瓜
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Definitions
- 1. melon
- 2. gourd
- 3. squash
Words Containing 瓜
idiot
pumpkin
to partition
melon seed
watermelon
cucumber
chayote (Sechium edule); choko; mirliton
(dialect) pumpkin
point-and-shoot camera
wax gourd (Cucurbitaceae, Benincasa hispida)
jack-o'-lantern
Ecuador
(neologism c. 2016) (slang) to watch an entertaining spectacle from the sidelines and-or engage in gossip about it
peanut gallery (esp. in online forums)
see 佛手瓜[fó shǒu guā]
idiot
Hami melon (a variety of muskmelon)
Hami melon (a variety of muskmelon)
sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
sweet potato or yam noodles
Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua
gherkin
Nicaragua
lit. if you have to use force to break a melon off the vine, it won't taste sweet (because it's only when the melon is ripe that it can be removed with just a slight twist) (idiom)
zucchini
a smaller variety of watermelon, with big, edible seeds
smashed cucumber salad
to let go of the big prize while grabbing at trifles (idiom)
papaya (Carica papaya)
(Taiwan) see 嘰哩咕嚕|叽哩咕噜[jī li gū lū]
ugly
ugly
Tellina iridescens (a bivalve mollusk)
(of animals) round and fat
lit. ripe as a melon that rolls from its vine (idiom); fig. to know fluently
every potter praises his own pot (idiom)
a changeover of personnel
(dialect) fool
oval face
Guazhou county in Jiuquan 酒泉, Gansu
Guazhou county in Jiuquan 酒泉[jiǔ quán], Gansu
Guadeloupe
Kuala Terengganu, capital of Terengganu state, Malaysia
guarana (Paullinia cupana)
fruit (plural sense)
no gourd is perfectly round, just as no man is perfect (proverb)
when the melon is ripe, it falls (idiom); problems sort themselves out in the fullness of time
lit. don't tie your shoelaces in a melon patch, and don't adjust your hat under a plum tree (idiom)
Chinese skullcap resembling the skin of half a watermelon
the umbilicus of a melon
fruit and vegetables
connection
melon farmer
Guadalcanal Island
battle of Guadalcanal of late 1942, the turning point of the war in the Pacific
Guadalajara
Sierra de Guadarrama (mountain range across Iberia, passing north of Madrid)
Sierra de Guadarrama (mountain range across Iberia, passing north of Madrid)
Gwadar, free trade port city in Pakistani province of Baluchistan
Gwadar Port on Arabian Sea in Pakistani province of Baluchistan
bottle gourd
muskmelon
papaya
(dialect) pumpkin
honeydew melon
eggplant (Cantonese)
(of a girl) to lose one's virginity
lit. Sow melon and you get melon, sow beans and you get beans (idiom); fig. As you sow, so shall you reap.
fool
malt sugar candy, a traditional offering to the kitchen god Zaoshen 灶神
luffa (loofah)
every potter praises his own pot (idiom)
cucumber
smelt (family Osmeridae)
skull
see 腦瓜|脑瓜[nǎo guā]
bitter melon (bitter gourd, balsam pear, balsam apple, leprosy gourd, bitter cucumber)
sour expression on one's face
snake melon
white flowered gourd or calabash (family Crescentia)
snake melon
pickle
pickled cucumber
pumpkin (Gymnopetalum chinense)
Cerro Aconcagua, mountain in the Americas
Mount Aconcagua, Argentina, the highest point in the Western Hemisphere
(neologism) (slang) it's none of your business (imitation of an accented pronunciation of 與你無關|与你无关[yǔ nǐ wú guān])
cucumber
(dialect) pumpkin
lit. to follow the vine to get to the melon
cantaloupe melon
Managua, capital of Nicaragua
spaghetti squash (Cucurbita pepo)
Muggles (Harry Potter)