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紫杉

zǐ shān

2-character word

What 紫杉 means

1. Japanese yew (taxus cuspidata)

The characters in 紫杉

• 紫zǐpurple; violet
• 杉shānChina fir; Cunninghamia lanceolata; also pr. shā

Example sentences

• 越过松林，远处有一座小花园。那里青草长得又长又茂盛，铁杉花像洁白的星星一样闪耀，夜莺整夜唱歌。它整夜歌唱，冰冷的月光俯瞰着它，紫杉树张开巨大的枝干，庇护着沉睡的人们。
  Far away beyond the pine-woods, there is a little garden. There the grass grows long and deep, there are the great white stars of the hemlock flower, there the nightingale sings all night long. All night long he sings, and the cold crystal moon looks down, and the yew-tree spreads out its giant arms over the sleepers.
• 「你知道你刚才折断的是什么树吗？」我回答侦探：「不知道。」侦探透过敞开的门往里面看，喊道：「喂，你知道他刚才折断的是什么树吗？」一个年轻女子的声音说：「嗯，看起来像是紫杉。」侦探坐直身子后，又问了我一遍：「你知道你刚才折断的是什么树吗？」
  "Do you know what kind of tree you just broke?" "No, I don't," I answered the detective. While looking through the open door, the detective shouted, "Hey, do you know what kind of tree he just broke?" "Um, looks like it's a yew plum pine," said the voice of a young woman. After straightening himself in his seat, the detective asked me one more time: "Do you know what kind of tree you just broke?"

Words starting with 紫杉

• 紫杉醇zǐ shān chúnTaxol (a.k.a. Paclitaxel), mitotic inhibitor used in cancer chemotherapy