萌

to sprout / to bud / to have a strong affection for (slang) / adorable (loanword from Japanese 萌え moe, slang describing affection for a cute character)

Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) / surname Ming / Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God

bright / opposite: dark 暗[an4] / (of meaning) clear / to understand / next / public or open / wise / generic term for a sacrifice to the gods

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

to burgeon / to produce / to conceive / to be in the initial stage

to sprout / to shoot / to bud

to sprout / (fig.) to emerge

to revert to old ways

(neologism) (slang) newbie

Mengzhu mountain range between south Hunan and Guangxi

(slang) to act cute

endearingly silly

to germinate again

to nip in the bud

see 故態復萌|故态复萌[gu4 tai4 fu4 meng2]