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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *草* | 草* | *草
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
very rarely seen, unusual (idiom)
HSK 7-9
medicinal herb (genus Mesona) / grass jelly
slipshod; careless; slovenly / (of handwriting) scrawly; illegible
HSK 7-9
motherwort (Leonurus heterophyllus or L. cardiaca)
mow grass
clover / trefoil
aquatic plants / water and grass (i.e. favorable foraging land for livestock or wild animals) / (Malaysia) (coll.) drinking straw
flowers and plants
to graze; to eat grass
tropical pitcher plant (i.e. genus Nepenthes)
(one's) last straw to clutch at; one's last hope
rice straw
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *艸* | 艸* | *艸
variant of
HSK 2
there are plenty more fish in the sea (idiom)
(Tw) (botany) hairy beggarticks (Bidens pilosa var. radiata)
lit. to pick the flowers and trample the grass (idiom) / fig. to womanize / to frequent brothels / to sow one's wild oats
spatterdock (Nuphar pumilum), a type of lily
lit. sturdy grass withstands high winds (idiom) / fig. strength of character is revealed in a crisis
to fondle the flowers and trample the grass (idiom) / to womanize / to frequent brothels / to sow one's wild oats
grass
sb who goes whichever way the wind blows / sb with no mind of their own / easily swayed person / opportunist
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
wire grass (Eleusine indica)
hay
the most handsome boy in the school (see also 校花)
licorice root
aromatic herb / vanilla / alternative name for Eupatorium fortunei / (fig.) loyal and dependable person (old)
sage (Salvia officinalis)
tough upright grass / (fig.) a staunch character who is loyal despite danger and hardship
the spongy, white pulp inside the stem of rush plants, used as a wick for oil lamps
henbit deadnettle (Lamium amplexicaule)
withered grass; dry grass
all kinds of grass / all kinds of flora
straw
carelessly / hastily
weeds
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)
(neologism) (slang) to spark interest in a product or idea (esp. on social media)
Miscanthus (genus of grass)
tobacco
(idiom) to bring trouble on oneself
lit. sturdy grass withstands high winds (idiom) / fig. strength of character is revealed in a crisis
raffia (loanword)
Carex meyeriana
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
Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula)
medicinal herb
wire grass (Eleusine indica)
snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus)
primrose
seagrass
reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea)
deep gratitude up to death
grass that has grown on a grave since last year / (fig.) grave / to have died long ago / fodder provided to animals for the night
lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus)
lavender (genus Lavandula)
hay / dried grass
weeds / mistress or prostitute (old)
to weed
sedge herb (Cyperus rotundus)
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.)
Asakusa (district of Tokyo known for its traditional atmosphere and Sensō-ji, a 7th-century Buddhist temple)
edelweiss (Leontopodium alpinum)
Conyza blinii
pasture grass; fodder
weeds / brush (vegetation) / wild grassland
legendary grass conferring invisibility / fig. to conceal oneself or one's plans
coco-grass; nut sedge (Cyperus rotundus)
rice-paper plant (Tetrapanax papyriferus)
forage grass
weeds or grass used to feed pigs
creeping oxalis / edelweiss
four-leaf clover
firewood
to mow grass / haymaking / to write a rough draft (of an essay etc)
valerian (Valeriana officinalis)
hornwort
Indian madder; munjeet (Rubia cordifolia)
elephant grass; napier grass
(botany) Japanese hop (Humulus japonicus)
evening primrose
Rabdosia lophanthoides (no common name), herb plant of Lamiaceae family (together with mint and lavender), used in TCM
lit. an old cow eats young grass (idiom) / fig. a May-December relationship / a romance where the man is significantly older than the woman
daylily (Hemerocallis fulva)

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