"Straw" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 cǎo grass / straw / manuscript / draft (of a document) / careless / rough / CL:棵[ke1],撮[zuo3],株[zhu1],根[gen1]
 jiē gǎn straw
 xī guǎn (drinking) straw / pipette / eyedropper / snorkel / CL:支[zhi1]
 gǔ cǎo straw
 chú to mow or cut grass / hay / straw / fodder
 hé gǎn straw
 cǎo gǎn straw / grain stalks
 Shǐ zhuó Straw (name) / Jack Straw (1946-), UK Labour Party politician, foreign secretary 2001-2006
 shàng shān to climb a hill / to go to the mountains / (of silkworms) to go up bundles of straw (to spin cocoons) / to pass away / (of the sun or moon) to rise
 dào cǎo rice straw
 rěn wú kě rěn more than one can bear (idiom) / at the end of one's patience / the last straw
 guǎn zi tube / pipe / drinking straw / CL:根[gen1]
 xī shí (of an insect) to drink (nectar, sap, blood etc) / (of a person) to take (a narcotic drug) / to drink through a straw
 cǎo xié straw sandals
 cǎo mào straw hat
 jiù mìng dào cǎo (one's) last straw to clutch at / one's last hope
 cǎo bāo bag made of woven straw / bag filled with straw / (fig.) a good-for-nothing / clumsy oaf
线 dǎo huǒ xiàn fuse (for explosives) / (fig.) proximate cause / the last straw
 péng luàn matted (of straw or hair) / unkempt / overgrown / scraggly / thatch
 cǎo zhǐ rough straw paper / toilet paper / brown paper
 cǎo gū straw mushroom (Volvariella volvacea) / paddy straw mushroom
 shān mountain / hill / anything that resembles a mountain / CL:座[zuo4] / bundled straw in which silkworms spin cocoons / gable
 mài jiē straw from barley or wheat
 cǎo chuán jiè jiàn lit. using straw boats to borrow arrows (idiom, from 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4]) / fig. to use others' manpower and resources for one's own ends
 cǎo diàn straw mattress
 jiàn to recommend / to offer sacrifice (arch.) / grass / straw mat
 dēng large umbrella for stalls / an ancient kind of bamboo or straw hat
 suō rain coat made of straw etc
 shān straw mat / thatch
 qǐn shān zhěn kuài bed of straw and pillow of clay (idiom) / the correct etiquette for a filial son during the mourning period
 zhāng fǔ jiàn lu:3 court crown beneath straw shoe (idiom) / everything turned upside down
 yī yè zhī qiū lit. the falling of one leaf heralds the coming of autumn (idiom) / fig. a small sign can indicate a great trend / a straw in the wind
 zhòu (dialect) to wrap with straw / classifier for a bundle (of bowls, dishes etc) tied with straw
 yào zi straw rope
 ǎi gǎn pǐn zhǒng short-stalked variety / short straw variety
 lè divination by straw
 zuò straw cushion / pillow
 cuò to chop straw fine for animals
 zǒng torch made from hemp straw (old)
 cǎo diàn zi straw mattress / palliasse
 cǎo jiàn straw mattress / palliasse
 cán shān silkworm nest (bundle of straw etc provided for silkworm to spin their cocoons)
 cán bó tray of straw for raising silkworms / fig. sericulture
 cán cù silkworm nest (bundle of straw etc provided for silkworm to spin their cocoons)
 má jīng hemp straw
 yī xī guǎn hǎi luò yīn straw of heroin
  unlanced poppy straw
  lanced poppy straw
 yì xiàng xìng tóu piào straw poll
  poppy straw concentrate
  straw bale
 pú xié straw sandals
 qí dark gray / straw sandals
线 yǐn huǒ xiàn fuse (for explosives) / (fig.) proximate cause / the last straw
 cǎo biān straw weaving
 yā sǐ luò tuo de zuì hòu yī gēn dào cǎo the straw that broke the camel’s back (idiom) / the final straw
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