植 (zhí) — to plant, to cultivate (trees, crops); to establish, to set up (abstract: ideas, values, organizations)
Definition
Mostly used as a bound root meaning 'plant / embed' (e.g. 植树, 植入, 植根). On its own, 植 is rare in everyday speech — you usually see it in formal or compound words.
verb
to plantto cultivate (trees, crops)to establishto set up (abstract: ideas, values, organizations)
Examples
- ，。Měi nián chūn tiān, tā men dōu huì zài shān shàng zhí shù.Every spring, they plant trees on the mountain.
- 。Zhè ge lǐ niàn yǐ jīng zhí gēn yú rén men de xīn zhōng.This concept has taken root in people's hearts.
- 。Zhèng fǔ jì huà zài jiāo qū zhí rù xīn de guǎn lǐ lǐ niàn.The government plans to establish new management concepts in the suburbs.
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