Definitions
- 1. to plant; to grow
- 2. to insert; to erect (e.g. a bus stop sign)
- 3. to impose sth on sb
- 4. to stumble; to fall down
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Common mistakes
Don't use 栽 for planting people; it's only for plants and objects in the ground. For figurative planting, use 种.
Formality
The 'stumble' meaning of 栽 is mainly literary or found in set phrases like 栽跟头.
Example Sentences
1 shown我们在花园里 栽 了几棵玫瑰。
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Words Containing 栽
to grow
to plunge into
to fall headlong
to enjoy the benefits of the hard work of one's predecessors. (idiom)
talk nicely and avoid disputes
lit. you plant a garden and the flowers do not bloom, you poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree
to take a fall
seedling
to plant
to plant
a mechanical planter (for rice, plants)
to tumble
to frame sb (by planting sth on them)
to fall head over heels
to grow (a plant) in a pot
to transplant (horticulture, agriculture)
to admit defeat