姑 - mother-in-law

mother-in-law

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

girl (esp. Chinese); young unmarried woman

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

Chinese water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis)

dilly-dallying and temporizing (temporising)

things happening exactly as one pleases (wishes); someone being very attentive to one's wishes

daughter-in-law and mother-in-law (relationship, conflict, etc.)

underhanded; unfair

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

Sagittaria trifolia var. edulis (edible variant of threeleaf arrowhead)

Chinese water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis var. tuberosa)