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茹

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Definitions

  1. 1. to eat
  2. 2. (extended meaning) to endure
  3. 3. putrid smell
  4. 4. vegetables
  5. 5. roots (inextricably attached to the plant)

Words Containing 茹

含辛茹苦
hán xīn rú kǔ

to suffer every possible torment (idiom); bitter hardship

拔毛连茹
bá máo lián rú

lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom); fig. also involving others

拔茅茹
bá máo rú

lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow

拔茅连茹
bá máo lián rú

lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom); fig. also involving others

梁静茹
liáng jìng rú

Fish Leong (1978-), Malaysian pop singer

茹毛饮血
rú máo yǐn xuè

devour raw meat and fowl (of savages)

茹痛
rú tòng

to endure (suffering or sorrow)

茹素
rú sù

to eat a vegetarian diet

茹苦含辛
rú kǔ hán xīn

bitter hardship

茹荤
rú hūn

to eat meat

茹荤饮酒
rú hūn yǐn jiǔ

to eat meat and drink wine

茹藘
rú lǘ

Rubia cordifolia

茹志鹃
rú zhì juān

Ru Zhijuan (1925-1998), female novelist and politician

茹鱼
rú yú

putrid fish

菜茹
cài rú

greens

饭糗茹草
fàn qiǔ rú cǎo

lit. to live on dry provisions and wild herbs (idiom)

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