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Maotai town in Renhuai county, Guizhou
HSK 7-9
Mao Dun (1896-1981), Chinese novelist
cogongrass (Imperata cylindrica), used as thatching material in China and Indonesia
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surname Mao
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reeds / rushes
Mauritania (Tw)
lemon grass (Cymbopogon flexuosus)
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
(dialect) latrine
thatched cottage
golden eye-grass (Curculigo orchioides) / Curculigo rhizome (used in TCM)
thatched cottage
murky darkness suddenly opens (idiom); a sudden flash of insight and all is clear
Plymouth
Maojian district of Shiyan city 十堰市, Hubei
lit. to occupy a latrine but not shit (proverb) / fig. to be a dog in the manger
latrine pit / latrine
Mt Mao, Daoist mountain southeast of Jurong county 句容, Jiangsu Province
Simao city in Yunnan, renamed Pu'er city 普洱市 in 2007
see 白茅
bundled thatch
Dartmouth (place name)
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.
lit. earthen steps and a thatched hut / frugal living conditions (idiom)
toilet (rural euphemism) / thatched hut or house
forward patrol (military) (old) / (fig.) the top ranks
thatched shed
cottage / hut
lit. earthen steps and a small cottage / frugal living conditions (idiom)
Simao city in Yunnan, renamed Pu'er city 普洱市 in 2007
Maojian district of Shiyan city 十堰市, Hubei
Bournemouth, UK
Greymouth, town in New Zealand / also written 格雷默斯
maotai liquor 茅臺酒|茅台酒
Portsmouth, southern English seaport
Mao Dun Literature Prize, PRC prize for novel writing, awarded since 1982
maotai (a strong spirit produced in Guizhou) / CL: ,
citronellol (chemistry)
Simao district of Pu'er city 普洱市, Yunnan
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 / fig. also involving others / inextricably tangled together / Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.
Mao Yisheng (1896-1989), Chinese structural engineer and social activist
(slang) (fig.) to court death (derived from 找死 via its near homophone 照屎)
thatched roof
variant of 毛竹
Dartmouth College


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