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Character Decomposition
茹=艹+如
Etymology
plant
Meanings
surname Ru
to eat
(extended meaning) to endure
putrid smell
vegetables
roots (inextricably attached to the plant)
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Words with 茹 47 total
Idioms with 茹 21 total
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.拔茅连茹bá máo lián rú(lit.) to live on dry provisions and wild herbs (idiom) · (fig.) to live in abject poverty饭糗茹草fàn qiǔ rú cǎoto suffer every possible torment (idiom); bitter hardship · to bear one's cross含辛茹苦hán xīn rú kǔto take in (old and new experiences and sorrows)茹古涵今rú gǔ hán jīn