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草
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Definitions
- 1. grass
- 2. straw
- 3. manuscript
- 4. draft (of a document)
- 5. careless
- 6. rough
Example Sentences
1 shown莠 草 易長， 惡習易染。
Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.
Words Containing 草
before the troops move, fodder and provisions go first (idiom); logistics comes before military maneuvers
honewort
(bird species of China) meadow bunting (Emberiza cioides)
Compendium of Medical Herbs 1596, compiled by Li Shizhen 李時珍|李时珍[lǐ shí zhēn]
to hoe
Asian mugwort or wormwood (genus Artemesia)
to weed
Sarcandra glabra (botany)
blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium)
rush (botany)
draft (legislation, proposal etc)
flora and fauna
withered grass
lawn mower (machine)
weed killer
water plants
Boraginaceae (family of flowers and bushes)
firewood
Hemerocallis fulva
grass
Chinese anise (Ilicium anisatum, a shrub with poisonous leaves)
grass carp
coco-grass or nut sedge (Cyperus rotundus)
turf
grass
grassroots netizens
sedge herb (Cyperus rotundus)
Miscanthus (genus of grass)
motherwort (Leonurus heterophyllus or L. cardiaca)
slipshod; careless; slovenly
(idiom) to bring trouble on oneself
Caohai Lake, Guizhou
Jiancaoping district of Taiyuan city 太原市[tài yuán shì], Shanxi
green lacewing
herbal medicine
semicursive script
straw
(bird species of China) Chinese grassbird (Graminicola striatus)
tough upright grass
Grassy Hill (hill in Hong Kong)
careless
grass mud horse
green grass
pasture
Tang dynasty compendium of herbal medicine
herbivore
small, poorly-equipped theatrical troupe that tours small towns and villages
a horse cannot get fat without an extra ration, a man cannot get rich without an extra income (idiom)
to rush to conclude a matter
Central Asian grasslands
see 沾花惹草[zhān huā rě cǎo]
(bird species of China) steppe eagle (Aquila nipalensis)
strawberry
deep gratitude up to death
medicinal herb
plant ash
Du Fu's Thatched Cottage (park and museum in Chengdu)
diquat
trash
snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus)
fig. a May-December relationship
all kinds of grass
edelweiss (Leontopodium alpinum)
(bird species of China) eastern olivaceous warbler (Iduna pallida)
hay fever
raffia (loanword)
ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia)
see 草菅人命[cǎo jiān rén mìng]
Lucao or Lutsao Township in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县[jiā yì xiàn], west Taiwan
divot (golf)
lit. cut grass and pull out roots (idiom); fig. to destroy root and branch
lit. beat the grass to scare the snake (idiom)
seagrass
straw weaving
(bird species of China) eastern grass owl (Tyto longimembris)
the most handsome boy in the class
Conyza blinii
lit. a rabbit never eats the grass beside its own burrow (idiom)
free-range chicken
see 白花蛇舌草[bái huā shé shé cǎo]
to work vaguely then retreat (idiom); sloppy and half-hearted
caterpillar fungus (Cordyceps sinensis)
sogon grass
clover
lit. using straw boats to borrow arrows (idiom, from 三國演義|三国演义[sān guó yǎn yì])
straw mushroom (Volvariella volvacea)
rice-paper plant (Tetrapanax papyriferus)
(bird species of China) calandra lark (Melanocorypha calandra)
Macaokuang village in Tengjia township 滕家鎮|滕家镇, Rongcheng county 榮成|荣成, Weihai 威海, Shandong
legendary grass conferring invisibility
straw mattress
(bird species of China) pallid harrier (Circus macrourus)
grass script; cursive script (Chinese calligraphic style)
grassy
Houttuynia cordata
(bird species of China) purple heron (Ardea purpurea)
fur clothing
Hedyotis diffusa
Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula)
herbivorous
grasshopper
flowers and plants
see 拈花惹草[niān huā rě cǎo]
forage grass
to mow grass
to cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom); to destroy root and branch
the spongy, white pulp inside the stem of rush plants, used as a wick for oil lamps
lit. jails overgrown with grass (idiom); fig. peaceful society
a rake
grassland
see 燈心草|灯心草[dēng xīn cǎo]
(bird species of China) steppe grey shrike (Lanius pallidirostris)
(Internet slang) to recommend a product to sb
Notes on a Minutely Observed Thatched Hut by Ji Yun 紀昀|纪昀[jì yún], novel of the supernatural
red root gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon)
green grass like cushion (idiom); green meadow so inviting to sleep on
bacillus subtilis
Shennong's Compendium of Materia Medica, a Han dynasty pharmacological compendium, 3 scrolls
straw sandals
hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis)
lit. a good horse doesn't turn around and graze the same patch again (idiom)
rapporteur
straw mattress
rough straw paper
grass
Chinese herbal medicine
lavender
Nalat grasslands
the straw that broke the camel’s back (idiom)
vetiver grass (Vetiveria zizanoides)
grass roots (lit. and fig.)
