lotus

Hualien, city and county on the east coast of Taiwan

see 五蓮縣|五莲县[Wu3 lian2 Xian4]

durian fruit; Durio zibethinus

white lotus (flower); White Lotus society; same as 白蓮教|白莲教

water lily

red lotus

lotus seat

lotus seed

see 淨土宗|净土宗[Jing4 tu3 zong1]

(literary) light, airy steps (as if walking on lotuses); elegant gait of a woman

see 蓮池區|莲池区[Lian2 chi2 Qu1]

see 蓮湖區|莲湖区[Lian2 hu2 Qu1]

lotus seed paste

lotus seed head

lotus root

see 蓮都區|莲都区[Lian2 du1 Qu1]

wax apple (a reddish pear-shaped fruit)

see 阿蓮區|阿莲区[A1 lian2 Qu1]

snow lotus herb; Saussurea involucrata

Wulian, a county in Rizhao City 日照市[Ri4 zhao4 Shi4], Shandong

Ephraim (city)

Hazeline, Unilever range of skin care products

lit. twin lotus flowers on one stalk; fig. a devoted married couple

garden nasturtium; Tropaeolum majus

Sandy Lam (1966-), Hong Kong pop singer

worker who is capable but unpleasant to deal with

Pan Jinlian (name lit. Golden Lotus), heroine of Ming dynasty vernacular novel Jinpingmei or the Golden Lotus 金瓶梅

White Lotus society

Hualien County on the east coast of Taiwan

Hualien city on the east coast of Taiwan

Lianchi, a district of Baoding City 保定市[Bao3 ding4 Shi4], Hebei

Lianhu, a district of Xi'an City 西安市[Xi1 an1 Shi4], Shaanxi

Lianhua, a county in Pingxiang City 萍鄉市|萍乡市[Ping2 xiang1 Shi4], Jiangxi

(dialect) cabbage

genre of folk song with accompaniment of bamboo clappers

lotus seed bun

showerhead

Liandu, a district of Lishui City 麗水市|丽水市[Li2 shui3 Shi4], Zhejiang

passion flower

anemone

Alian, a rural district of Kaohsiung 高雄市[Gao1 xiong2 Shi4], Taiwan

calla; calla lily

(historical) bound foot (esp. one only three inches long, considered the ideal size of a woman's foot)

Lotus (department store chain)

(idiom) eloquent; entertaining in one's speech

variant of 啞巴吃黃連|哑巴吃黄连[ya3 ba5 chi1 huang2 lian2]

The Lotus Sutra

Mount Holyoke College (South Hadley, Massachusetts)