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Chinese dictionary
- 1
n.grass; hay; straw
羊在山上吃草。
The sheep are grazing on the hillside.
草可以做饲料，也可以造纸。
Straw can be used both for fodder and for papermaking.
地里长满了草。
The field is overgrown with grass.
- 2
n.draft
起草
prepare a draft
草案
draft agreement
草图
stretch
- 3
adj.careless; rough
字写得很草。
The handwriting is very sloppy.
潦草
sloppy
这几个字写得太草。
These characters are written in a sloppy hand.
- 4
v.draw up/out; make a draft
草拟
draw up
草创
start an enterprise
- 5
n.wilderness; humble
草贼
outlaw in the woods
落草为寇
turn to a life of banditry
- 6
adj.infmlfemale livestock or poultry
草鸡
hen
草马
mare
- 7
n.(of calligraphy) cursive hand
狂草
a highly cursive script
草书
cursive hand; running hand
Words and phrases with 草
- 草料[word]fodder
- 草鸡[word]hen; chicken-hearted
- 草根[word]grass root; the ordinary people
- 草地[word]lawn; grassland
- 草创[word]establish or found
- 草帘[word]straw screen/mat
- 草木灰[word]plant ash
- 草酸[word]oxalic acid
- 草坪[word]lawn
- 草率从事[idiom]act without due consideration
- 草长莺飞[idiom]The grasses are tall and the nightingales are in the air.
- 草率收兵[idiom]call off a battle perfunctorily
- 草草了事[idiom]do something rashly
- 草泽英雄[idiom]gallant outlaws
- 草木皆兵[idiom]Every bush and tree seems an enemy.
- 草莽英雄[idiom]greenwood hero
- 草菅人命[idiom]show utter contempt for human life
- 草草收兵[idiom]withdraw troops in a hurry
Word usage
- common measure word"草" is often matched with measure word "根"or"捆"or"堆".
一根草
one blade of grass
一捆草
one bundle of grass
一堆草
one pile of grass