1.(botany) common stock; gillyflower (Matthiola incana)2.(botany) violet
1.red-purple2.mauve3.prune (color)4.claret+1 条 edible seaweed of genus Porphyra or genus Pyropia, esp. one used to make dried sheets of nori
1.the Forbidden City2.the Imperial Palace in Beijing3.same as 故宫[gù gōng]
amethyst (purple crystalline silicon dioxide)
1.dark reddish purple2.Internet slang abbr. for 这样子[zhè yàng zi]
1.beefsteak plant2.shiso3.Perilla frutescens
Japanese yew (taxus cuspidata)
1.thousands of purples and reds (idiom); a blaze of color2.fig. a profusion of flourishing trades
Purple Mountain in suburbs of Nanjing, with Ming tombs and Sun Yat-sen's mausoleum
1.gentian violet C25H30ClN32.crystal violet
purple cloud (auspicious portent in astrology)
a type of clay found in the region of Yixing 宜兴[yí xīng], used to make Yixing stoneware, with its distinctive russet or dark purple coloring
black bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra)
1.red root gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon)2.flowering plant whose roots provide purple dye3.arnebia (plant genus in family Boraginaceae)
Chinese redbud (Cercis chinensis)
(botany) aster (Aster tataricus)
copper (pure copper, as opposed to alloy)
Murasaki Shikibu (born c. 973), Japanese writer, author of "The Tale of Genji"
Taxol (a.k.a. Paclitaxel), mitotic inhibitor used in cancer chemotherapy
(TCM) dried human placenta (used as medicine)
Japanese ardisia (Ardisia japonica)
Zijin, a county in Heyuan City 河源市[hé yuán shì], Guangdong
Ziyang, a county in Ankang City 安康市[ān kāng shì], Shaanxi
Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus)
Zhao Ziyang (1919-2005), PRC reforming politician, general secretary of Chinese Communist Party 1987-1989, held under house arrest from 1989 to his death, and non-person since then
1.lit. beautiful purples and brilliant reds (idiom)2.fig. beautiful flowers
Zi Wei Dou Shu, a form of Chinese fortune-telling
(idiom) auspicious omen heralding good fortune
your appearance (honorific)
Chinese violet (Viola mandsurica)
golden seal at the waist, purple gown (idiom); in official position