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reeds / rushes

surname Mao

thatched cottage

latrine pit / latrine

名列前茅míng liè qián máo

to rank among the best

初出茅庐chū chū máo lú

venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom) / young and inexperienced / novice / greenhorn

茅坑里点灯máo kēng lǐ diǎn dēng

(slang) (fig.) to court death (derived from 找死[zhǎo sǐ] via its near homophone 照屎[zhào shǐ])

茅塞顿开máo sè dùn kāi

murky darkness suddenly opens (idiom) / a sudden flash of insight and all is clear

茅屋顶máo wū dǐng

thatched roof

茅庐máo lú

thatched cottage

茅房máo fáng

toilet (rural euphemism) / thatched hut or house

茅棚máo péng

thatched shed

茅台máo tái

maotai liquor 茅臺酒|茅台酒[máo tái jiǔ]

茅台酒máo tái jiǔ

maotai (a strong spirit produced in Guizhou) / CL:杯[bēi],瓶[píng]

茅舍máo shè

cottage / hut

茅草máo cǎo

see 白茅[bái máo]

三顾茅庐sān gù máo lú

lit. to make three visits to the thatched cottage (idiom) (allusion to an episode in Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[Sān guó Yǎn yì] in which Liu Bei 劉備|刘备[Liú Bèi] recruits Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮[Zhū gě Liàng] to his cause by visiting him three times) / fig. to make earnest and repeated requests of sb

仙茅xiān máo

golden eye-grass (Curculigo orchioides) / Curculigo rhizome (used in TCM)

前茅qián máo

forward patrol (military) (old) / (fig.) the top ranks

包茅bāo máo

bundled thatch

占着茅坑不拉屎zhàn zhe máo kēng bù lā shǐ

lit. to occupy a latrine but not shit (proverb) / fig. to be a dog in the manger

土阶茅屋tǔ jiē máo wū

lit. earthen steps and a small cottage / frugal living conditions (idiom)

土阶茅茨tǔ jiē máo cí

lit. earthen steps and a thatched hut / frugal living conditions (idiom)

拉不出屎来怨茅房lā bù chū shǐ lái yuàn máo fáng

lit. to blame the toilet because one is having difficulty completing a bowel movement (idiom) / fig. to blame others for problems caused by one's own shortcomings

拔茅连茹bá máo lián rú

lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom) / fig. also involving others / inextricably tangled together / Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.

白茅bái máo

cogongrass (Imperata cylindrica), used as thatching material in China and Indonesia

顿开茅塞dùn kāi máo sè

see 茅塞頓開|茅塞顿开[máo sè dùn kāi]

香茅xiāng máo

lemongrass (Cymbopogon)

香茅醇xiāng máo chún

citronellol (chemistry)

达特茅斯Dá tè máo sī

Dartmouth (place name)

普利茅斯Pǔ lì máo sī

Plymouth