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HSK
grassland / prairie / CL:
HSK 5
lawn / meadow / sod / turf / CL:
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *草* | 草* | *草
grass / straw / manuscript / draft (of a document) / careless / rough / CL: , , ,
HSK 2
flora and fauna
lawn
HSK 7-9
strawberry / CL: 顆|颗 / (Tw) hickey / love bite
turf / sward / sod
herbivorous
draft (legislation, proposal etc)
HSK 7-9
straw mat
careless / negligent / sloppy / not serious
small, poorly-equipped theatrical troupe that tours small towns and villages / (fig.) makeshift band of individuals / rough and ready outfit
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
grasshopper
grass carp
to have disregard for human life (idiom)
Caotun Township in Nantou County 南投縣|南投县, central Taiwan
Sarcandra glabra (botany)
oxalic acid C2H2O4
draft / outline / sketch
pastureland
herbivore / herbivorous animal
lit. every tree or bush an enemy soldier (idiom); fig. to panic and treat everyone as an enemy / to feel beleaguered
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *草* | 草* | *草
variant of
HSK 2
meadow
carelessly / hastily
Caotun Township in Nantou County 南投縣|南投县, central Taiwan
straw mattress / palliasse
vegetation / plants
to work vaguely then retreat (idiom); sloppy and half-hearted / half-baked
herbal medicine
straw sandals
(bird species of China) pallid harrier (Circus macrourus)
herbaceous / original draft (of a manuscript etc)
black cardamom / (dialect) strawberry
straw weaving
grass radical
bag made of woven straw / bag filled with straw / (fig.) a good-for-nothing / clumsy oaf
(bird species of China) steppe eagle (Aquila nipalensis)
underbrush
Grassy Hill (hill in Hong Kong)
fodder
Caohai Lake, Guizhou
Savannah monitor (Varanus exanthematicus)
a sketch / rough drawing
Isatis tinctoria (indigo woad plant)
straw hat
herbaceous plant
lit. jails overgrown with grass (idiom); fig. peaceful society
first draft / to draw up (a first version)
rough straw paper / toilet paper / brown paper
green lacewing
to be in the early stages of establishing
to rush to conclude a matter / to end up abruptly
grass script; cursive script (Chinese calligraphic style)
straw / grain stalks
to rush through the work / to get through a thing carelessly
straw mattress
grassroots netizens
(bird species of China) eastern olivaceous warbler (Iduna pallida)
Chinese artichoke / Stachys sieboldii
a rake
bandits
grass roots (lit. and fig.)
to work vaguely then retreat (idiom); sloppy and half-hearted / half-baked
a rank growth of grass / uncultivated land / wilderness
lawn mower
(old) sign made of woven weeds, placed on an object, an animal or a person, indicating that it is for sale.
pampered young people unaccustomed to hardship (Tw)
grass-fed
tick (zoology)
free-range chicken / (dialect) hen / cowardly
straw mattress; palliasse
(bird species of China) calandra lark (Melanocorypha calandra)
plant ash
the ten numerals 〡,〢,〣,〤,〥,〦,〧,〨,〩, nowadays mainly used in traditional trades such as Chinese medicine
the grass roots / the hoi polloi
thatched hut
grass mud horse / used as a substitute for 肏你媽|肏你妈, to mock or avoid censorship on the Internet
(bird species of China) steppe grey shrike (Lanius pallidirostris)
(bird species of China) meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis)
straw mushroom (Volvariella volvacea) / paddy straw mushroom
(bird species of China) eastern grass owl (Tyto longimembris)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *草* | 草* | *草
variant of
(bird species of China) purple heron (Ardea purpurea)


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