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HSK
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
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grass / straw / manuscript / draft (of a document) / careless / rough / CL: , , ,
HSK 2
mimosa / sensitive plant (that closes its leaves when touched)
to make a draft / to draw up (plans)
HSK 7-9
medicinal herb (genus Mesona) / grass jelly
slipshod; careless; slovenly / (of handwriting) scrawly; illegible
HSK 7-9
hay
very rarely seen, unusual (idiom)
HSK 7-9
beggarticks (Bidens pilosa)
motherwort (Leonurus heterophyllus or L. cardiaca)
clover / trefoil
mow grass
aquatic plants / water and grass (i.e. favorable foraging land for livestock or wild animals) / (Malaysia) (coll.) drinking straw
flowers and plants
four-leaf clover
to graze; to eat grass
there are plenty more fish in the sea (idiom)
(one's) last straw to clutch at; one's last hope
rice straw
HSK 7-9
(neologism) (slang) to spark interest in a product or idea (esp. on social media)
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
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.)
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
tough upright grass / (fig.) a staunch character who is loyal despite danger and hardship
grass
lit. a rabbit never eats the grass beside its own burrow (saying) / fig. even a scoundrel does not do harm in his immediate neighborhood
(Tw) (botany) hairy beggarticks (Bidens pilosa var. radiata)
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
the straw that broke the camel’s back (idiom) / the final straw
Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula)
wire grass (Eleusine indica)
the most handsome boy in the school (see also 校花)
licorice root
forage grass
aromatic herb / vanilla / alternative name for Eupatorium fortunei / (fig.) loyal and dependable person (old)
sage (Salvia officinalis)
tropical pitcher plant (i.e. genus Nepenthes)
(fig.) to clutch at straws (in desperation) / to take advantage of the situation (unscrupulously)
medicinal herb
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
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variant of
HSK 2
withered grass; dry grass
all kinds of grass / all kinds of flora
carelessly / hastily
grass
(of Taiwan aborigines) to go on a headhunting expedition
a book on Chinese (herbal) medicine / Chinese materia medica
Chinese anise (Ilicium anisatum, a shrub with poisonous leaves)
see 白茅
milkweeds (genus Asclepias)
Mackie's pest; lovegrass (Chrysopogon aciculatus)
Miscanthus (genus of grass)
primrose
lit. you can't expect the horse to run fast but not let it graze (idiom) / fig. you can't have your cake and eat it, too
raffia (loanword)
the most handsome boy in the class
fur clothing
lit. to live on dry provisions and wild herbs (idiom) / fig. to live in abject poverty
thyme
sb who goes whichever way the wind blows / sb with no mind of their own / easily swayed person / opportunist
wire grass (Eleusine indica)
seagrass
creeping oxalis / edelweiss
tobacco
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. abandoned by men and choked with weeds / desolate (idiom)
lavender (genus Lavandula)
hay / dried grass
weeds / mistress or prostitute (old)
to weed
honewort / Cryptotaenia japonica
Asakusa (district of Tokyo known for its traditional atmosphere and Sensō-ji, a 7th-century Buddhist temple)
edelweiss (Leontopodium alpinum)
the spongy, white pulp inside the stem of rush plants, used as a wick for oil lamps
pasture grass; fodder
weeds / brush (vegetation) / wild grassland
coco-grass; nut sedge (Cyperus rotundus)
rice-paper plant (Tetrapanax papyriferus)
Carex meyeriana
firewood
lit. sturdy grass withstands high winds (idiom) / fig. strength of character is revealed in a crisis
(substitute for 我肏) fuck / WTF / (soccer) to waste time by feigning injury
to mow grass / haymaking / to write a rough draft (of an essay etc)
hornwort
lit. sturdy grass withstands high winds (idiom) / fig. strength of character is revealed in a crisis
Indian madder; munjeet (Rubia cordifolia)
elephant grass; napier grass
to hoe / to weed
rush (botany) / Juncaceae
(botany) Japanese hop (Humulus japonicus)
evening primrose
army provisions / rations and fodder
lit. an old cow eats young grass (idiom) / fig. a May-December relationship / a romance where the man is significantly older than the woman
deep gratitude up to death

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