jujube; red date; a fully ripe or dried Chinese date which has deep red skin and sweet flesh

jujube; red date

Zaozhuang, a prefecture-level city in Shandong Province

deciduous shrub or small tree with thorny branches [[棘|棘|ji2]] (Ziziphus jujuba var. spinosa)

jujube or date preserved in honey or thick sugar syrup

jujube tree; Chinese date tree

purplish red; maroon; the deep red color of a ripe jujube

the fruit of the jujube tree; Chinese date

Zaozhuang, a prefecture-level city in Shandong Province [[山东省|山東省|shan1 dong1 sheng3]]

Zaoyang, a county-level city in [[襄阳|襄陽|xiang1 yang2]] City, Hubei province

Zaoyang, a county-level city in [[襄阳市|襄陽市|xiang1 yang2 shi4]], Hubei province

A species of persimmon tree (Diospyros lotus) with elliptical leaves and dark red or greenish-white flowers

a sweet paste made from boiled jujubes that have been peeled, pitted, and mashed; often used as a filling for pastries and mooncakes

steamed cake or dumplings made with jujubes (Chinese dates)

literally to swallow a whole date without chewing; used to describe accepting or absorbing information without thinking, analyzing, or understanding it properly

narrow-leaved oleaster, a deciduous shrub or small tree with silver-white leaves and fragrant flowers that is often used for sand stabilization; also refers to its edible oval fruit

jujube fruit or Chinese date; the fruit of the jujube tree

a tropical palm tree of the genus Phoenix

Zaoqiang county in [[衡水|衡水|heng2 shui3]], Hebei province

(literary) printing blocks used for engraving books, traditionally made from the wood of pear and date trees; by extension, a published book or the act of printing

the date palm tree (Phoenix dactylifera) or its fruit

evergreen tree originally from North Africa and Western Asia with long pinnate leaves

Zaoqiang county in [[衡水|衡水|heng2 shui3]], Hebei province

(bound form) a kind of gallstone taken from the gallbladder or digestive tract of a monkey, used in traditional medicine; it is typically oval, resembling a small date in shape and size with a smooth, glossy dark green or bronze surface

a type of Chinese date or jujube with a crunchy texture and often pointed ends

a face as red as ripe dates; used to describe a reddish or flushed complexion, famously associated with the character [[关羽|關羽|guan1 yu3]] in literature

literally "three melons and two dates"; refers to a tiny amount of money or something small and insignificant not worth mentioning

Chinese dates (jujubes) preserved in liquor; dates steeped in spirits and sealed in a container

Dark reddish brown like the color of dried dates; used in literature to describe a healthy or heroic complexion

a type of crisp dried date; large dates that have been pitted and then fire-dried or roasted until crisp

Chinese dates preserved in spirits or liquor

a book poorly written or of no value; literally refers to wasting pear and date wood which were used as printing blocks in ancient times

To show brotherly love and unselfishness; specifically references the stories of Wang Tai of the Southern Dynasties not competing for dates and Kong Rong of the Eastern Han giving up the larger pear to his brother.

slang; to be shot with a bullet or have one's brains blown out

a type of date or jujube with pointed ends; also called a [[脆枣|脆棗|cui4 zao3]]

literally "to give a slap then offer a sweet date"; to treat someone harshly and then offer a small favor or consolation as a way to manage them

steamed or baked cake made with jujubes or jujube paste

books; volumes; editions

the date palm tree or its fruit, Phoenix dactylifera

purplish red or maroon color; the color of a ripe jujube

repulsively ugly; misshapen and inferior produce (metaphor for people or things)

someone with an ugly appearance but a good heart; (sometimes) something that is ugly but useful

(literary) used to describe the printing of useless books, literally meaning to bring disaster to the jujube and pear trees used as woodblocks for printing

date-plum persimmon or its fruit (Diospyros lotus)

date-plum persimmon or its fruit

(literary variant) the fruit of the Japanese cornel tree used in traditional medicine

(topo.) a person who moves awkwardly and clumsily or acts very slowly

the fruit or tree of the date-plum persimmon, also known as the lotus persimmon