草 cǎo

1. cǎo noun grass; straw; herbs
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Botany , Concept: Plant 植物
   Notes: As in 草木 (Guoyu '草' n 1; Unihan '草')
2. cǎo noun a draft; a manuscript
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Writing
   Notes: In the sense of 底稿 (Guoyu '草' n 4)
3. cǎo adjective careless; rough; hasty
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 马虎 (Guoyu '草' adj 1)
4. cǎo noun a field
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 田野 (Guoyu '草' n 2)
5. cǎo noun a calligraphic technique
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: For example, 行草 'semi-cursive script' (Guoyu '草' n 3)
6. cǎo proper noun Cao
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '草' n 5)
7. cǎo adjective initial; preliminary
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 初步的 (Guoyu '草' adj 2)
8. cǎo verb to outline; to draft
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 起稿 (Guoyu '草' v 1)

Contained in

• 今草 jincao; modern cursive
• 草字头(草字頭) name of Kangxi radical 140
• 草菅人命 to have no regard for human life
• 草场(草場) pasture
• 那拉提草原 Nalat grasslands
• 出草 (of Taiwan aborigines) to go on a headhunting expedition
• 瑶草琪花(瑤草琪花) plants and flowers in a fairyland
• 食草动物(食草動物) herbivore
• 缬草(纈草) valerian (Valeriana officinalis)
• 蔺草(藺草) common rush; soft rush
• 锄草(鋤草) to hoe; to weed
• 寸草不生 not even a blade of grass grows; barren
• 草药(草藥) herbal medicine
• 兔子不吃窝边草(兔子不吃窩邊草) A rabbit doesn't eat the grass by its own burrow
• 琪花瑶草(琪花瑤草) gems and flowers in a fairyland
• 斩草除根(斬草除根) to eliminate completely at the source
• 牛膝草 hyssop
• 萍蓬草 spatterdock (Nuphar pumilum), a type of lily
• 荒草 weeds; brush (vegetation); wild grassland
• 苲草 hornwort
• 纸草(紙草) papyrus
• 草大青 Isatis tinctoria (indigo woad plant)
• 茅草 sogon grass
• 草庐(草廬) a thatched cottage; a grass hut
• 蟋蟀草 wire grass (Eleusine indica)
• 风吹草动(風吹草動) when the wind blows the grass moves
• 柴草 firewood
• 风行草偃(風行草偃) as the wind blows the grass bends; a powerful person naturally influences by virtuous conduct
• 行草 semi-cursive script
• 奇花异草(奇花異草) exotic flowers and rare plants
• 芥草 a mustard stalk; something unimportant
• 拨草寻蛇(撥草尋蛇) making a path through the grass in search of a snake; to go out of your way to provoke something dangerous
• 草满囹圄(草滿囹圄) jails overgrown with grass; peaceful society
• 大草原 prairie; savanna
• 草果 black cardamom; Amomum tsao-ko ; strawberry
• 草食动物(草食動物) herbivore; herbivorous animal
• 香草精 vanilla; vanilla extract; methyl vanillin C8H8O3
• 草菇 straw mushroom; paddy straw mushroom
• 蒲草箱 rush basket
• 含羞草 mimosa; sensitive plant (that closes its leaves when touched)
• 草珊瑚 Sarcandra glabra
• 草色芊芊 grass green like jade
• 芒草 Miscanthus
• 如草 grassy
• 紫草 purple gromwell, red gromwell, red-root gromwell and redroot lithospermum
• 四叶草(四葉草) four-leaf clover
• 草地鹨(草地鷚) meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis)
• 墙头草(牆頭草) sb who goes whichever way the wind blows; somebody with no mind of one's own; easily swayed person
• 剪草机(剪草機) lawnmower

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尖草坪区 、 新修本草

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Truncated for common words

• 卷六十三 志第十六 五行二上 Volume 63 Treatises 16: Five Elements 2a History of Song 宋史 — count: 120
• 卷五 中山經 Chapter 5: Classic of the Mountains - Central Classic of Mountains and Seas 山海經 — count: 52
• 卷九十九 志第七十五 藝文四 Volume 99 Treatises 75: Arts and Literature 4 History of Ming 明史 — count: 27
• 卷八十二 志第五十八 食貨六 Volume 82 Treatises 58: Finance and Economics 6 History of Ming 明史 — count: 23
• 卷二十七中之下 五行志 Volume 27c: Treatise on the Five Elements 3 Book of Han 漢書 — count: 21
• 卷二十八 志第十八 五行中 Volume 28 Treatises 18: Five Elements Part Two Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 20
• 卷二十九 Scroll 29 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 20
• 卷三十二 Scroll 32 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 18
• 卷二 西山經 Chapter 2: Classic of the Mountains - West Classic of Mountains and Seas 山海經 — count: 17
• 卷三十四　　　　志第二十四　　五行一 Volume 34 Treatises 28: Five Elements 1 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 17

Collocations

• 垦草 (墾草) 力農墾草 — Guanzi 管子, 重令第十五 Chapter 15: Important Edicts — count: 10
• 杀草 (殺草) 隕霜不殺草 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 8
• 草虫 (草蟲) 草蟲 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧召南‧草蟲 Lessons from the states - Odes Of Shao And The South - Cao Chong — count: 6
• 草莱 (草萊) 辟草萊 — Mencius 孟子, 離婁上 Li Lou I — count: 5
• 草茅 (草茅) 則曰草茅之臣 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 士相見禮 第三 3. Rites attendant on the meeting of common officers with each other — count: 5
• 草宜 (草宜) 其草宜楚棘 — Guanzi 管子, 地員第五十八 Chapter 58: Land Officials — count: 5
• 发草 (髮草) 耕田發草 — Guanzi 管子, 國蓄第七十三 Chapter 73: State Reserves — count: 4
• 辟草 (辟草) 辟草萊 — Mencius 孟子, 離婁上 Li Lou I — count: 3
• 荐草 (薦草) 薦草多衍 — Guanzi 管子, 八觀第十三 Chapter 13: Eight Observations — count: 3
• 靡草 (靡草) 靡草死 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months — count: 3