- 珊瑚 shānhú coralThe stony skeleton of coral polyps; often branched like a tree and used in jewelry or as decoration.
- 珊瑚礁 shānhújiāo coral reefa ridge or island of limestone formed by the skeletons of coral polyps and other sea organisms, found in warm shallow waters
- 珊瑚岛 shānhúdǎo coral islandAn island formed by the accumulation of coral reefs and biological debris, typically found in tropical oceans.
- 草珊瑚 cǎoshānhú sarcandra glabraAn evergreen subshrub with swollen stem joints and red spherical berries; the entire plant is used in traditional medicine.
- 珊瑚虫 shānhúchóng coral polypA sea animal with a cylinder-shaped body and many tentacles around its mouth, typically living in colonies in tropical waters.
- 珊瑚树 shānhúshù sweet viburnuma type of evergreen tree in the viburnum family with bright red berries; often used as an ornamental or fire-prevention tree
- 珊瑚婚 shānhúhūn coral wedding35th wedding anniversary
- 珊瑚潭 shānhútán Coral LakeCoral Lake, an alternative name for the Wushantou Reservoir [[乌山头水库|烏山頭水庫|wu1 shan1 tou2 shui3 ku4]] in Tainan, Taiwan, named for its jagged, coral-like shoreline
- 珊瑚石 shānhúshí coral stonea piece of coral; corallite; coral stone
- 瑚梿 húlián ritual grain vesselceremonial vessel used for holding grain offerings during ancestral sacrifices in the Xia and Shang dynasties
- 瑚琏 húliǎn ceremonial vessel(literary) ritual vessels used for holding grain in an ancestral temple; also used to describe a person of great talent or virtue worthy of important tasks
- 瑚琏之器 húliǎnzhīqì person of high calibera person of noble character or great talent capable of handling significant responsibilities
- 红珊瑚 hóngshānhú red coralred coral; precious coral used for jewelry and ornamentation
- 贵珊瑚 guìshānhú precious coralprecious coral or red coral (Corallium rubrum and several related species of marine coral)
- 铁网珊瑚 tiěwǎngshānhú to search for raritiesTo search for and collect rare items or talented people; literally describes using an iron net to gather coral from the sea
- 黑珊瑚 hēishānhú black coralany of a group of colonial corals belonging to the order Antipatharia, often used for jewelry and ornaments
Sources
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- MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CH