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铁杉

tiě shān

2-character word Traditional 鐵杉

What 铁杉 means

1. Tsuga chinensis

The characters in 铁杉

• 铁tiěiron (metal); arms; weapons
• 杉shānChina fir; Cunninghamia lanceolata; also pr. shā

Example sentences

• 植物园内种植了 450 多株杜鹃花，还有枫树、美国榆树和铁杉等树木，用于景观美化。
  The arboretum includes more than 450 azaleas for landscaping, but also trees like maples, American elms, and hemlocks.
• 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.

Sounds the same

Read tiě shān, tone for tone, but written differently.

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