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

• 草食动物(草食動物) herbivore; herbivorous animal
• 草石蚕(草石蠶) Chinese artichoke; Stachys sieboldii
• 种草(種草) to recommend a product
• 草药(草藥) herbal medicine
• 草原百灵(草原百靈) calandra lark (Melanocorypha calandra)
• 草帽 straw hat
• 草鞋 straw sandals
• 柠檬草(檸檬草) lemongrass
• 花草 flowers and plants
• 结草衔环(結草銜環) repaying kindness to Jie Cao; to repay kindness
• 草原雕(草原鵰) steppe eagle (Aquila nipalensis)
• 打草惊蛇(打草驚蛇) beat the grass to scare the snake; to inadvertently alert an enemy
• 大会报告起草人(大會報告起草人) rapporteur
• 草编(草編) straw weaving
• 草标(草標) sign made of woven weeds, placed on an object, an animal or a person, indicating that it is for sale.
• 草寇 bandits
• 日本莽草 Chinese anise; Japanese star anise
• 草爬子 tick
• 三道眉草鹀(三道眉草鵐) meadow bunting (Emberiza cioides)
• 草原灰伯劳(草原灰伯勞) steppe grey shrike (Lanius pallidirostris)
• 菸草 tobacco
• 除草 to weed
• 草鹭(草鷺) purple heron (Ardea purpurea)
• 卷草纹(卷草紋) a scroll design
• 百草 all kinds of grass; all kinds of flora
• 蔺草(藺草) common rush; soft rush
• 草根 grassroots
• 潦草 careless; slovenly; illegible ; sloppy (work)
• 大草原 prairie; savanna
• 草垫(草墊) a straw mat
• 沾花惹草 to fondle the flowers and trample the grass; to womanize
• 草案 draft
• 草率收兵 to work vaguely then retreat; sloppy and half-hearted; half-baked
• 毒草名 hemlock
• 草原鹞(草原鷂) pallid harrier (Circus macrourus)
• 薹草属(薹草屬) genus Carex
• 草绿篱莺(草綠籬鶯) eastern olivaceous warbler (Iduna pallida)
• 谷草(穀草) straw
• 草皮 turf; sward; sod
• 缬草(纈草) valerian (Valeriana officinalis)
• 荒草 weeds; brush (vegetation); wild grassland
• 草庐(草廬) a thatched cottage; a grass hut
• 香根草 vetiver grass (Vetiveria zizanoides)
• 起草 to draft
• 剪草除根 cut grass and pull out roots; to eradicate
• 风吹草动(風吹草動) when the wind blows the grass moves
• 衔环结草(銜環結草) repaying kindness to Jie Cao
• 稻草 rice straw

Also contained in

草屯镇 、 探竿影草 、 草屯

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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
• 卷二十九 Scroll 29 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 20
• 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
• 卷三十二 Scroll 32 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 18
• 卷八十四 志第六十 河渠二 Volume 84 Treatises 60: Rivers and Canals 2 History of Ming 明史 — 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
• 草莱 (草萊) 辟草萊 — Mencius 孟子, 離婁上 Li Lou I — count: 5
• 草宜 (草宜) 其草宜楚棘 — Guanzi 管子, 地員第五十八 Chapter 58: Land Officials — 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
• 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
• 草土 (草土) 凡草土之道 — Guanzi 管子, 地員第五十八 Chapter 58: Land Officials — count: 3
• 积草 (積草) 故野不積草 — Guanzi 管子, 權修第三 Chapter 3: Cultivating Authority — count: 3