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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *草* | 草* | *草
grass / straw / manuscript / draft (of a document) / careless / rough / CL: , , ,
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reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea)
lit. tread the green; go for a walk in the spring (when the grass has turned green) / spring hike season around Qingming festival 清明, 4th-6th April
branch, esp. grass root branches of a political party
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  *薛* | 薛* | *薛
wormwood like grass (classical)
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  *荪* | 荪* | *荪
fragrant grass
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  *藻* | 藻* | *藻
aquatic grasses / elegant
verdant and thick (foliage, grass etc)
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  *莽* | 莽* | *莽
(bound form) dense growth of grass / (literary) vast; boundless / (bound form) boorish; reckless
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  *芒* | 芒* | *芒
awn (of cereals) / arista (of grain) / tip (of a blade) / Miscanthus sinensis (type of grass) / variant of , Mt Mang at Luoyang in Henan
all kinds of grass / all kinds of flora
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *薰* | 薰* | *薰
sweet-smelling grass / Coumarouna odorata / tonka beans / coumarin
grass
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  *荼* | 荼* | *荼
thistle / common sowthistle (Sonchus oleraceus) / bitter (taste) / cruel / flowering grass in profusion
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *菅* | 菅* | *菅
(grass) / Themeda forsbali
mow grass
withered grass; dry grass
lemon grass (Cymbopogon flexuosus)
grass script; cursive script (Chinese calligraphic style)
reluctant to part / (of grass etc) soft and pliable, swaying in the wind
pasture / forage grass / pasturage
liangfen (Chinese dish) / grass jelly (Chinese dish)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *荐* | 荐* | *荐
to recommend / to offer sacrifice (arch.) / grass / straw mat
grass / herb
aquatic plants / water and grass (i.e. favorable foraging land for livestock or wild animals) / (Malaysia) (coll.) drinking straw
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  *荑* | 荑* | *荑
(grass)
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  *艹* | 艹* | *艹
medicinal herb (genus Mesona) / grass jelly
lit. not even a blade of grass grows (idiom) / fig. barren
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  *簟* | 簟* | *簟
fine woven grass mat
to mow grass / haymaking / to write a rough draft (of an essay etc)
the grass roots / the hoi polloi
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *苕* | 苕* | *苕
reed grass / Chinese trumpet vine (Campsis grandiflora) (old)
grass roots (lit. and fig.)
to mow grass and cut firewood / grass mower / woodman
lit. grass stirring in the wind (idiom) / fig. the slightest whiff of trouble
grass carp
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  *刍* | 刍* | *刍
to mow or cut grass / hay / straw / fodder
forage grass
tough upright grass / (fig.) a staunch character who is loyal despite danger and hardship
lit. beat the grass to scare the snake (idiom) / fig. to inadvertently alert an enemy / to punish sb as a warning to others
coco-grass; nut sedge (Cyperus rotundus)
a rank growth of grass / uncultivated land / wilderness
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鲩* | 鲩* | *鲩
grass carp
lit. grass-cutter's comment (humble); fig. my observation as a humble layman / my humble opinion
to take to the woods to become an outlaw / (dialect) to be born (Etymology: in former times, a bed of straw or grass was used as padding during childbirth)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *乇* | 乇* | *乇
"blade of grass" component in Chinese characters
grass
to fondle the flowers and trample the grass (idiom) / to womanize / to frequent brothels / to sow one's wild oats
tiller (stem at the base of grass plants)
weeds or grass used to feed pigs
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  *蕔* | 蕔* | *蕔
a kind of grass (old)
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  *荛* | 荛* | *荛
fuel / grass
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  *茻* | 茻* | *茻
rank grass / overgrown weeds
lit. to pick the flowers and trample the grass (idiom) / fig. to womanize / to frequent brothels / to sow one's wild oats
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  *莛* | 莛* | *莛
stalk of grass
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  *稂* | 稂* | *稂
grass / weeds
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  *茷* | 茷* | *茷
denseness of grass-foliage
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  *莦* | 莦* | *莦
jungle grass / lair
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  *葽* | 葽* | *葽
Polygala japonica / lush (grass)
lit. sturdy grass withstands high winds (idiom) / fig. strength of character is revealed in a crisis
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *菼* | 菼* | *菼
Miscanthus sacchariflorus (Amur silvergrass) / Miscanthus sinensis (feather grass)
legendary grass conferring invisibility / fig. to conceal oneself or one's plans
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  *薠* | 薠* | *薠
plant similar to coco-grass 莎草 (classical)
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  *丵* | 丵* | *丵
thick grass / "bush" component in Chinese characters
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *薽* | 薽* | *薽
(grass) / (orchid)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *茦* | 茦* | *茦
pointed grass blade / to prick
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  *韎* | 韎* | *韎
a grass that gives red dye
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蓔* | 蓔* | *蓔
a variety of grass
lit. cut grass and pull out roots (idiom); fig. to destroy root and branch / to eradicate
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  *茸* | 茸* | *茸
(bound form) (of newly sprouted grass) soft and fine; downy
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  *稊* | 稊* | *稊
grass / tares
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  *蓰* | 蓰* | *蓰
(grass) / increase five fold
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  *撮* | 撮* | *撮
classifier for hair or grass: tuft / Taiwan pr. [cuo4]
signature (in grass-style writing) / symbol used in place of a signature (on a document, contract etc)
lush / luxuriant (of grass or hair) / soft lush hair
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  *䓕* | 䓕* | *䓕
(arch.) type of grass
green grass
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蕝* | 蕝* | *蕝
coarse grass used to show rank
to graze; to eat grass
wire grass (Eleusine indica)
Zhang Xu (probably early 8th century), Tang dynasty poet and calligrapher, most famous for his grass script 草書|草书
lit. an old cow eats young grass (idiom) / fig. a May-December relationship / a romance where the man is significantly older than the woman
tell-tale / informer (esp. to police) / whistleblower / grass
heartbreak grass (Gelsemium elegans)
vetiver grass (Vetiveria zizanoides)
grass mud horse / used as a substitute for 肏你媽|肏你妈, to mock or avoid censorship on the Internet
to stay at home while one's husband is away / grass widow
lit. the next mountain looks taller (idiom); fig. not satisfied with one's current position / the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence
grass that has grown on a grave since last year / (fig.) grave / to have died long ago / fodder provided to animals for the night
lit. sturdy grass withstands high winds (idiom) / fig. strength of character is revealed in a crisis
(bird species of China) eastern grass owl (Tyto longimembris)
grass-fed
lit. even a prairie fire cannot destroy the grass - it grows again when the breeze blows (proverb) / fig. cannot be easily eliminated / abbr. to 野火春風|野火春风
lit. a rabbit never eats the grass beside its own burrow (saying) / fig. even a scoundrel does not do harm in his immediate neighborhood
green grass like cushion (idiom); green meadow so inviting to sleep on
wire grass (Eleusine indica)
Graminae or Poaceae, the grass family
Miscanthus (genus of grass)
Man has but one life, grass but one spring (idiom). fig. the brevity of human existence

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