榴 (liú) — pomegranate (in the compound 石榴); grenade (in the compound 榴弹)
Definition
Standalone 榴 is rare — it almost always appears in compounds: 石榴 (pomegranate) and 榴弹 (grenade), whose shared 'round, seed-filled' shape links the two senses.
noun
pomegranate (in the compound 石榴)grenade (in the compound 榴弹)
Examples
- 。Wǒ zuì xǐ huan chī shí liú le.I like eating pomegranates the most.
- ，。Shí liú de zǐ hěn duō, chī qǐ lái hěn má fan.Pomegranates have a lot of seeds, so they're troublesome to eat.
- 。Jūn duì shǐ yòng le yì zhǒng xīn xíng shǒu liú dàn.The military used a new type of grenade.
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