稻草 dào dào

dào dào noun rice straw
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Agriculture
Notes: For example, 稻草人...肌肉，皮肤是隔年的黄稻草 'A scarecrow's muscles and skin are made from the yellow rice straws from last year.' (Ye Shengtao 1999, p. 2)

Contained in

• 捞稻草(撈稻草) to fish for a straw; futile attempt to gain profit
• 稻草人 a scarecrow ; The Scarecrow
• 救命稻草 (one's) last straw to clutch at; one's last hope

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 第四十八回 Chapter 48 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 4
• 第五十六回 Chapter 56 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 1
• 第十二回 Chapter 12 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 1
• A Scarecrow 《稻草人》 A small number of phrases from the writings of Ye Shengtao — count: 1
• 卷二百四十四 列傳第一百三十二 楊漣 左光斗 魏大中 周朝瑞 袁化中 顧大章 王之寀 Volume 244 Biographies 132: Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou, Wei Dazhong, Zhou Chaorui, Yuan Huazhong, Gu Dazhang, Wang Zhicai History of Ming 明史 — count: 1

Collocations

• 要稻草 (要稻草) 要稻草何用 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第四十八回 Chapter 48 — count: 2