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Character Decomposition
草=艹+早
Etymology
grass
Meanings
grass
straw
manuscript
draft (of a document)
careless
rough
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Words with 草 819 total
a book on Chinese (herbal) medicine · Chinese materia medica本草běn cǎodraft (legislation, proposal etc)草案cǎo ànbag made of woven straw · bag filled with straw · (fig.) a good-for-nothing · clumsy oaf草包cǎo bāoherbaceous · original draft (of a manuscript etc)草本cǎo běnstraw weaving草编cǎo biānhay干草gān cǎohotel linens布草bù cǎoto mow grass · haymaking · to write a rough draft (of an essay etc)打草dǎ cǎo(old) sign made of woven weeds, placed on an object, an animal or a person, indicating that it is for sale.草标cǎo biāo
Idioms with 草 124 total
before the troops move, fodder and provisions go first (idiom); logistics comes before military maneuvers · an army marches on its stomach兵马未动，粮草先行bīng mǎ wèi dòng , liáng cǎo xiān xíngto rush through the work · to get through a thing carelessly草草了事cǎo cǎo liǎo shìto work vaguely then retreat (idiom); sloppy and half-hearted · half-baked草草收兵cǎo cǎo shōu bīnglit. using straw boats to borrow arrows (idiom, from) · fig. to use others' manpower and resources for one's own ends草船借箭cǎo chuán jiè jiàn