玉樹
Chinese edit
jade | tree | ||
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trad. (玉樹) | 玉 | 樹 | |
simp. (玉树) | 玉 | 树 | |
Literally: “jade tree”. |
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
玉樹
- (literary, mythology) fairy tree
- (literary, figurative) jade-like beautiful tree
- (literary, figurative) snow-covered tree
- (literary, figurative) young man who is talented or handsome
- silver dollar (Crassula arborescens)
- eucalyptus
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Etymology 2 edit
Phono-semantic matching of Tibetan ཡུལ་ཤུལ (yul shul).
Proper noun edit
玉樹