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  • apricot
  • (bound form) almond
  • Xinglin District of Xiamen city (renamed Haicang 海滄區|海沧区[Hai3 cang1 Qu1] in 2003)
  • forest of apricot trees
  • (fig.) honorific term for fine doctor (cf Dr Dong Feng 董奉[Dong3 Feng4], 3rd century AD, asked his patients to plant apricot trees instead of paying fees)
Trad. 杏樹
  • apricot tree
  • large, round eyes (considered beautiful)
Trad. 杏林區
  • Xinglin District of Xiamen city 廈門市|厦门市[Xia4 men2 shi4] (renamed Haicang District 海滄區|海沧区[Hai3 cang1 Qu1] in 2003)
Trad. 杏花嶺
  • Xinghualing district of Taiyuan city 太原市[Tai4 yuan2 shi4], Shanxi
  • village of blossoming apricot trees where one can find a wineshop (reference to the famous poem 清明 by 杜牧[Du4 Mu4])
Trad. 杏鮑菇
  • king oyster mushroom (Pleurotus eryngii)
Trad. 紅杏出牆
  • lit. the red apricot tree leans over the garden wall (idiom)
  • fig. a wife having an illicit lover
  • almond tofu; almond jelly (dessert made with apricot kernel milk, sugar and agar)
Trad. 杏花嶺區
  • Xinghualing district of Taiyuan city 太原市[Tai4 yuan2 shi4], Shanxi

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