海绵 海綿 hǎi mián (zoology) sea sponge / (esp.) dried sea sponge / sponge (made from polyester or cellulose etc) / foam rubber 葡萄干 葡萄乾 pú tao gān raisin / dried grape 虾米 蝦米 xiā mǐ small shrimp / dried, shelled shrimps / (Tw) (coll.) what (from Taiwanese 啥物, Tai-lo pr. [siánn-mih], equivalent to Mandarin 什麼|什么[shen2me5]) syn 打草惊蛇 打草驚蛇 dǎ cǎo jīng shé lit. beat the grass to scare the snake (idiom) / fig. to inadvertently alert an enemy / to punish sb as a warning to others 乳臭未干 乳臭未乾 rǔ xiù wèi gān lit. smell of breast milk not yet dried (idiom) / fig. immature and inexperienced / still wet behind the ears syn 枯竭 kū jié used up / dried up / exhausted (of resources) syn 干枯 乾枯 gān kū withered / shriveled / dried-up syn 青草 qīng cǎo grass 草根 cǎo gēn grass roots (lit. and fig.) 干瘪 乾癟 gān biě dried out / wizened / shriveled syn 内定 內定 nèi dìng to select sb for a position without announcing the decision until later / to decide behind closed doors / all cut and dried 风干 風乾 fēng gān to air-dry / to season (timber etc) / air-dried / air-drying 陈皮 陳皮 chén pí dried tangerine peel (used in cuisine and traditional Chinese medicine) 干果 乾果 gān guǒ dried fruit / dry fruits (nuts etc) 牧草 mù cǎo pasture / forage grass / pasturage 寸草不生 cùn cǎo bù shēng lit. not even a blade of grass grows (idiom) / fig. barren syn 草本 cǎo běn grass / herb 干货 乾貨 gān huò dried food (including dried fruits, mushrooms and seafoods such as shrimp and abalone) / (fig.) (coll.) knowledge presented in readily assimilable form / just what you want to know: no more, no less (no padding 水分[shui3fen4]) 紫菜 zǐ cài edible seaweed of genus Porphyra or genus Pyropia, esp. one used to make dried sheets of nori 枯干 枯乾 kū gān dried up / shriveled / withered 水草 shuǐ cǎo aquatic plants / water and grass (i.e. favorable foraging land for livestock or wild animals) / (Malaysia) (coll.) drinking straw 青丝 青絲 qīng sī fine black hair / dried plum (sliced, as cake ingredient) syn 眼屎 yǎn shǐ sleep (dried mucus in the corner of the eye) syn 肉松 肉鬆 ròu sōng meat floss / shredded dried pork syn 草书 草書 cǎo shū grass script / cursive script (Chinese calligraphic style) syn 干贝 乾貝 gān bèi conpoy / dried scallop (dried adductor muscle of a scallop) syn 海米 hǎi mǐ dried shrimps syn 依依 yī yī reluctant to part / (of grass etc) soft and pliable, swaying in the wind syn 支部 zhī bù branch, esp. grass root branches of a political party syn 踏青 tà qīng lit. tread the green / go for a walk in the spring (when the grass has turned green) / spring hike season around Qingming festival 清明, 4th-6th April syn 葱葱 蔥蔥 cōng cōng verdant and thick (foliage, grass etc) syn 基层组织 基層組織 jī céng zǔ zhī grass-roots organization 绿草 綠草 lǜ cǎo green grass 凉粉 涼粉 liáng fěn liangfen (Chinese dish) / grass jelly (Chinese dish) 吃草 chī cǎo to graze / to eat grass 百草 bǎi cǎo all kinds of grass / all kinds of flora 草鱼 草魚 cǎo yú grass carp syn 枯草 kū cǎo withered grass / dry grass 仙草 xiān cǎo medicinal herb (genus Mesona) / grass jelly 草莽 cǎo mǎng a rank growth of grass / uncultivated land / wilderness syn 牛肉干 牛肉乾 niú ròu gān dried beef / jerky / charqui 拈花惹草 niān huā rě cǎo lit. to pick the flowers and trample the grass (idiom) / fig. to womanize / to frequent brothels / to sow one's wild oats syn 冻干 凍乾 dòng gān to freeze-dry / freeze-dried food (such as meat or fruit) 割草 gē cǎo mow grass 腐竹 fǔ zhú rolls of dried soymilk cream (used in cooking after being rehydrated) 虾皮 蝦皮 xiā pí small dried shrimp syn 饲草 飼草 sì cǎo forage grass syn 刍议 芻議 chú yì lit. grass-cutter's comment (humble) / fig. my observation as a humble layman / my humble opinion 分蘖 分櫱 fēn niè tiller (stem at the base of grass plants) syn 劲草 勁草 jìng cǎo tough upright grass / (fig.) a staunch character who is loyal despite danger and hardship 干菜 乾菜 gān cài dried vegetable 苍术 蒼術 cāng zhú black atractylodes rhizome (dried rhizome of any of several atractylodes species) (TCM) 柿饼 柿餅 shì bǐng dried persimmon 板鸭 板鴨 bǎn yā pressed (dried) salted duck 香茅 xiāng máo lemon grass (Cymbopogon flexuosus) 禾本科 hé běn kē Graminae or Poaceae, the grass family 草 cǎo grass / straw / manuscript / draft (of a document) / careless / rough / CL:棵[ke1],撮[zuo3],株[zhu1],根[gen1] syn 告密者 gào mì zhě tell-tale / informer (esp. to police) / whistleblower / grass 薰 xūn sweet-smelling grass / Coumarouna odorata / tonka beans / coumarin syn 薛 xuē wormwood like grass (classical) 芒 máng awn (of cereals) / arista (of grain) / tip (of a blade) / Miscanthus sinensis (type of grass) / variant of 邙, Mt Mang at Luoyang in Henan 菸 yū to wither / dried leaves / faded / withered 腊 xī dried meat / also pr. [xi2] syn 枯 kū (of plants) withered / (of wells, rivers, etc) dried up / (bound form) dull / boring / (bound form) residue of pressed oilseeds syn 撮 zuǒ classifier for hair or grass: tuft / Taiwan pr. [cuo4] syn 艹 cǎo grass radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[cao3 zi4 tou2 r5] 莽 mǎng (bound form) dense growth of grass / (literary) vast / boundless / (bound form) boorish / reckless 脯 fǔ dried meat / preserved fruit syn 荼 tú thistle / common sowthistle (Sonchus oleraceus) / bitter (taste) / cruel / flowering grass in profusion 莎草 suō cǎo coco-grass / nut sedge (Cyperus rotundus) 荐 薦 jiàn to recommend / to offer sacrifice (arch.) / grass / straw mat syn 茸 róng (bound form) (of newly sprouted grass) soft and fine / downy syn 荪 蓀 sūn fragrant grass 菅 jiān (grass) / Themeda forsbali 冬菜 dōng cài preserved dried cabbage or mustard greens 打草 dǎ cǎo to mow grass / haymaking / to write a rough draft (of an essay etc) 紫河车 紫河車 zǐ hé chē (TCM) dried human placenta (used as medicine) syn 槁 gǎo dried up (wood) / dead tree 刍 芻 chú to mow or cut grass / hay / straw / fodder 簟 diàn fine woven grass mat syn 荛 蕘 ráo fuel / grass 苕 tiáo reed grass / Chinese trumpet vine (Campsis grandiflora) (old) 乇 zhé "blade of grass" component in Chinese characters 荑 tí (grass) syn 脩 xiū dried meat presented by pupils to their teacher at their first meeting (in ancient times) / dried / withered 鲩 鯇 huàn grass carp syn 鲞 鯗 xiǎng dried fish syn 花押 huā yā signature (in grass-style writing) / symbol used in place of a signature (on a document, contract etc) syn 莛 tíng stalk of grass syn 眵 chī (bound form) sleep (dried mucus in the corner of the eye) syn 茷 fá denseness of grass-foliage 蓰 xǐ (grass) / increase five fold 蕝 jué coarse grass used to show rank 稂 láng grass / weeds syn 膴 hū big piece of meat / dried meat 芝焚蕙叹 芝焚蕙歎 zhī fén huì tàn lit. when one grass burns the other grass sighs (idiom) / fig. to have sympathy with a like-minded person in distress 冢中枯骨 塚中枯骨 zhǒng zhōng kū gǔ dried bones in burial mound (idiom) / dead and buried 臈 là dried meat 艸 cǎo grass 