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Trad. 萵筍
- celtuce; stem lettuce (Lactuca sativa var. asparagina), aka Chinese lettuce
Trad. 春筍
- springtime bamboo shoots
- fig. (of woman's fingers) tender and delicate
Trad. 冬筍
- winter bamboo shoots (smaller and tenderer as a result of being dug out before they come out of the soil)
Trad. 茭白筍
- edible stem of Manchurian wild rice 菰[gu1], aka water bamboo
Trad. 雨後春筍
- lit. after rain, the spring bamboo (idiom); fig. rapid new growth
- many new things emerge in rapid succession
