The Collaborative International Dictionary
China \Chi"na\, n.
A country in Eastern Asia.
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China ware, which is the modern popular term for porcelain. See Porcelain. China aster (Bot.), a well-known garden flower and plant. See Aster. China bean. See under Bean, 1. China clay See Kaolin. China grass, Same as Ramie. China ink. See India ink. China pink (Bot.), an anual or biennial species of Dianthus ( Dianthus Chiensis) having variously colored single or double flowers; Indian pink. China root (Med.), the rootstock of a species of Smilax ( Smilax China, from the East Indies; -- formerly much esteemed for the purposes that sarsaparilla is now used for. Also the galanga root (from Alpinia Gallanga and Alpinia officinarum). China rose. (Bot.)
A popular name for several free-blooming varieties of rose derived from the Rosa Indica, and perhaps other species.
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A flowering hothouse plant ( Hibiscus Rosa-Sinensis) of the Mallow family, common in the gardens of China and the east Indies.
China shop, a shop or store for the sale of China ware or of crockery.
Pride of China, China tree. (Bot.) See Azedarach.
Usage examples of "china shop".
Crazy for these two to be like bulls in a china shop there's more than enough room for both.
Crazy for these two to be like bulls in a china shop--there's more than enough room for both.
She charged along the hall, scattering wires, and disappeared into the clamorous night, for all the world like a bull leaving a china shop after having tasted porcelain for the first time in its life.
It was sort of like being a china shop, and trying to get off with a bull.
The last thing I need is for you to be running all over the Beltway, throwing your weight around like a bull in a china shop.
As if I stood in a crowded china shop, where all the pieces were precarious and tilted, fearing to move, for if one piece were dislodged, all of them would come crashing down.
She and Halle were waiting on the opposite street corner, using the projecting bay window of a china shop to stay out of the prison guards’.
But no, she just charges straight ahead like a bull in a china shop, without realizing that she antagonizes people.