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Examples:lit. fly one's banner on a solitary tree (idiom); fig. to act as a loner—It takes ten years nurture a tree, but a hundred years to train a man (idiom). A good education program takes a long time to develop.—pattra palm tree (Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as paper substitute for Buddhist sutras—lit. climb a tree catch a fish (idiom); fig. to attempt the impossible—a legendary tree that sheds coins when shaken—mulberry tree, with leaves used feed silkworms—sandalwood (Santalum album), a Nepalese tree producing valuable fragrant oil—good Chinese wood-oil tree (Aleurites cordata)—species of oak tree with medicinal bark (old)—pattra palm tree (loan from Sanskrit, Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as paper substitute for Buddhist sutras—wrap one's arm around (used to describe the girth of a tree trunk)—lit. a tall tree attracts the wind (idiom); a famous person attract criticism—Styracaceae, tree family including silver-bell, snowdrop and benzoin—fig. a tree may grow a thousand zhang high, but its leaves return their roots (proverb)—lit. the red apricot tree leans over the garden wall—When the tree topples the monkeys scatter. (idiom); fig. an opportunist abandons an unfavorable cause—guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish (idiom); without any practical course of action—Betulaceae (broadleaf tree family including birch and alder)—lit. only one branch of the tree is thriving [idiom.]—lit. guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits [idiom.]—lit. don't tie your shoelaces in a melon patch, and don't adjust your hat under a plum tree [idiom.]—classifier for sections of plants such as bamboo or sugarcane; tree branches; class periods at school; cylindrical batteries, train carriages— |