綠化

简 绿化 · 繁 綠化
Mandarin · pinyin lǜ huà

Meanings

  1. to make green with plants
  2. to reforest
  3. (Internet slang) Islamization
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綠
lǜ · green; chlorine
化
huà · change, convert, reform; -ize
绿
lǜ · green; chlorine
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4–4 · lu:4 hua4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

luk6 faa3

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verb

  1. to make a place greener by planting trees; to afforest; to landscape; to green; to green up
  2. (offensive slang) to Islamicize

name

  1. (~村) Lühua (a village in Yonglong, Jingshan, Jingmen, Hubei, China)

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