蘆

rush / reed / Phragmites communis

surname Lu / abbr. for Luxembourg 盧森堡|卢森堡[Lu2 sen1 bao3]

(old) rice vessel / black / old variant of 廬|庐[lu2] / (slang) (Tw) troublesome / fussy

grass radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[cao3 zi4 tou2 r5]

calabash or bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) / hoist / generic term for block and tackle (or parts thereof) / muddled / (poker) full house

lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as a model (idiom) / fig. to copy slavishly

sugar-coated Chinese hawthorn or other fruit on a bamboo skewer / tanghulu

sugar-coated Chinese hawthorn or other fruit on a bamboo skewer / tanghulu

lit. closed gourd / fig. enigma / complete mystery / taciturn person

lever hoist pulley

hand chain pulley block

lever pulley block

solve one problem only to find another cropping up

pelican / same as 鵜鶘|鹈鹕

pelican / same as 鵜鶘|鹈鹕

pneumatic hoist pulley

fenugreek

Huludao prefecture-level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省[Liao2 ning2 Sheng3] in northeast China

Huludao prefecture-level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省[Liao2 ning2 Sheng3] in northeast China

unidentified type of bird referred to in ancient Chinese poems

lit. to draw a gourd from the model (idiom) / fig. to copy sth mechanically without attempt at originality

lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as one's model (idiom) / fig. to follow the existing pattern without modification

magic gourd, granting your every wish

Secret of the Magic Gourd (1958), prize-winning children's fairy tale by Zhang Tianyi 張天翼|张天翼[Zhang1 Tian1 yi4]