街头 literally means 'street end' or 'street head'

街角 (jiē jiǎo) literally combines 街 (jiē), me

街道 (jiē dào) literally combines 街 (jiē), mea

‘Xiǎo jiē’ literally means ‘small street’—a

‘Dà jiē’ literally means ‘big street’ — ‘d

‘蓝莓’ is a compound noun meaning ‘blueberry’

'Blue-collar worker' is a direct loan translation

'蓝色' (lán sè) literally means 'blue color' and

‘蓝天’ literally means ‘blue sky’—a compound

香芭蕉 (xiāng bā jiāo) is a less common, litera

‘蕉心’ literally means ‘banana heart’ — it re

‘蕉风’ is a poetic, literary compound meaning 'b

'Jiāo yè' literally means 'banana leaf' — combi

‘芭蕉’ (bā jiāo) refers to the Japanese banana

香蕉 (xiāng jiāo) is the standard Mandarin word

‘Wàn zǐ qiān hóng’ literally means ‘ten tho

'Wàn wù' literally means 'ten thousand things'—

‘毒草’ literally means ‘poisonous grass’ or ‘

‘杂草’ literally combines ‘杂’ (zá), meaning

‘Cǎoshū’ (cursive script) is one of the major

‘草稿’ (cǎogǎo) literally combines ‘草’ (cǎ

‘Xiǎocǎo’ literally means ‘small grass’ — c

'Cǎodì' literally combines 'cǎo' (grass) and 'd

烟花 (yān huā) literally means 'smoke flower'—a

The word huāyàng literally combines 花 (huā, 'f

游船 literally combines 游 (yóu), meaning 'to tra

'货船' (huò chuán) literally combines '货' (huò

‘客船’ literally means ‘guest ship’ — 客 (kè

渔船 (yú chuán) literally combines 渔 (yú), mea

轮船 literally means 'wheel ship' — 轮 (lún) ref

‘Huái jiù’ literally combines ‘huái’ (to ch

'Xīn jiù' literally combines the characters for

'旧址' literally combines '旧' (jiù), meaning 'ol

‘旧事’ literally combines ‘旧’ (jiù), meaning

‘旧友’ literally combines ‘旧’ (jiù), meaning

'旧书' literally means 'old book', but in modern C

红脸 (hóng liǎn) literally means 'red face' and

‘长脸’ (zhǎng liǎn) is an idiomatic noun meani

‘脸’ (liǎn) means 'face', and ‘色’ (sè) mean

"Xiào liǎn" literally combines "xiào" (to smile