cǎo

grass, straw, thatch, herbs

HSK 3 #789

DEFINITIONS

草 cǎo
  • variant of 草[cao3]
  • grass
  • straw
  • manuscript
  • draft (of a document)
  • careless
  • rough
  • CL:棵[ke1],撮[zuo3],株[zhu1],根[gen1]
草 cào
  • variant of 肏[cao4]

STROKES

WORDS

待宵 dài xiāo cǎo evening primrose
忘忧 wàng yōu cǎo daylily (Hemerocallis fulva)
忘憂 wàng yōu cǎo daylily (Hemerocallis fulva)
拈花 rě cǎo niān huā see 拈花惹草[nian1 hua1 re3 cao3]
沾花 rě cǎo zhān huā see 沾花惹草[zhan1 hua1 re3 cao3]
dǎ cǎo to mow grass; haymaking; to write a rough draft (of an essay etc)
驚蛇 dǎ cǎo jīng shé lit. beat the grass to scare the snake (idiom); fig. to inadvertently alert an enemy; to punish sb as a warning to others
拈花惹 niān huā rě cǎo lit. to pick the flowers and trample the grass (idiom); fig. to womanize; to frequent brothels; to sow one's wild oats
拉菲 lā fēi cǎo raffia (loanword)
招风惹 zhāo fēng rě cǎo to stir up trouble (idiom); to sow discord
招風惹 zhāo fēng rě cǎo to stir up trouble (idiom); to sow discord
捞稻 lāo dào cǎo to fish for a straw; futile attempt to gain profit
撈稻 lāo dào cǎo to fish for a straw; futile attempt to gain profit
救命稻 jiù mìng dào cǎo (one's) last straw to clutch at; one's last hope
除根 zhǎn cǎo chú gēn to cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom); to destroy root and branch; to eliminate completely
新修本 xīn xiū běn cǎo Tang dynasty compendium of herbal medicine
方块皮 fāng kuài cǎo pí divot (golf)
方塊皮 fāng kuài cǎo pí divot (golf)
běn cǎo a book on Chinese (herbal) medicine; Chinese materia medica
纲目 běn cǎo gāng mù Compendium of Medical Herbs 1596, compiled by Li Shizhen 李時珍|李时珍[Li3 Shi2 zhen1]
綱目 běn cǎo gāng mù Compendium of Medical Herbs 1596, compiled by Li Shizhen 李時珍|李时珍[Li3 Shi2 zhen1]
杜甫堂 dù fǔ cǎo táng Du Fu's Thatched Cottage (park and museum in Chengdu)
东茅盖 dōng máo cǎo gài thatched roof
東茅蓋 dōng máo cǎo gài thatched roof
kū cǎo withered grass; dry grass