贝叶
bèi yè

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

贝叶斯
bèi yè sī

Bayes (name)

贝叶棕
bèi yè zōng

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

贝叶经
bèi yè jīng

sutra written on leaves of pattra palm tree

迦叶佛
jiā yè fó

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

金头缝叶莺
jīn tóu fèng yè yīng

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

针叶
zhēn yè

needle-leaved (tree)

针叶林
zhēn yè lín

needle-leaved forest

针叶植物
zhēn yè zhí wù

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

针叶树
zhēn yè shù

conifer

银叶
yín yè

silver leaf

长尾缝叶莺
cháng wěi féng yè yīng

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

闰四月,吃树叶
rùn sì yuè , chī shù yè

an intercalary fourth month brings food shortages

阔叶
kuò yè

broad-leaved (tree)

双子叶
shuāng zǐ yè

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

顶叶
dǐng yè

parietal lobe

额叶
é yè

frontal lobe

颞叶
niè yè

temporal lobe

飞叶子
fēi yè zi

(slang) to smoke pot

香菜叶
xiāng cài yè

coriander leaf

香叶
xiāng yè

bay leaf

香叶醇
xiāng yè chún

geraniol (chemistry)

黑喉缝叶莺
hēi hóu féng yè yīng

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

龙利叶
lóng lì yè

Sauropus spatulifolius Beille (shrub of the Euphorbiaceae family)

龙嵩叶
lóng sōng yè

tarragon