lemongrass
thatched roof
straw mattress; palliasse
licorice root
weeds
primrose
mimosa
carelessly
vanilla
lit. to live on dry provisions and wild herbs (idiom)
see 燈芯絨|灯芯绒[dēng xīn róng]
Isatis tinctoria (indigo woad plant)
lawnmower
weeds
see 草書|草书[cǎo shū]
spatterdock (Nuphar pumilum), a type of lily
(substitute for 我肏[wǒ cào]) fuck
black cardamom
to take to the woods to become an outlaw (idiom)
a sketch
first draft
vegetation
Barkol grasslands near Hami in Xinjiang
medicinal herb (genus Mesona)
Rubia cordifolia
(bird species of China) green sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)
rice straw
wire grass (Eleusine indica)
genus Carex
to fondle the flowers and trample the grass (idiom)
Jiancaoping district of Taiyuan city 太原市[tài yuán shì], Shanxi
(botany) Persicaria orientalis
paraquat
(fig.) to clutch at straws (in desperation)
(bird species of China) meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Hulunbuir grasslands of Inner Mongolia
underbrush
daylily (Hemerocallis fulva)
Chinese artichoke
lawn mower
valerian (Valeriana officinalis)
evening primrose
plantain herb (Plantago asiatica)
bandits
meadow
lit. not even a blade of grass grows (idiom)
tick (zoology)
herbaceous plant
thyme
lawn
wire grass (Eleusine indica)
four-leaf clover
hay
Chinese alpine rush (botany)
(of Taiwan aborigines) to go on a headhunting expedition
lit. sturdy grass withstands high winds (idiom)
prairie
sedge
vanilla (Vanilla planifolia)
the grass roots
milkweeds (genus Asclepias)
henbit deadnettle (Lamium amplexicaule)
reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea)
to graze; to eat grass
Bayanbulak grasslands in Uldus basin of Tianshan mountains
bag made of woven straw
to feel beleaguered
creeper
to work vaguely then retreat (idiom); sloppy and half-hearted
Man has but one life, grass but one spring (idiom). fig. the brevity of human existence
lit. abandoned by men and choked with weeds
Lucao or Lutsao Township in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县[jiā yì xiàn], west Taiwan
creeping oxalis
lit. grass stirring in the wind (idiom)
rush basket
Savannah monitor (Varanus exanthematicus)
thatched hut
pastureland
herbivore
see 冬蟲夏草|冬虫夏草[dōng chóng xià cǎo]
to have disregard for human life (idiom)
hay
(one's) last straw to clutch at
sb who goes whichever way the wind blows
very rarely seen, unusual (idiom)
(bird species of China) Tibetan babax (Babax koslowi)
weeds
(bird species of China) giant babax (Babax waddelli)
a rank growth of grass
Caotun or Tsaotun Town in Nantou County 南投縣|南投县[nán tóu xiàn], central Taiwan
to make a draft
Macaokuang village in Tengjia township 滕家鎮|滕家镇, Rongcheng county 榮成|荣成, Weihai 威海, Shandong
fodder
the most handsome boy in the school (see also 校花[xiào huā])
(botany) Japanese hop (Humulus japonicus)
straw hat
lit. sturdy grass withstands high winds (idiom)
lawn
(bird species of China) Indian grassbird (Graminicola bengalensis)
to repay sb's kind acts (idiom)
lavender
sage (Salvia officinalis)
hornwort
Urat plain in Bayan Nur 巴彥淖爾|巴彦淖尔[bā yàn nào ěr], Inner Mongolia
mow grass
a book on Chinese (herbal) medicine
grass that has grown on a grave since last year
oxalic acid C2H2O4
to store up provisions against a war
straw
there are plenty more fish in the sea (idiom)
papyrus
fig. strength of character is revealed in a crisis
tobacco
to rush through the work
scarecrow
(bird species of China) Chinese babax (Babax lanceolatus)
Caotun or Tsaotun Town in Nantou County 南投縣|南投县[nán tóu xiàn], central Taiwan
draft
army provisions
the rough (golf)
aromatic herb
(botany) rue (Ruta graveolens)
tropical pitcher plant (i.e. genus Nepenthes)
green grass like cushion (idiom); green meadow so inviting to sleep on
lit. to pick the flowers and trample the grass (idiom)