荼
Definitions
- 1. thistle
- 2. common sowthistle (Sonchus oleraceus)
- 3. bitter (taste)
- 4. cruel
- 5. flowering grass in profusion
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1 shown戰爭如火如 荼 。
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Words Containing 荼
like wildfire (idiom)
(Buddhism) (loanword from Sanskrit) mandala
flowering autumn grass, fine net (idiom); fig. abundant and exacting punishments prescribed by law
torment
to torment the people (idiom)
Dravidian (general term for South Indian people and languages)
to eat bitter fruit and lie on thorns (idiom); to share the hard life of the common people