peanut gallery (esp. in online forums) / onlookers who are interested in the spectacle but don't have anything knowledgeable to say about it / (neologism c. 2016)
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see 佛手瓜[]
idiot / fool
squirting cucumber (Ecballium elaterium)
sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) / yam bean (Pachyrhizus erosus) / (TCM) digua fig (Ficus tikoua Bur.)
dried sweet potato slices
(bird species of China) Malayan night heron (Gorsachius melanolophus)
sweet potato or yam noodles
gherkin
lit. if you have to use force to break a melon off the vine, it won't taste sweet (because it's only when the melon is ripe that it can be removed with just a slight twist) (idiom) / fig. if sth is not meant to be, it's no use trying to force it to happen
a smaller variety of watermelon, with big, edible seeds
smashed cucumber salad
to let go of the big prize while grabbing at trifles (idiom)
(Taiwan) see 嘰哩咕嚕|叽哩咕噜[]
(Tw) zucchini / courgette / baby marrow / Taiwan pr. []
ugly / repulsive
(Tw) cantaloupe / muskmelon
Tellina iridescens (a bivalve mollusk) / any similar small clam
(of animals) round and fat
lit. ripe as a melon that rolls from its vine (idiom) / fig. to know fluently / to know sth inside out / to know sth by heart
every potter praises his own pot (idiom) / all one's geese are swans
bottle gourd
papaya
honeydew melon
(coll.) (derog.) short, fat person
eggplant (Cantonese)
(of a girl) to lose one's virginity / to deflower a virgin / to reach the age of 16 / (of a man) to reach the age of 64
lit. Sow melon and you get melon, sow beans and you get beans (idiom) / fig. As you sow, so shall you reap. / One must live with the consequences of one's actions. / You've made your bed, now must lie on it.
fool / blockhead
malt sugar candy, a traditional offering to the kitchen god Zaoshen 灶神
(lit.) (of a melon vine) laden with melons of all sizes (idiom) / (fig.) (of descendants) to thrive and prosper for generations
(Tw) oriental melon (Cucumis melo Makuwa Group)
cucumber
smelt (family Osmeridae)
erhua variant of 腦瓜|脑瓜[]
see 腦瓜|脑瓜[]
sour expression on one's face
snake melon / loofah
white flowered gourd or calabash (family Crescentia)
pill bug / roly-poly
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