姑 - mother-in-law

mother-in-law

Chinese water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis)

dilly-dallying and temporizing (temporising)

parents-in-law

(in China) 5th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. F sharp)

Chinese water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis var. tuberosa)

Eleocharis kuroguwai (species of spikerush)

Ma Gu; legendary Taoist immortal with long talon-like fingernails

girl (esp. Chinese); young unmarried woman

underhanded; unfair

sister-in-law

timid and evasive (person); timid and makeshift (approach, measure, etc.)