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

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