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