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bamboo noun—竹 n (almost always used)竹子 nExamples:percussion instrument in the form of a bamboo fish (traditionally used by Daoist priests)—lit. the leather binding (of the bamboo scroll) has broken three times—genre of folk song with accompaniment of bamboo clappers—bamboo shavings (Bambusa tuldoides) used in Chinese medicine—summer sleeping mat (e.g. of woven split bamboo)—family of Chinese two-stringed fiddles, with snakeskin covered wooden soundbox and bamboo bow with horsehair bowstring—bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old)—(old) book (made of bamboo strips tied together)—reed-pipe wind instrument and vertical bamboo flute—lit. smash bamboo, overturn water tank (idiom); fig. irresistible force—bamboo and silk writing materials (before paper)—Bamboo Annals, early chronicle of Chinese ancient history, written c. 300 BC—so many that the bamboo slats have been exhausted—bamboo writing slips in ancient times (joined together form whole scrolls)—green plum and bamboo hobby-horse (idiom); a couple who were friends from childhood—lit. a force smash bamboo (idiom); fig. irresistible force—gramineae (family including bamboo, cereals, rice)—bamboo slip used for record keeping during the Han Dynasty—lit. after rain, the spring bamboo (idiom); fig. rapid new growth—moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis), used as timber etc—fine paper made from bamboo, used for calligraphy, painting etc—whipping with bamboo strips (as corporal punishment)—inscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc)—calculate (using bamboo tokens on a counting board)—lit. (bamboo) splits when it meets the knife's edge [idiom.]—classifier for sections of plants such as bamboo or sugarcane; tree branches; class periods at school; cylindrical batteries, train carriages— |