草 cǎo

1. cǎo noun grass; straw; herbs
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Botany , Concept: Plant 植物
   Notes: As in 草木 (Guoyu '草' n 1; Unihan '草')
2. cǎo noun a draft; a manuscript
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Writing
   Notes: In the sense of 底稿 (Guoyu '草' n 4)
3. cǎo adjective careless; rough; hasty
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 马虎 (Guoyu '草' adj 1)
4. cǎo noun a field
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 田野 (Guoyu '草' n 2)
5. cǎo noun a calligraphic technique
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: For example, 行草 'semi-cursive script' (Guoyu '草' n 3)
6. cǎo proper noun Cao
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '草' n 5)
7. cǎo adjective initial; preliminary
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 初步的 (Guoyu '草' adj 2)
8. cǎo verb to outline; to draft
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 起稿 (Guoyu '草' v 1)

Contained in

• 大会报告起草人(大會報告起草人) rapporteur
• 捞稻草(撈稻草) to fish for a straw; futile attempt to gain profit
• 草鞋 straw sandals
• 草堂 a grass hut ; my humble abode
• 草泥 adobe
• 方块草皮(方塊草皮) divot (golf)
• 灯草(燈草) the spongy, white pulp inside the stem of rush plants
• 柴草 firewood
• 大草鹛(大草鶥) giant babax (Babax waddelli)
• 谷草(穀草) straw
• 烟草(煙草) tobacco
• 萍蓬草 spatterdock (Nuphar pumilum), a type of lily
• 草拟(草擬) first draft; to draw up (a first version)
• 草食性动物(草食性動物) herbivore
• 长林丰草(長林豐草) tall trees and lush vegetation
• 风行草偃(風行草偃) as the wind blows the grass bends; a powerful person naturally influences by virtuous conduct
• 南亚大草莺(南亞大草鶯) Indian grassbird (Graminicola bengalensis)
• 草菇 straw mushroom; paddy straw mushroom
• 草酸 oxalic acid
• 铡草(鍘草) to cut grass
• 墙头草(牆頭草) sb who goes whichever way the wind blows; somebody with no mind of one's own; easily swayed person
• 草偃风从(草偃風從) the grass bends with the wind
• 大车前草(大車前草) plantago major
• 草泥马(草泥馬) grass mud horse
• 草珊瑚 Sarcandra glabra
• 草大青 Isatis tinctoria (indigo woad plant)
• 野草 weeds ; mistress or prostitute
• 劲草(勁草) tough upright grass
• 风滚草(風滾草) tumbleweed
• 草秆(草稈) straw; grain stalks
• 割草机(割草機) lawn mower (machine)
• 茅草棚 a grass hut; a thatched cottage
• 蔓草 a creeper; a climbing plant; a twiner; a vine
• 草原气候(草原氣候) steppe climate
• 芳草 fragrant herb ; a beautiful woman
• 草编(草編) straw weaving
• 草草了事 to do something hastily
• 草靡风行(草靡風行) the grass bends with the wind
• 草鸡(草雞) free-range chicken; (dialect) hen; cowardly
• 樱花草(櫻花草) primrose
• 插草标(插草標) to insert straw to mark for sale
• 如草 grassy
• 藁草 hay; dried grass
• 拈花惹草 to pick the flowers and trample the grass; to womanize; to frequent brothels
• 草丛(草叢) underbrush
• 草章 draft regulations
• 草庐(草廬) a thatched cottage; a grass hut
• 好马不吃回头草(好馬不吃回頭草) a good horse doesn't come back to the same pasture

Also contained in

阅微草堂笔记 、 兵没粮草自散 、 浅草

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• 卷六十三 志第十六 五行二上 Volume 63 Treatises 16: Five Elements 2a History of Song 宋史 — count: 120
• 卷五 中山經 Chapter 5: Classic of the Mountains - Central Classic of Mountains and Seas 山海經 — count: 52
• 卷九十九 志第七十五 藝文四 Volume 99 Treatises 75: Arts and Literature 4 History of Ming 明史 — count: 27
• 卷八十二 志第五十八 食貨六 Volume 82 Treatises 58: Finance and Economics 6 History of Ming 明史 — count: 23
• 卷二十七中之下 五行志 Volume 27c: Treatise on the Five Elements 3 Book of Han 漢書 — count: 21
• 卷二十八 志第十八 五行中 Volume 28 Treatises 18: Five Elements Part Two Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 20
• 卷二十九 Scroll 29 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 20
• 卷三十二 Scroll 32 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 18
• 卷二 西山經 Chapter 2: Classic of the Mountains - West Classic of Mountains and Seas 山海經 — count: 17
• 卷三十四　　　　志第二十四　　五行一 Volume 34 Treatises 28: Five Elements 1 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 17

Collocations

• 垦草 (墾草) 力農墾草 — Guanzi 管子, 重令第十五 Chapter 15: Important Edicts — count: 10
• 杀草 (殺草) 隕霜不殺草 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 8
• 草虫 (草蟲) 草蟲 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧召南‧草蟲 Lessons from the states - Odes Of Shao And The South - Cao Chong — count: 6
• 草宜 (草宜) 其草宜楚棘 — Guanzi 管子, 地員第五十八 Chapter 58: Land Officials — count: 5
• 草莱 (草萊) 辟草萊 — Mencius 孟子, 離婁上 Li Lou I — count: 5
• 草茅 (草茅) 則曰草茅之臣 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 士相見禮 第三 3. Rites attendant on the meeting of common officers with each other — count: 5
• 发草 (髮草) 耕田發草 — Guanzi 管子, 國蓄第七十三 Chapter 73: State Reserves — count: 4
• 靡草 (靡草) 靡草死 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months — count: 3
• 染草 (染草) 掌染草 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 地官司徒 第二 2. Office of Earth and Minster of Education and Social Welfare — count: 3
• 茂草 (茂草) 鞫為茂草 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧節南山之什‧小弁 Minor odes of the kingdom - Jie Nan Shan Zhi Shen - Xiao Bian — count: 3