茅

máo

Definitions

1. reeds
2. rushes

Words Containing 茅

• 茅坑里点灯 máo kēng lǐ diǎn dēng: (slang) (fig.) to court death (derived from 找死[zhǎo sǐ] via its near homophone 照屎[zhào shǐ])
• 茅盾文学奖 máo dùn wén xué jiǎng: Mao Dun Literature Prize, PRC prize for novel writing, awarded since 1982
• 茅棚 máo péng: thatched shed
• 茅箭 máo jiàn: Maojian district of Shiyan city 十堰市[shí yàn shì], Hubei
• 茅坑 máo kēng: latrine pit
• 格雷茅斯 gé léi máo sī: Greymouth, town in New Zealand
• 白茅 bái máo: cogon grass (Imperata cylindrica), used as thatching material in China and Indonesia
• 茅屋 máo wū: thatched cottage
• 茅庐 máo lú: thatched cottage
• 茅以升 máo yǐ shēng: Mao Yisheng (1896-1989), Chinese structural engineer and social activist
• 普利茅斯 pǔ lì máo sī: Plymouth
• 茅台酒 máo tái jiǔ: maotai (a Chinese liquor)
• 茅塞顿开 máo sè dùn kāi: murky darkness suddenly opens (idiom); a sudden flash of insight and all is clear
• 茅草 máo cǎo: sogon grass
• 思茅市 sī máo shì: Simao city in Yunnan, renamed Pu'er city 普洱市 in 2007
• 土阶茅茨 tǔ jiē máo cí: lit. earthen steps and a thatched hut
• 达特茅斯学院 dá tè máo sī xué yuàn: Dartmouth College
• 茅舍 máo shè: cottage
• 茅房 máo fáng: toilet (rural euphemism)
• 占着茅坑不拉屎 zhàn zhe máo kēng bù lā shǐ: lit. to occupy a latrine but not shit (proverb)
• 拔茅茹 bá máo rú: lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow
• 拉不出屎来怨茅房 lā bù chū shǐ lái yuàn máo fáng: lit. to blame the toilet because one is having difficulty completing a bowel movement (idiom)
• 三顾茅庐 sān gù máo lú: lit. three humble visits to a thatched cottage
• 包茅 bāo máo: bundled thatch
• 达特茅斯 dá tè máo sī: Dartmouth (place name)
• 拔茅连茹 bá máo lián rú: lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom); fig. also involving others
• 茅箭区 máo jiàn qū: Maojian district of Shiyan city 十堰市[shí yàn shì], Hubei
• 伯恩茅斯 bó ēn máo sī: Bournemouth, UK
• 茅台 máo tái: Maotai town in Renhuai county, Guizhou
• 思茅区 sī máo qū: Simao district of Pu'er city 普洱市[pǔ ěr shì], Yunnan
• 香茅 xiāng máo: lemon grass (Cymbopogon flexuosus)
• 思茅地区 sī máo dì qū: Simao prefecture in Yunnan
• 茅盾 máo dùn: Mao Dun (1896-1981), Chinese novelist
• 朴次茅斯 pǔ cì máo sī: Portsmouth, southern English seaport
• 香茅醇 xiāng máo chún: citronellol (chemistry)
• 茅厕 máo si: (dialect) latrine
• 茅屋顶 máo wū dǐng: thatch roof
• 东茅草盖 dōng máo cǎo gài: thatched roof
• 思茅 sī máo: Simao city in Yunnan, renamed Pu'er city 普洱市 in 2007
• 茅山 máo shān: Mt Mao, Daoist mountain southeast of Jurong county 句容[jù róng], Jiangsu Province
• 土阶茅屋 tǔ jiē máo wū: lit. earthen steps and a small cottage
• 名列前茅 míng liè qián máo: to rank among the best
• 前茅 qián máo: (fig.) the top ranks
• 初出茅庐 chū chū máo lú: venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom)