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charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *草* | 草* | *草
grass / straw / manuscript / draft (of a document) / careless / rough / CL: , , ,
HSK 2
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *草* | 草* | *草
variant of
HSK 2
to make a draft / to draw up (plans)
HSK 7-9
very rarely seen, unusual (idiom)
HSK 7-9
slipshod; careless; slovenly / (of handwriting) scrawly; illegible
HSK 7-9
rice straw
HSK 7-9
reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea)
weeds
tobacco
water plants / habitat with water source and grass
weeds / mistress or prostitute (old)
lavender
seagrass
medicinal herb
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *草* | 草* | *草
variant of
Indian madder; munjeet (Rubia cordifolia)
all kinds of grass / all kinds of flora
licorice root
fur clothing
a book on Chinese (herbal) medicine / Chinese materia medica
sb who goes whichever way the wind blows / sb with no mind of their own / easily swayed person / opportunist
to weed
aromatic herb / vanilla / alternative name for Eupatorium fortunei / (fig.) loyal and dependable person (old)
clover / trefoil
four-leaf clover
army provisions / rations and fodder
Asian mugwort or wormwood (genus Artemesia)
red root gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon) / flowering plant whose roots provide purple dye / arnebia (plant genus in family Boraginaceae)
grass
grass
valerian (Valeriana officinalis)
Hemerocallis fulva / daylily
pasture / forage grass / pasturage
mow grass
withered grass; dry grass
hay
sogon grass
carelessly / hastily
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.)
the spongy, white pulp inside the stem of rush plants, used as a wick for oil lamps
semicursive script
to mow grass / haymaking / to write a rough draft (of an essay etc)
weeds / brush (vegetation) / wild grassland
medicinal herb (genus Mesona) / grass jelly
to hoe / to weed
flowers and plants
the most handsome boy in the school (see also 校花)
motherwort (Leonurus heterophyllus or L. cardiaca)
coco-grass; nut sedge (Cyperus rotundus)
straw
forage grass
tough upright grass / (fig.) a staunch character who is loyal despite danger and hardship
chameleon plant; fish mint (Houttuynia cordata)
tropical pitcher plant (i.e. genus Nepenthes)
creeper / climbing plant / twiner
Asakusa, district of Tokyo with an atmosphere of old Japan, famous for the 7th century Buddhist temple, Sensō-ji
firewood
to fondle the flowers and trample the grass (idiom) / to womanize / to frequent brothels / to sow one's wild oats
green grass
rush (botany) / Juncaceae
Chinese anise (Ilicium anisatum, a shrub with poisonous leaves)
lit. to pick the flowers and trample the grass (idiom) / fig. to womanize / to frequent brothels / to sow one's wild oats
legendary grass conferring invisibility / fig. to conceal oneself or one's plans
rice-paper plant (Tetrapanax papyriferus)
(botany) Persicaria orientalis
lit. sturdy grass withstands high winds (idiom) / fig. strength of character is revealed in a crisis
Chinese alpine rush (botany)
ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) / fishwort (Houttuynia cordata)
(Internet slang) to recommend a product to sb
(idiom) to bring trouble on oneself
to graze; to eat grass
wire grass (Eleusine indica)
deep gratitude up to death
milkweeds (genus Asclepias)
(substitute for 我肏) fuck / WTF / (soccer) to waste time by feigning injury
papyrus
(one's) last straw to clutch at; one's last hope
Lucao or Lutsao Township in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县, west Taiwan
(of Taiwan aborigines) to go on a headhunting expedition
(botany) Japanese hop (Humulus japonicus)
(botany) rue (Ruta graveolens)
trash / garbage
snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus)
thyme
mimosa / sensitive plant (that closes its leaves when touched)
there are plenty more fish in the sea (idiom)
lit. an old cow eats young grass (idiom) / fig. a May-December relationship / a romance where the man is significantly older than the woman
vetiver grass (Vetiveria zizanoides)
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
henbit deadnettle (Lamium amplexicaule)
primrose
plantain herb (Plantago asiatica)
sedge herb (Cyperus rotundus)
lit. a rabbit never eats the grass beside its own burrow (idiom) / fig. even a scoundrel does not do harm in his immediate neighborhood
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
the straw that broke the camel’s back (idiom) / the final straw
grassy
grass that has grown on a grave since last year / (fig.) grave / to have died long ago / fodder provided to animals for the night
evening primrose

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