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Pinyin cǎo

Radical

艹

Strokes

Definition

grass / straw / draft (of a document) / careless / rough / manuscript / hasty

Usage

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风吹草动 fēng chuī cǎo dòng

lit. grass stirring in the wind (idiom) / fig. the slightest whiff of trouble

草原 cǎo yuán

grassland / prairie / CL:片[pian4]

草坪 cǎo píng

lawn

草垛 cǎo duǒ

haystack / stack / hayrick

草垛子 cǎo duǒ zi

Haystack

草堆 cǎo duī

haystack / mow / rick / haycock / strawstack

嫩草 nèn cǎo

browse / browze / tender grass / young grass

草寇 cǎo kòu

bandits

寸草不生 cùn cǎo bù shēng

lit. not even a blade of grass grows (idiom) / fig. barren

草屑 cǎo xiè

turfgrass clippings

草履虫 cǎo lǚ chóng

paramecium / paramecia / paramoecium

积草屯粮 jī cǎo tún liáng

to store up provisions against a war

草帘 cǎo lián

Straw curtain

草帽 cǎo mào

straw hat

草庵 cǎo ān

thatched hut

割草 gē cǎo

mow grass

拈花惹草 niān huā rě cǎo

lit. to pick the flowers and trample the grass (idiom) / fig. to womanize / to frequent brothels / to sow one's wild oats

草拟 cǎo nǐ

first draft / to draw up (a first version)

斩草除根 zhǎn cǎo chú gēn

to cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom); to destroy root and branch / to eliminate completely

草木 cǎo mù

vegetation / plants

杂草 zá cǎo

weeds

枯草 kū cǎo

withered grass / dry grass

柴草 chái cǎo

firewood

草案 cǎo àn

draft (legislation, proposal etc)

草棚 cǎo péng

thatched shack / straw shed

草本植物 cǎo běn zhí wù

herbaceous plant

科尔沁草原 kē ěr qìn cǎo yuán

Horqin Grassland

草泥马 cǎo ní mǎ

grass mud horse / used as a substitute for 肏你媽|肏你妈[cao4 ni3 ma1], to mock or avoid censorship on the Internet

潦草 liáo cǎo

careless / slovenly / illegible (of handwriting)

烟草 yān cǎo

tobacco

草滩 cǎo tān

Grass beach

牧草 mù cǎo

pasture / forage grass / pasturage

草木犀 cǎo mù xī

clover / Melilotus suavcolen / sweet clover

甘草 gān cǎo

licorice root

草甸 cǎo diàn

meadow

草甸子 cǎo diàn zǐ

grassy meadow

草木皆兵 cǎo mù jiē bīng

lit. every tree or bush an enemy soldier (idiom); fig. to panic and treat everyone as an enemy / to feel beleaguered

禾草 hé cǎo

grass

仙草 xiān cǎo

medicinal herb (genus Mesona) / grass jelly

稻草 dào cǎo

rice straw

救命稻草 jiù mìng dào cǎo

(one's) last straw to clutch at / one's last hope

稻草堆 dào cǎo duī

straw bale / pile of straw / straw stack / heap of straw

稻草人 dào cǎo rén

scarecrow

草稿 cǎo gǎo

draft / outline / sketch

草窝 cǎo wō

Cao Wo

草签 cǎo qiān

initial

草籽 cǎo zǐ

grass seed

粮草 liáng cǎo

army provisions / rations and fodder

本草纲目 Běn cǎo Gāng mù

Compendium of Medical Herbs 1596, compiled by Li Shizhen 李時珍|李时珍[Li3 Shi2 zhen1]

草绳 cǎo shéng

straw rope / grass rope / har-band

含羞草 hán xiū cǎo

mimosa / sensitive plant (that closes its leaves when touched)

断肠草 duàn cháng cǎo

gelsemium elegan

芨芨草 jī jī cǎo

splendid achnatherum / Achnatherum splendens

茜草 qiàn cǎo

Rubia cordifolia / Indian madder / munjit

鱼腥草 yú xīng cǎo

Houttuynia cordata

杂草丛生 zá cǎo cóng shēng

Weeds spring up. / be overgrown with weeds / The weeds run riot. / (The place) was overgrown with grass and weeds.

草莓 cǎo méi

strawberry / CL:顆|颗[ke1] / (Taiwan) hickey / love bite

草菅人命 cǎo jiān rén mìng

human life as grass (idiom); to kill people like scything grass / a politician acting with total disregard for the life of his countrymen

萱草 xuān cǎo

Hemerocallis fulva / daylily

芒草 máng cǎo

Miscanthus (genus of grass)

灵芝草 líng zhī cǎo

ganoderma lucidum

草芥 cǎo jiè

trifle / mere nothing

芳草 fāng cǎo

fragrant grass / green grass

蒿草 hāo cǎo

wormwood

蓍草 shī cǎo

milfoil / Alpine Yarrow Herb

茅草 máo cǎo

sogon grass

绿草如茵 lǜ cǎo rú yīn

green grass like cushion (idiom); green meadow so inviting to sleep on

起草 qǐ cǎo

to make a draft / to draw up (plans)

草场 cǎo chǎng

pastureland

草地 cǎo dì

lawn / meadow / sod / turf / CL:片[pian4]

草本 cǎo běn

grass / herb

花草 huā cǎo

flowers and plants

水草 shuǐ cǎo

water plants / habitat with water source and grass

青草 qīng cǎo

grass

草药 cǎo yào

herbal medicine

荒草 huāng cǎo

weeds / brush (vegetation) / wild grassland

草长莺飞 cǎo zhǎng yīng fēi

The grasses are tall and the nightingales are in the air

草莽英雄 cǎo mǎng yīng xióng

outlaws of the marshes / greenwood hero

草菇 cǎo gū

straw mushroom (Volvariella volvacea) / paddy straw mushroom

蔓草 màn cǎo

creeper / climbing plant / twiner

蔺草 lìn cǎo

Rush

打草惊蛇 dǎ cǎo jīng shé

lit. beat the grass to scare the snake / to inadvertently alert an enemy / to punish sb as a warning to others (idiom)

结草衔环 jié cǎo xián huán

to repay sb's kind acts (idiom)

鸭跖草 yā zhí cǎo

dayflower / Commelina communis L.

草丛 cǎo cóng

underbrush

锄草 chú cǎo

to hoe / to weed

草鞋 cǎo xié

straw sandals

饲草 sì cǎo

forage grass

仙鹤草 xiān hè cǎo

hairyvein agrimony / Agrimonia pilosa

How to write 草

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