The fruit of a hybrid northeast-Asian pear species, Pyrus × bretschneideri, with the crisp, juicy texture of an apple pear, but with shape and flavor more like those of the European pear.

Any of the predominantly ancestor veneration-based, animist, ethnic religious traditions (with elements of Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, and others) which form the main belief system of a person's spiritual life among many of the Han Chinese.

Eleocharis dulcis, an aquatic sedge.

(simile, humorous) Very difficult.

plural of Chinese patent medicine

(traditional Chinese medicine) Herbal medicine modernized into a ready-to-use form such as tablets, oral solutions or dry suspensions, as opposed to herbs that require cooking.

Alternative form of Communist Party of China.

(number theory) A theorem stating that, if one knows the remainders of the Euclidean division of an integer n by several integers, then one can determine uniquely the remainder of the division of n by the product of these integers, under the condition that the divisors are pairwise coprime.

Eriocheir sinensis, a medium-sized burrowing crab with furry claws, native to parts of Asia.

plural of Chinese mitten crab