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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *草* | 草* | *草
grass / straw / manuscript / draft (of a document) / careless / rough / CL: , , ,
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *艸* | 艸* | *艸
variant of
HSK 2
rice straw
HSK 7-9
very rarely seen, unusual (idiom)
HSK 7-9
slipshod; careless; slovenly / (of handwriting) scrawly; illegible
HSK 7-9
to make a draft / to draw up (plans)
HSK 7-9
a book on Chinese (herbal) medicine / Chinese materia medica
all kinds of grass / all kinds of flora
medicinal herb
plantain herb (Plantago asiatica)
flowers and plants
medicinal herb (genus Mesona) / grass jelly
grass
clover / trefoil
caterpillar fungus (Ophiocordyceps sinensis) (The fungus grows within the body of a caterpillar, culminating in the emergence of a stalked fruiting body from the caterpillar's head, and is a much-prized and expensive ingredient used as a tonic in traditional Chinese medicine.)
snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus)
to weed
weeds
carelessly / hastily
licorice root
aromatic herb / vanilla / alternative name for Eupatorium fortunei / (fig.) loyal and dependable person (old)
lavender (genus Lavandula)
tobacco
seagrass
army provisions / rations and fodder
(botany) Japanese hop (Humulus japonicus)
(one's) last straw to clutch at; one's last hope
Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula)
chameleon plant; fish mint (Houttuynia cordata)
daylily (Hemerocallis fulva)
to hoe / to weed
vetiver grass (Vetiveria zizanoides)
Asakusa, district of Tokyo with an atmosphere of old Japan, famous for the 7th century Buddhist temple, Sensō-ji
fur clothing
lit. a rabbit never eats the grass beside its own burrow (saying) / fig. even a scoundrel does not do harm in his immediate neighborhood
lit. a good horse doesn't turn around and graze the same patch again (idiom) / fig. once you've moved on, don't go back again (romantic relationship, job etc) / leave the past behind
tropical pitcher plant (i.e. genus Nepenthes)
there are plenty more fish in the sea (idiom)
rush (botany) / Juncaceae
deep gratitude up to death
the spongy, white pulp inside the stem of rush plants, used as a wick for oil lamps
papyrus
honewort / Cryptotaenia japonica
valerian (Valeriana officinalis)
mimosa / sensitive plant (that closes its leaves when touched)
straw
aquatic plants / water and grass (i.e. favorable foraging land for livestock or wild animals) / (Malaysia) (coll.) drinking straw
forage grass
creeping oxalis / edelweiss
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
coco-grass; nut sedge (Cyperus rotundus)
lit. to pick the flowers and trample the grass (idiom) / fig. to womanize / to frequent brothels / to sow one's wild oats
weeds or grass used to feed pigs
Carex meyeriana
Asian mugwort or wormwood (genus Artemesia)
hay
see 白茅
Indian madder; munjeet (Rubia cordifolia)
weeds / mistress or prostitute (old)
lit. abandoned by men and choked with weeds / desolate (idiom)
lit. sturdy grass withstands high winds (idiom) / fig. strength of character is revealed in a crisis
sedge
sb who goes whichever way the wind blows / sb with no mind of their own / easily swayed person / opportunist
pasture / forage grass / pasturage
rice-paper plant (Tetrapanax papyriferus)
mow grass
weeds / brush (vegetation) / wild grassland
(botany) Persicaria orientalis
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *草* | 草* | *草
variant of
Schoenoplectus triqueter
to fondle the flowers and trample the grass (idiom) / to womanize / to frequent brothels / to sow one's wild oats
withered grass; dry grass
lit. an old cow eats young grass (idiom) / fig. a May-December relationship / a romance where the man is significantly older than the woman
lit. to live on dry provisions and wild herbs (idiom) / fig. to live in abject poverty
wire grass (Eleusine indica)
motherwort (Leonurus heterophyllus or L. cardiaca)
to graze; to eat grass
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)
creeper / climbing plant / twiner
Chinese alpine rush (botany)
reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea)
red root gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon) / flowering plant whose roots provide purple dye / arnebia (plant genus in family Boraginaceae)
firewood
(idiom) to bring trouble on oneself
(fig.) to clutch at straws (in desperation) / to take advantage of the situation (unscrupulously)
tough upright grass / (fig.) a staunch character who is loyal despite danger and hardship
(of Taiwan aborigines) to go on a headhunting expedition
milkweeds (genus Asclepias)
Lucao or Lutsao Township in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县, west Taiwan
hornwort
sage (Salvia officinalis)
to mow grass / haymaking / to write a rough draft (of an essay etc)
(neologism) (slang) to spark interest in a product or idea (esp. on social media)
lemongrass
the most handsome boy in the school (see also 校花)
Miscanthus (genus of grass)
Hedyotis diffusa

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