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lawn / meadow / sod / turf / CL:
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *草* | 草* | *草
grass / straw / manuscript / draft (of a document) / careless / rough / CL: , , ,
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *艸* | 艸* | *艸
variant of
HSK 2
grassland / prairie / CL:
HSK 5
draft (legislation, proposal etc)
HSK 7-9
lawn
HSK 7-9
straw weaving
oxalic acid C2H2O4
turf / sward / sod
straw mushroom (Volvariella volvacea) / paddy straw mushroom
Caotun Township in Nantou County 南投縣|南投县, central Taiwan
straw hat
carelessly / hastily
grass script; cursive script (Chinese calligraphic style)
to work vaguely then retreat (idiom); sloppy and half-hearted / half-baked
underbrush
herbal medicine
herbaceous plant
strawberry / CL: 顆|颗 / (Tw) hickey / love bite
vegetation / plants
first draft / to draw up (a first version)
to be in the early stages of establishing
careless / negligent / sloppy / not serious
to rush through the work / to get through a thing carelessly
grass carp
lawn mower
free-range chicken / (dialect) hen / cowardly
herbivore / herbivorous animal
plant ash
a sketch / rough drawing
straw sandals
grass / herb
(bird species of China) eastern grass owl (Tyto longimembris)
grasshopper
bag made of woven straw / bag filled with straw / (fig.) a good-for-nothing / clumsy oaf
draft / outline / sketch
straw mattress; palliasse
straw mattress
Chinese artichoke / Stachys sieboldii
lit. every tree or bush an enemy soldier (idiom); fig. to panic and treat everyone as an enemy / to feel beleaguered
Grassy Hill (hill in Hong Kong)
(old) sign made of woven weeds, placed on an object, an animal or a person, indicating that it is for sale.
grass roots (lit. and fig.)
to have disregard for human life (idiom)
a rank growth of grass / uncultivated land / wilderness
thatched hut
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *草* | 草* | *草
variant of
the grass roots / the hoi polloi
fodder
pastureland
bandits
green lacewing
herbivorous
rough straw paper / toilet paper / brown paper
the ten numerals 〡,〢,〣,〤,〥,〦,〧,〨,〩, nowadays mainly used in traditional trades such as Chinese medicine
grass radical
(bird species of China) meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis)
grass mud horse / used as a substitute for 肏你媽|肏你妈, to mock or avoid censorship on the Internet
Caotun Township in Nantou County 南投縣|南投县, central Taiwan
Savannah monitor (Varanus exanthematicus)
black cardamom / (dialect) strawberry
Caohai Lake, Guizhou
grass-fed
Sarcandra glabra (botany)
(bird species of China) calandra lark (Melanocorypha calandra)
(bird species of China) pallid harrier (Circus macrourus)
a rake
(bird species of China) steppe grey shrike (Lanius pallidirostris)
(bird species of China) steppe eagle (Aquila nipalensis)
Isatis tinctoria (indigo woad plant)
flora and fauna
grassroots netizens
lit. jails overgrown with grass (idiom); fig. peaceful society
tick (zoology)
meadow
straw / grain stalks
(bird species of China) eastern olivaceous warbler (Iduna pallida)
small, poorly-equipped theatrical troupe that tours small towns and villages / (fig.) makeshift band of individuals / rough and ready outfit
lit. using straw boats to borrow arrows (idiom, from 三國演義|三国演义) / fig. to use others' manpower and resources for one's own ends
to work vaguely then retreat (idiom); sloppy and half-hearted / half-baked
to rush to conclude a matter / to end up abruptly
pampered young people unaccustomed to hardship (Tw)
straw mattress / palliasse
(bird species of China) purple heron (Ardea purpurea)


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