Results for “草”

see 斬草除根|斩草除根[zhǎn cǎo chú gēn]

mow grass

tough upright grass / (fig.) a staunch character who is loyal despite danger and hardship

see 又要馬兒跑，又要馬兒不吃草|又要马儿跑，又要马儿不吃草[yòu yào mǎ r pǎo , yòu yào mǎ r bù chī cǎo]

lit. you can't expect the horse to run fast but not let it graze (idiom) / fig. you can't have your cake and eat it, too

to graze / to eat grass

(idiom) (humorous) (of a man) already taken (male counterpart of 名花有主[míng huā yǒu zhǔ])

(Tw) (botany) hairy beggarticks (Bidens pilosa var. radiata)

four-leaf clover

prairie / savanna

(bird species of China) giant babax (Pterorhinus waddelli)

(bird species of China) Chinese grassbird (Graminicola striatus)

there are plenty more fish in the sea (idiom)

(idiom) rare or exotic flowers and plants

lit. a good horse doesn't turn around and graze the same patch again (idiom) / fig. once you've moved on, don't go back again (romantic relationship, job etc) / leave the past behind

grassy

grass that has grown on a grave since last year / (fig.) grave / to have died long ago / fodder provided to animals for the night

henbit deadnettle (Lamium amplexicaule)

(idiom) barren / devoid of vegetation

hotel linens

evening primrose

daylily (Hemerocallis fulva)

see 拈花惹草[niān huā rě cǎo]

see 沾花惹草[zhān huā rě cǎo]

to mow grass / haymaking / to write a rough draft (of an essay etc)

lit. to pick the flowers and trample the grass (idiom) / fig. to womanize / to frequent brothels / to sow one's wild oats

raffia (loanword)

(idiom) to bring trouble on oneself

Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula)

(loanword) Timothy grass

(fig.) to clutch at straws (in desperation) / to take advantage of the situation (unscrupulously)

(one's) last straw to clutch at / one's last hope

(fig.) the final straw

a book on Chinese (herbal) medicine / Chinese materia medica

withered grass / dry grass

bacillus subtilis

hay fever

firewood

the most handsome boy in the school (see also 校花[xiào huā])

(bird species of China) Tibetan babax (Pterorhinus koslowi)