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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

栽 [zāi]
  1. 1. verb [Species] plant
    栽花
    grow flowers
  2. 2. verb [插] stick … in
  3. 3. verb [强加] frame
  4. 4. verb [摔倒] tumble

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

栽 [zāi]
  1. 1. verb plant; grow
    栽树
    plant trees
    栽花
    grow flowers
  2. 2. verb stick in; insert; plant
    栽电线杆子
    erect a wire pole
  3. 3. verb force something on somebody; impose
    栽上罪名
    frame sb.; fabricate a charge against sb.
  4. 4. verb tumble; fall
    栽倒
    fall down
  5. 5. noun young plant; seedling

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

栽 [zāi]
  1. 1. 动 种植；移植幼苗或扦插枝条
    栽了两行树。
    栽秧。
    移栽。
  2. 2. 名 栽子
    花栽子。
    柳栽子。
  3. 3. 动 插上
    刷子的毛栽得不结实。
    栽绒。
  4. 4. 动 硬加上
    栽上了罪名。
    栽赃。
  5. 5. 动 头朝下跌倒
    一头栽到地上。
    栽倒。
  6. 6. E跟"裁"不同。
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Examples

不老实的人到头来总是要栽跟头的。
Dishonest people are bound to come a cropper in the end.
栽稻秧三万墩
transplant 30,000 clusters of rice seedlings
这两行苗栽得太密了。
These two rows of seedlings are planted too close together.
去年栽的树全都活了。
All the trees planted last year have survived.
花木栽得疏密有致。
The flowers and trees are artistically spaced.
沿街栽着一排排法国梧桐。
Along the streets grow lines of plane trees.
他非常自负，到头来忘乎所以，栽了跟头。
He was very proud of himself until he overreached himself and came a cropper.
他早晚要栽跟头。
One of these days he will come a cropper.
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