Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 栽

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

to grow
to cultivate
to train
to educate
to patronize

to plant
to grow

to grow (a plant) in a pot
potted plant (sometimes refers specifically to a bonsai plant)

to transplant (horticulture, agriculture)

to plant
to transplant

to take a fall

to frame sb (by planting sth on them)

seedling
young plant

to admit defeat

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

to fall head over heels
(fig.) to come a cropper

yītóuzāijìn

to plunge into
to run headlong into

duōzāihuāshǎozāicì

多栽花少栽刺

[多栽花少栽刺]

talk nicely and avoid disputes
give compliments and not remarks

qiánrénzāishù,hòurénchéngliáng

前人栽树，后人乘凉

[前人栽樹，後人乘涼]

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

yǒuyìzāihuāhuābùfā,wúxīnchāliǔliǔchéngyīn

有意栽花花不发，无心插柳柳成阴

[有意栽花花不發，無心插柳柳成陰]

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