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Trad. 芒種
- Mangzhong or Grain in Beard, 9th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 6th-20th June
Trad. 播種
- to grow (maize etc) from seed
- to plant (maize etc) by sowing seed
Trad. 菌種
- (microorganism) species; strain
- (fungus and mushroom) spore; spawn
Trad. 文種
- Wen Zhong (-467 BC), adviser to the state of Yue during Spring and Autumn period
Trad. 火種
- tinder
- source of a fire
- inflammable material
- (fig.) spark (of a revolution etc)
Trad. 種草
- (neologism) (slang) to spark interest in a product or idea (esp. on social media)
Trad. 引種
- (agriculture, animal husbandry) to introduce a new variety of plant or animal
Trad. 警種
- police classification
- subdivision of policing activities (traffic, border guard, criminal etc)
Trad. 湯種
- water roux (aka tangzhong), a gelatinous paste made by heating a mixture of flour and water, used in breadmaking to produce a softer, fluffier loaf (loanword from Japanese 湯種 yudane)
Trad. 冤種
- (slang) sucker; dupe; patsy (often used humorously or self-deprecatingly)
Trad. 保種
- (agriculture) to preserve a plant variety or animal breed
- (conservation) to conserve a wild species or population
Trad. 浸種
- to soak seeds (in water to hasten germination, or in a chemical solution to prevent damage from insects etc)
Trad. 種姓制
- caste system (traditional Indian social division)
Trad. 種子島
- Tanegashima, Japanese Island off Kyushu, the Japanese space launch site
Trad. 模式種
- type species (used to define a genus in taxonomy)
Trad. 矮桿品種
- short-stalked variety
- short straw variety
Trad. 藍田種玉
- a marriage made in heaven (idiom)
Trad. 包衣種子
- seed enclosed in artificial capsule
Trad. 多種多樣
- manifold
- all sorts
- many and varied
Trad. 特種警察
- SWAT (Special Weapons And Tactics)
- riot police
Trad. 乙種射線
- beta ray (electron stream from radioactive decay)
Trad. 乙種粒子
- beta particle (electron, esp. high speed electron emitted by radioactive nucleus)
Trad. 維基物種
- Wikispecies, (species.wikimedia.org), online project to catalog all known species
Trad. 亡國滅種
- country destroyed, its people annihilated (idiom); total destruction
Trad. 謬種流傳
- to pass on errors or lies (idiom); the propagation of misconceptions
Trad. 物種起源
- Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species"
Trad. 特種空勤團
- Special Air Service (SAS)
Trad. 種族中心主義
- ethnocentrism
Trad. 基本多文種平面
- basic multilingual plane (BMP)
Trad. 種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆
- lit. Sow melon and you get melon, sow beans and you get beans (idiom); fig. As you sow, so shall you reap.
- One must live with the consequences of one's actions.
- You've made your bed, now must lie on it.