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

• 樱花草(櫻花草) primrose
• 杀草快(殺草快) diquat
• 柴草 firewood
• 猪笼草(豬籠草) tropical pitcher plant (i.e. genus Nepenthes)
• 荒草 weeds; brush (vegetation); wild grassland
• 茅草棚 a grass hut; a thatched cottage
• 乳草 milkweeds
• 南亚大草莺(南亞大草鶯) Indian grassbird (Graminicola bengalensis)
• 草色芊芊 grass green like jade
• 灯心草(燈心草) common rush; soft rush
• 拔草 to pull out weeds
• 草丛(草叢) underbrush
• 牛筋草 wire grass (Eleusine indica)
• 章草 zhangcao; memorial script; regulated cursive script
• 蔓草 a creeper; a climbing plant; a twiner; a vine
• 草庐三顾(草廬三顧) three visits to a thatched cottage
• 除草剂(除草劑) weed killer; herbicide
• 锄草(鋤草) to hoe; to weed
• 草龟(草龜) Chinese pond turtle
• 种草(種草) to recommend a product
• 草食性动物(草食性動物) herbivore
• 草本植物 herbaceous plant
• 疾风知劲草(疾風知勁草) the storm put strong grass to the test; troubled times test a faithful minister
• 剪草除根 cut grass and pull out roots; to eradicate
• 草原灰伯劳(草原灰伯勞) steppe grey shrike (Lanius pallidirostris)
• 出草 (of Taiwan aborigines) to go on a headhunting expedition
• 草木 vegetation
• 枯草热(枯草熱) hay fever
• 薰衣草 lavender
• 草章 draft regulations
• 草包 idiot; straw bag
• 草木得常理 herbs and trees are in perpetual rotation
• 𬟁草(虉草) reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea)
• 草寇 bandits
• 草头(草頭) name of Kangxi radical 140
• 蛇麻草 hop (Humulus lupulus), climbing plant whose flower cones are used in brewing beer
• 草沼 marsh
• 草编(草編) straw weaving
• 草果 black cardamom; Amomum tsao-ko ; strawberry
• 方块草皮(方塊草皮) divot (golf)
• 除草 to weed
• 三叶草(三葉草) clover; trefoil
• 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
• 草纸(草紙) rough straw paper; toilet paper; brown paper
• 草耙 a rake
• 草民 the grass roots; the hoi polloi
• 草木长(草木長) the grass grows high
• 沾花惹草 to fondle the flowers and trample the grass; to womanize
• 草蜻蛉 green lacewing

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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
• 卷六十六　志第十七下: 河渠三 Volume 66 Treatises 19: Rivers and Canals 3 History of Yuan 元史 — 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
• 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
• 泽草 (澤草) 澤草所生 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 地官司徒 第二 2. Office of Earth and Minster of Education and Social Welfare — count: 3
• 辟草 (辟草) 辟草萊 — Mencius 孟子, 離婁上 Li Lou I — count: 3
• 荐草 (薦草) 薦草多衍 — Guanzi 管子, 八觀第十三 Chapter 13: Eight Observations — count: 3