草 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 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 水 草 shuǐ cǎo aquatic plants / water and grass (i.e. favorable foraging land for livestock or wild animals) / (Malaysia) (coll.) drinking 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 柴 火 chái huo plant material used as fuel (firewood, straw, leaves etc) 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 mountain / hill (CL:座[zuo4]) / (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on 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 to recommend / to offer sacrifice (arch.) / grass / straw mat 簦 large umbrella for stalls / an ancient kind of bamboo or straw hat 蓑 rain coat made of straw etc 苫 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 (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 divination by straw 葄 straw cushion / pillow 莝 to chop straw fine for animals 熜 torch made from hemp straw (old) 草 垫 子 cǎo diàn zi straw mattress / palliasse 草 荐 cǎo jiàn straw mattress / palliasse 蚕 蔟 cán cù small bundle of straw etc provided for silkworms to spin cocoons on 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 dark gray / straw sandals 粪 草 fèn cǎo compost made with animal manure and straw 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 柴 禾 chái hé plant material used as fuel (firewood, straw, leaves etc) 落 草 luò cǎo to take to the woods to become an outlaw / (dialect) to be born (Etymology: in former times, a bed of straw or grass was used as padding during childbirth)
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