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Character Decomposition
栽=戈+木
Etymology
tree
Meanings
to plant; to grow
to insert; to erect (e.g. a bus stop sign)
to impose sth on sb
to stumble; to fall down
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Words with 栽 48 total
to transplant (horticulture, agriculture)移栽yí zāito take a fall栽倒zāi dǎoto grow · to cultivate · to train · to educate · to patronize栽培zāi péito plant · to transplant栽植zāi zhíto plant · to grow栽种zāi zhòngto grow in open ground (as opposed to pot cultivation 盆栽 pén zāi)地栽dì zāiseedling · young plant栽子zāi zito frame sb (by planting sth on them)栽赃zāi zāngto grow (a plant) in a pot · potted plant (sometimes refers specifically to a bonsai plant)盆栽pén zāito admit defeat认栽rèn zāito fall headlong · (fig.) to suffer an ignominious failure倒栽葱dào zāi cōngto fall head over heels · (fig.) to come a cropper栽跟头zāi gēn toua mechanical planter (for rice, plants)栽种机zāi zhòng jīto tumble · to fall head over heels · (fig.) to take a tumble栽筋斗zāi jīn dǒuto plunge into · to run headlong into一头栽进yī tóu zāi jìntalk nicely and avoid disputes · give compliments and not remarks多栽花少栽刺duō zāi huā shǎo zāi cìto enjoy the benefits of the hard work of one's predecessors. (idiom)前人栽树，后人乘凉qián rén zāi shù , hòu rén chéng liánglit. you plant a garden and the flowers do not bloom, you poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree · fig. things do not always turn out as one would expect · well-laid plans may fail, and success may come where you least expect it有意栽花花不发，无心插柳柳成阴yǒu yì zāi huā huā bù fā , wú xīn chā liǔ liǔ chéng yīn
Idioms with 栽 1 total Chain
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