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- tamarind (Tamarindus indica) tropical tree with bean-like fruit
- pickled caper
Trad. 煙豆
- variable glycine (Glycine tabacina), a scrambling plant in the bean family
Trad. 納豆
- nattō, a type of fermented soybean, popular as a breakfast food in Japan
- immature green soy beans, either still in the pod (edamame) or removed from the pod
- steamed bun with sweetened bean paste filling
- (Tw) beancurd skin sheet folded into a small square packet shape then dried
- pressed tofu; dried tofu (ingredient of Chinese cuisine made by pressing, drying and flavoring tofu to produce a firm chewy block, typically cut into thin strips when preparing a dish)
- cotyledon of a bean or pea (i.e. either of the halves of a bean or pea)
- thick bean sauce (abbr. for 豆瓣醬|豆瓣酱[dou4 ban4 jiang4])
- croton (Croton tiglium), evergreen bush of Euphorbiaceae family 大戟科[da4 ji3 ke1]
- croton seed, a strong purgative
- cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum)
- fig. a girl's teenage years
- maidenhood
- a budding beauty
- loafers (the name comes from the rubber "pebbles", which resemble beans, on the sole of some loafers)
Trad. 甘納豆
- amanattō, traditional Japanese sweets made from azuki or other beans
- stinky tofu
- strong-smelling preserved beancurd
- fig. rough exterior but lovable person
- star anise-flavored fava beans (snack from Shaoxing, Zhejiang province)
Trad. 綠豆椪
- mung bean cake (pastry with a rounded top, containing a sweet or savory filling made with cooked mung beans)
Trad. 蠶豆症
- G6PD deficiency (glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency)
Trad. 納豆菌
- Bacillus subtilis (formerly Bacillus natto), a common soil bacterium
- nutmeg (Myristica fragrans Houtt)
- mace
- Myristicaceae (family of plants producing aromatic or hallucinogenic oils)
Trad. 豆滿江
- Dumangang, Korean name of Tumen river 圖們江|图们江[Tu2 men2 jiang1] in Jilin province, forming the eastern border between China and North Korea
Trad. 巴豆屬
- Croton, genus of evergreen bush of Euphorbiaceae family 大戟科[da4 ji3 ke1]
Trad. 巴豆樹
- croton bush (Croton tiglium), evergreen bush of Euphorbiaceae family 大戟科[da4 ji3 ke1], with seed having strong purgative properties
- okara (i.e. soy pulp, a by-product of making soymilk or tofu)
- tofu skin (made by drying the skin that forms on the surface of soymilk during cooking, and therefore not actually made from tofu)
- to take liberties with (a woman)
- to tease with sexual innuendo
- to sexually harass
- to take advantage of sb
Trad. 豆蔻年華
- (idiom) (of a girl) 13 or 14 years old; early teens; adolescence
Trad. 大溪豆乾
- dried tofu made in Daxi, a district of Taoyuan, Taiwan famous for its dried tofu 豆干[dou4 gan1]
Trad. 乾煸豆角
- green beans in sauce, popular Beijing dish
- mapo tofu
- stir-fried beancurd in chili sauce
- Myristicaceae (family of plants including nutmeg)
- (bird species of China) tundra bean goose (Anser serrirostris)
- egg tofu (a Japanese egg-based delicacy with a smooth, silken texture similar to tofu)
Trad. 豆寇年華
- erroneous variant of 豆蔻年華|豆蔻年华[dou4 kou4 nian2 hua2]
- burning beanstalks to cook the beans (idiom); to cause internecine strife
Trad. 紅豆杉醇
- Taxol (a.k.a. Paclitaxel), mitotic inhibitor used in cancer chemotherapy
- almond tofu; almond jelly (dessert made with apricot kernel milk, sugar and agar)
- the God of Thunder strikes bean curd
- fig. to bully the weakest person
- to pick on an easy target
Trad. 酸辣土豆絲
- hot and sour shredded potato
- like beans pouring out of a bamboo tube (metaphor for blurting everything out at once)
Trad. 乾煸四季豆
- fried beans, Sichuan style
Trad. 乾煸土豆絲
- dry-fried potato slices (Chinese dish)
Trad. 炸土豆條兒
- erhua variant of 炸土豆條|炸土豆条[zha2 tu3 dou4 tiao2]
- jerry-built building project
- lit. built on soybean dregs
Trad. 駑馬戀棧豆
- see 駑馬戀棧|驽马恋栈[nu2 ma3 lian4 zhan4]
- to have a sharp tongue but a soft heart (idiom)
Trad. 心急吃不了熱豆腐
- hasty men don't get to eat hot tofu (idiom)
- one just has to be patient
- haste will ruin everything
- lit. knife mouth but heart of bean curd; sharp tongue concealing a caring heart
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.
Trad. 雷公打豆腐，揀軟的欺
- the God of Thunder strikes bean curd, a bully picks the weakest person
- to pick on an easy target
Trad. 馬尾穿豆腐，提不起來
- lit. like tofu strung on horsetail, you can't lift it
- fig. let's not talk of this (pun on 提[ti2])