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Maotai town in Renhuai county, Guizhou
HSK 7-9
Mao Yisheng (1896-1989), Chinese structural engineer and social activist
maotai liquor 茅臺酒|茅台酒
lemongrass (Cymbopogon)
lit. to occupy a latrine but not shit (proverb) / fig. to be a dog in the manger
to rank among the best
venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom) / young and inexperienced / novice / greenhorn
lit. to make three visits to the thatched cottage (idiom) (allusion to an episode in Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义 in which Liu Bei 劉備|刘备 recruits Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮 to his cause by visiting him three times) / fig. to make earnest and repeated requests of sb
cogongrass (Imperata cylindrica), used as thatching material in China and Indonesia
maotai (a strong spirit produced in Guizhou) / CL: ,
Simao city in Yunnan, renamed Pu'er city 普洱市 in 2007
toilet (rural euphemism) / thatched hut or house
cottage / hut
see 白茅
bundled thatch
Portsmouth, southern English seaport
murky darkness suddenly opens (idiom); a sudden flash of insight and all is clear
Mao Dun Literature Prize, PRC prize for novel writing, awarded since 1982
Maojian, a district of Shiyan City 十堰市, Hubei
thatched cottage
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  *茅* | 茅* | *茅
surname Mao
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *茅* | 茅* | *茅
reeds / rushes
lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow / fig. also involving others / inextricably tangled together / Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.
Mao Dun (1896-1981), Chinese novelist
lit. earthen steps and a small cottage / frugal living conditions (idiom)
thatched roof
Dartmouth College
Simao city in Yunnan, renamed Pu'er city 普洱市 in 2007
Plymouth
latrine pit / latrine
citronellol (chemistry)
forward patrol (military) (old) / (fig.) the top ranks
Greymouth, town in New Zealand / also written 格雷默斯
Mt Mao, Daoist mountain southeast of Jurong county 句容, Jiangsu Province
thatched cottage
Bournemouth, UK
Dartmouth (place name)
lit. earthen steps and a thatched hut / frugal living conditions (idiom)
Simao district of Pu'er city 普洱市, Yunnan
(dialect) latrine
lit. to blame the toilet because one is having difficulty completing a bowel movement (idiom) / fig. to blame others for problems caused by one's own shortcomings
lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom); fig. also involving others / inextricably tangled together / Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.
(slang) (fig.) to court death (derived from 找死 via its near homophone 照屎)
golden eye-grass (Curculigo orchioides) / Curculigo rhizome (used in TCM)
thatched shed
Mauritania (Tw)
variant of 毛竹


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