草 cǎo
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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') -
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) -
cǎo
adjective
careless; rough; hasty
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 马虎 (Guoyu '草' adj 1) -
cǎo
noun
a field
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As in 田野 (Guoyu '草' n 2) -
cǎo
noun
a calligraphic technique
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: For example, 行草 'semi-cursive script' (Guoyu '草' n 3) -
cǎo
proper noun
Cao
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '草' n 5) -
cǎo
adjective
initial; preliminary
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 初步的 (Guoyu '草' adj 2) -
cǎo
verb
to outline; to draft
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 起稿 (Guoyu '草' v 1)
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- 草荐(草薦) straw mattress; coarse matting
- 本草纲目(本草綱目) Compendium of Medical Herbs
- 草石蚕(草石蠶) Chinese artichoke; Stachys sieboldii
- 草字 cursive writing
- 异草奇花(異草奇花) exotic herbs and rare flowers
- 草船借箭 using straw boats to borrow arrows
- 割草机(割草機) lawn mower (machine)
- 香根草 vetiver grass (Vetiveria zizanoides)
- 白花蛇舌草 Hedyotis diffusa
- 虫草(蟲草) caterpillar fungus
- 瑶草琪花(瑤草琪花) plants and flowers in a fairyland
- 草爬子 tick
- 草大青 Isatis tinctoria (indigo woad plant)
- 草鸮(草鴞) eastern grass owl (Tyto longimembris)
- 草果 black cardamom; Amomum tsao-ko ; strawberry
- 草书(草書) cursive script
- 长林丰草(長林豐草) tall trees and lush vegetation
- 𬟁草(虉草) reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea)
- 草码(草碼) the ten numerals
- 饭糗茹草(飯糗茹草) to live on dry provisions and wild herbs; to live in abject poverty
- 芥草 a mustard stalk; something unimportant
- 香草精 vanilla; vanilla extract; methyl vanillin C8H8O3
- 草原雕(草原鵰) steppe eagle (Aquila nipalensis)
- 草木长(草木長) the grass grows high
- 人生一世,草木一春 Man has but one life, grass but one spring . the brevity of human existence
- 寸草不留 not even a blade of grass left; total destruction
- 牛膝草 hyssop
- 芒草 Miscanthus
- 缬草(纈草) valerian (Valeriana officinalis)
- 风吹草动(風吹草動) when the wind blows the grass moves
- 结草啣环(結草啣環) repaying kindness to Jie Cao
- 蟋蟀草 wire grass (Eleusine indica)
- 剪草机(剪草機) lawnmower
- 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
- 藁草 hay; dried grass
- 草标(草標) sign made of woven weeds, placed on an object, an animal or a person, indicating that it is for sale.
- 草芥 low grass; petty and low
- 莎草 coco-grass; nut sedge
- 棕草鹛(棕草鶥) Tibetan babax (Babax koslowi)
- 茜草 Indian madder; munjit
- 草色芊芊 grass green like jade
- 草坪 lawn
- 出草 (of Taiwan aborigines) to go on a headhunting expedition
- 熊胆草(熊膽草) Conyza blinii
- 草沼 marsh
- 草率 careless; negligent
- 草稿 draft; outline; sketch
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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
- 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
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
- 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