Chicago, USA

sesame (seed)

cheese (loanword)

Toshiba, Japanese electronics company

Cecilia Cheung (1980-), Hong Kong actress and pop singer

lingzhi or reishi mushroom (Ganoderma lucidum)

a low-ranking official or petty bureaucrat

Zhifu district of Yantai city, Shandong

Tang dynasty general of Goguryeo extraction (c. 702-756), active in Central Asia

turkey tail mushroom (Trametes versicolor)

Peasant leader during the late Tang Huang Chao uprising (875-884)

lit. stale grain, rotten sesame; fig. trivial matters from the past or the same boring old gossip

lit. a room with irises and orchids; fig. being in a virtuous or pleasant environment

lit. orchids and jade trees (idiom); fig. a child with splendid future prospects

Sanzhi township in New Taipei City, Taiwan

to let go of the big prize while grabbing at trifles

Nyingchi, a prefecture-level city in the Tibet Autonomous Region

your appearance (honorific)

the literal plants iris and orchid, often used symbolically to represent purity and fragrance

powdered cheese, often used as a topping or condiment for food like pasta or pizza.

Sanzhi district in New Taipei City, Taiwan

an honorific term for someone's noble or handsome appearance or countenance

a pizza crust filled with cheese

To have sympathy with a like-minded person in distress.

Zhifu district of Yantai city, Shandong province

a matter of little importance or significance

referring to things of very small size or little importance; trifles

(botany) arugula; rocket; roquette (subspecies Eruca vesicaria sativa)

Aztec person

Aztec language (Nahuatl)