栽

to grow / to plant / to insert / to force on sb / to fall head first

to plant; to grow / to insert; to erect (e.g. a bus stop sign) / to impose sth on sb / to stumble; to fall down

surname Mu

tree / wood / coffin / wooden / simple / numb / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

Character component without intrinsic meaning

(bound form) tree / (bound form) wood / unresponsive; numb; wooden

to frame sb (by planting sth on them)

to plant / to grow

to enjoy the benefits of the hard work of one's predecessors. (idiom)

talk nicely and avoid disputes / give compliments and not remarks

lit. you plant a garden and the flowers do not bloom, you poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree / fig. things do not always turn out as one would expect / well-laid plans may fail, and success may come where you least expect it

seedling / young plant

to plunge into / to run headlong into

to plant / to transplant

a mechanical planter (for rice, plants)

to tumble / to fall head over heels / (fig.) to take a tumble

to fall headlong / (fig.) to suffer an ignominious failure