玉樹

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Chinese

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jade tree
trad. (玉樹)
simp. (玉树)
Literally: “jade tree”.
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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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玉樹

  1. (literary, mythology) fairy tree
  2. (literary, figurative) jade-like beautiful tree
  3. (literary, figurative) snow-covered tree
  4. (literary, figurative) young man who is talented or handsome
  5. silver dollar (Crassula arborescens)
  6. eucalyptus
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Etymology 2

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Phono-semantic matching of Tibetan ཡུལ་ཤུལ (yul shul).

Proper noun

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玉樹

  1. (~藏族自治州, ) Yushu (an autonomous prefecture of Qinghai, China)
  2. () Yushu (a county-level city in Yushu Prefecture, Qinghai, China)