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mimosa / sensitive plant (that closes its leaves when touched)
lawn mower (machine)
scarecrow
flora and fauna
Man has but one life, grass but one spring (idiom). fig. the brevity of human existence
Chinese herbal medicine
grassland / prairie / CL:
HSK 5
medicinal herb (genus Mesona) / grass jelly
hay
strawberry / CL: 顆|颗 / (Tw) hickey / love bite
turf / sward / sod
motherwort (Leonurus heterophyllus or L. cardiaca)
clover / trefoil
before the troops move, fodder and provisions go first (idiom); logistics comes before military maneuvers / an army marches on its stomach
mow grass
herbivorous
Central Asian grasslands
to make a draft / to draw up (plans)
HSK 7-9
herbivore
aquatic plants / water and grass (i.e. favorable foraging land for livestock or wild animals) / (Malaysia) (coll.) drinking straw
the rough (golf)
flowers and plants
four-leaf clover
to graze; to eat grass
there are plenty more fish in the sea (idiom)
careless / negligent / sloppy / not serious
(one's) last straw to clutch at; one's last hope
to cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom); to destroy root and branch / to eliminate completely
HSK 7-9
small, poorly-equipped theatrical troupe that tours small towns and villages / (fig.) makeshift band of individuals / rough and ready outfit
slipshod; careless; slovenly / (of handwriting) scrawly; illegible
HSK 7-9
(neologism) (slang) to spark interest in a product or idea (esp. on social media)
Compendium of Medical Herbs 1596, compiled by Li Shizhen 李時珍|李时珍
lawn
HSK 7-9
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
(idiom) to take to the woods to become an outlaw
very rarely seen, unusual (idiom)
HSK 7-9
lit. to pick the flowers and trample the grass (idiom) / fig. to womanize / to frequent brothels / to sow one's wild oats
(idiom) to bring trouble on oneself
lit. sturdy grass withstands high winds and true gold stands the test of fire (idiom) / fig. strength of character is revealed in a crisis
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.)
grasshopper
grass carp
spatterdock (Nuphar pumilum), a type of lily
weeds
to fondle the flowers and trample the grass (idiom) / to womanize / to frequent brothels / to sow one's wild oats
lawnmower
tough upright grass / (fig.) a staunch character who is loyal despite danger and hardship
diquat
grass
to have disregard for human life (idiom)
lit. beat the grass to scare the snake (idiom) / fig. to inadvertently alert an enemy / to punish sb as a warning to others
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
Caotun Township in Nantou County 南投縣|南投县, central Taiwan
Sarcandra glabra (botany)
oxalic acid C2H2O4
weed killer / herbicide
the straw that broke the camel’s back (idiom) / the final straw
Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula)
draft / outline / sketch
wire grass (Eleusine indica)
the most handsome boy in the school (see also 校花)
licorice root
forage grass
Hulunbuir grasslands of Inner Mongolia
aromatic herb / vanilla / alternative name for Eupatorium fortunei / (fig.) loyal and dependable person (old)
sage (Salvia officinalis)
pastureland
tropical pitcher plant (i.e. genus Nepenthes)
elephant grass; napier grass
(fig.) to clutch at straws (in desperation) / to take advantage of the situation (unscrupulously)
herbivore / herbivorous animal
medicinal herb
lit. every tree or bush an enemy soldier (idiom); fig. to panic and treat everyone as an enemy / to feel beleaguered
withered grass; dry grass
all kinds of grass / all kinds of flora
meadow
carelessly / hastily
grass
(of Taiwan aborigines) to go on a headhunting expedition
a book on Chinese (herbal) medicine / Chinese materia medica
draft (legislation, proposal etc)
HSK 7-9
Chinese anise (Ilicium anisatum, a shrub with poisonous leaves)
(bird species of China) Chinese grassbird (Graminicola striatus)
Shennong's Compendium of Materia Medica, a Han dynasty pharmacological compendium, 3 scrolls
green grass like cushion (idiom); green meadow so inviting to sleep on
see 白茅
Caotun Township in Nantou County 南投縣|南投县, central Taiwan
blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium)
hay fever
lawn / meadow / sod / turf / CL:
HSK 2
milkweeds (genus Asclepias)
Mackie's pest; lovegrass (Chrysopogon aciculatus)
Boraginaceae (family of flowers and bushes)
Miscanthus (genus of grass)
lit. grass stirring in the wind (idiom) / fig. the slightest whiff of trouble
prairie / savanna

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