"Straw" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 草 |  cǎo | grass / straw / manuscript / draft (of a document) / careless / rough / CL:棵[ke1],撮[zuo3],株[zhu1],根[gen1] |   |
| 秸秆 | jiē gǎn | straw | |
| 吸管 | xī guǎn | (drinking) straw / pipette / eyedropper / snorkel / CL:支[zhi1] | |
| 谷草 | gǔ cǎo | straw | |
| 刍 | chú | to mow or cut grass / hay / straw / fodder | |
| 禾秆 | hé gǎn | straw | |
| 草秆 | cǎo gǎn | straw / grain stalks | |
| 史卓 | Shǐ zhuó | Straw (name) / Jack Straw (1946-), UK Labour Party politician, foreign secretary 2001-2006 | |
| 上山 | 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 | |
| 稻草 | dào cǎo | rice straw | |
| 忍无可忍 | rěn wú kě rěn | more than one can bear (idiom) / at the end of one's patience / the last straw | |
| 管子 | guǎn zi | tube / pipe / drinking straw / CL:根[gen1] | |
| 吸食 | xī shí | (of an insect) to drink (nectar, sap, blood etc) / (of a person) to take (a narcotic drug) / to drink through a straw | |
| 草鞋 | cǎo xié | straw sandals | |
| 草帽 | cǎo mào | straw hat | |
| 救命稻草 | jiù mìng dào cǎo | (one's) last straw to clutch at / one's last hope | |
| 草包 | cǎo bāo | bag made of woven straw / bag filled with straw / (fig.) a good-for-nothing / clumsy oaf | |
| 导火线 | dǎo huǒ xiàn | fuse (for explosives) / (fig.) proximate cause / the last straw | |
| 蓬乱 | péng luàn | matted (of straw or hair) / unkempt / overgrown / scraggly / thatch | |
| 草纸 | cǎo zhǐ | rough straw paper / toilet paper / brown paper | |
| 草菇 | cǎo gū | straw mushroom (Volvariella volvacea) / paddy straw mushroom | |
| 山 | shān | mountain / hill / anything that resembles a mountain / CL:座[zuo4] / bundled straw in which silkworms spin cocoons / gable | |
| 麦秸 | mài jiē | straw from barley or wheat | |
| 草船借箭 | 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 | |
| 草垫 | cǎo diàn | straw mattress | |
| 荐 | jiàn | to recommend / to offer sacrifice (arch.) / grass / straw mat | |
| 簦 | dēng | large umbrella for stalls / an ancient kind of bamboo or straw hat | |
| 蓑 | suō | rain coat made of straw etc | |
| 苫 | shān | straw mat / thatch | |
| 寝苫枕块 | qǐn shān zhěn kuài | bed of straw and pillow of clay (idiom) / the correct etiquette for a filial son during the mourning period | |
| 章甫荐履 | zhāng fǔ jiàn lu:3 | court crown beneath straw shoe (idiom) / everything turned upside down | |
| 一叶知秋 | 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 | |
| 荮 | zhòu | (dialect) to wrap with straw / classifier for a bundle (of bowls, dishes etc) tied with straw | |
| 要子 | yào zi | straw rope | |
| 矮杆品种 | ǎi gǎn pǐn zhǒng | short-stalked variety / short straw variety | |
| 扐 | lè | divination by straw | |
| 葄 | zuò | straw cushion / pillow | |
| 莝 | cuò | to chop straw fine for animals | |
| 熜 | zǒng | torch made from hemp straw (old) | |
| 草垫子 | cǎo diàn zi | straw mattress / palliasse | |
| 草荐 | cǎo jiàn | straw mattress / palliasse | |
| 蚕山 | cán shān | silkworm nest (bundle of straw etc provided for silkworm to spin their cocoons) | |
| 蚕箔 | cán bó | tray of straw for raising silkworms / fig. sericulture | |
| 蚕蔟 | cán cù | silkworm nest (bundle of straw etc provided for silkworm to spin their cocoons) | |
| 麻茎 | má jīng | hemp straw | |
| 一吸管海洛因 | yī xī guǎn hǎi luò yīn | straw of heroin | |
| 未切罂粟杆 | unlanced poppy straw | | |
| 切割过的罂粟草 | lanced poppy straw | | |
| 意向性投票 | yì xiàng xìng tóu piào | straw poll | |
| 罂粟杆浓缩物 | poppy straw concentrate | | |
| 草砖 | straw bale | | |
| 蒲鞋 | pú xié | straw sandals | |
| 綥 | qí | dark gray / straw sandals | |
| 引火线 | yǐn huǒ xiàn | fuse (for explosives) / (fig.) proximate cause / the last straw | |
| 草编 | cǎo biān | straw weaving | |
| 压死骆驼的最后一根稻草 | yā sǐ luò tuo de zuì hòu yī gēn dào cǎo | the straw that broke the camel’s back (idiom) / the final straw | |
