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


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