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willow

a kind of evergreen tree

type of oak

glory, honor

a lot

(archaic) a kind of tree whose timber was used to make ceremonial tablets 笏[hu4]

old variant of 桑[sang1]

to blow or breathe upon

xenon (chemistry) (old)

radon (element 86, Rn)

clean, purify, pure

clear

tears

old name of a river in Henan, now written 伊河

a fountain or spring

damp, boggy, marshy

sound

sparkle, glitter

river in Hebei province

stagnant water

(used in transliterating foreign words)

(literary) fire

soot

variant of 炱[tai2]

firelight; blaze

bright and spacious

simmer

old variant of 稱|称[chen4]

a small table or tiered stand filled with meat offerings

to split something into two

a prop, beam

(bovine)

animal name

follow

monkey with gold-colored hair

name of a tribe

mysterious, subtle

name of one kind of jade

(literary) a kind of fine jade

(jade)

(literary) lustrous precious stone

precious, valuable, rare

two pieces of jade joined together

enamel, cloisonné

earthen jar

earthen jar

unnecessary, unneeded

Chinese land measure

land

field

plow, cultivate

to fill

Chinese land measure

rice field

issue, dispatch, send out, emit

why not? would it not be better to?