柳

surname Liu

willow

old variant of 柳[liu3]

old variant of 柳[liu3]

mortise (slot cut into wood to receive a tenon) / 4th earthly branch: 5-7 a.m., 2nd solar month (6th March-4th April), year of the Rabbit / ancient Chinese compass point: 90° (east) / variant of 鉚|铆[mao3] / to exert one's strength

variant of 卯[mao3]

old variant of 卯[mao3]

(bound form) tree / (bound form) wood / unresponsive; numb; wooden

(bird species of China) Radde's warbler (Phylloscopus schwarzi)

(bird species of China) Sakhalin leaf warbler (Phylloscopus borealoides)

broken flower, withered willow (idiom); fig. fallen woman

(bird species of China) Japanese leaf warbler (Phylloscopus xanthodryas)

Spring Willow Society, pioneering Chinese theatrical company set up in Tokyo in 1906, part of New Culture Movement 新文化運動|新文化运动[Xin1 Wen2 hua4 Yun4 dong4], continued in China from 1912 as 新劇同志會|新剧同志会[Xin1 ju4 Tong2 zhi4 hui4]

Spring Willow Society, pioneering Chinese theatrical company set up in Tokyo in 1906, part of New Culture Movement 新文化運動|新文化运动[Xin1 Wen2 hua4 Yun4 dong4], continued in China from 1912 as 新劇同志會|新剧同志会[Xin1 ju4 Tong2 zhi4 hui4]

Spring Willow Society, pioneering Chinese theatrical company set up in Tokyo in 1906, part of New Culture Movement 新文化運動|新文化运动[Xin1 Wen2 hua4 Yun4 dong4], continued in China from 1912 as 新劇同志會|新剧同志会[Xin1 ju4 Tong2 zhi4 hui4]

(bird species of China) greenish warbler (Phylloscopus trochiloides)

lit. you plant a garden and the flowers do not bloom, you poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree / fig. things do not always turn out as one would expect / well-laid plans may fail, and success may come where you least expect it

(bird species of China) mountain chiffchaff (Phylloscopus sindianus)