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


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