戟 jǐ halberd / long-handled weapon with pointed tip and crescent blade / combined spear and battle-ax 刀片 dāo piàn blade / razor blade / tool bit syn 桨板 槳板 jiǎng bǎn stand-up paddleboarding (SUP) / stand-up paddleboard / blade of a propeller / blade of an oar 寸草不生 cùn cǎo bù shēng lit. not even a blade of grass grows (idiom) / fig. barren syn 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 乇 zhé "blade of grass" component in Chinese characters 寸草不生 cùn cǎo - bù shēng lit. not even a blade of grass grows (idiom) / fig. barren syn 枯草 kū cǎo withered grass / dry grass 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 刍荛 芻蕘 chú ráo to mow grass and cut firewood / grass mower / woodman syn 尖锐 尖銳 jiān ruì sharp / intense / penetrating / pointed / acute (illness) syn 所指 suǒ zhǐ the objects indicated / as pointed out 红星 紅星 hóng xīng red star / five pointed star as symbol or communism or proletariat / hot film star 尖端 jiān duān sharp pointed end / the tip / the cusp / tip-top / most advanced and sophisticated / highest peak / the best syn 尖尖 jiān jiān sharp / pointed 尖头 尖頭 jiān tóu pointed end / tip / (medicine) oxycephaly syn 五角星 wǔ jiǎo xīng five-pointed star / pentagram 尖顶 尖頂 jiān dǐng pointed object / cusp / pinnacle / steeple 尾 yǐ horse's tail / pointed posterior section of a locust etc syn 尖 jiān pointed / tapering / sharp / (of a sound) shrill / piercing / (of one's hearing, sight etc) sharp / acute / keen / to make (one's voice) shrill / sharp point / tip / the best of sth / the cream of the crop syn 圭 guī jade tablet, square at the base and rounded or pointed at the top, held by the nobility at ceremonies / sundial / (ancient unit of volume) a tiny amount / a smidgen / a speck syn 抠 摳 kōu to dig / to pick / to scratch (with a finger or sth pointed) / to carve / to cut / to study meticulously / stingy / miserly / to lift up (esp. the hem of a robe) syn 扦 qiān short slender pointed piece of metal, bamboo etc / skewer / prod used to extract samples from sacks of grain etc / (dialect) to stick in / to bolt (a door) / to arrange (flowers in a vase) / to graft (tree) / to pedicure / to peel (an apple etc) 六角星 liù jiǎo xīng six-pointed star / hexagram 尖新 jiān xīn fresh / new and pointed 灰岩残丘 灰巖殘丘 huī yán cán qiū mogote (steep-sided pointed hill in karst landform) 闻过则喜 聞過則喜 wén guò zé xǐ to accept criticism gladly (humble expr.) / to be happy when one's errors are pointed out syn 碎钻 碎鑽 suì zuàn small diamonds / melee (small diamonds used in embellishing mountings for larger gems) / splints (sharp-pointed diamond splinters) / clatersal (small diamond splints from which diamond powder is produced by crushing) 五芒星 wǔ máng xīng five-pointed star / pentagram 六芒星 liù máng xīng six-pointed star / hexagram 锋利 鋒利 fēng lì sharp (e.g. knife blade) / incisive / to the point syn 叶片 葉片 yè piàn blade (of propellor) / vane / leaf syn 剑身 劍身 jiàn shēn sword blade 利刃 lì rèn sharp blade 刀刃 dāo rèn knife blade / crucial point syn 风向标 風向標 fēng xiàng biāo vane / propellor blade / weather vane / windsock 砍伤 砍傷 kǎn shāng to wound with a blade or hatchet / to slash / to gash 锯片 鋸片 jù piàn saw blade 双刃 雙刃 shuāng rèn double-edged blade 肩胛骨 jiān jiǎ gǔ scapula / shoulder blade syn 刀 dāo knife / blade / single-edged sword / cutlass / CL:把[ba3] / (slang) dollar (loanword) / classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper) / classifier for knife cuts or stabs syn 刃 rèn edge of blade syn 锷 鍔 è blade edge / sharp 胛 jiǎ shoulder blade 髆 bó shoulder blade 刀叶 刀葉 dāo yè blade 舌面 shé miàn blade of tongue / laminal 刀锋伺服器 刀鋒伺服器 dāo fēng sì fú qì blade 卷刃 juǎn rèn curved blade 卷笔刀 卷筆刀 juǎn bǐ dāo pencil sharpener (blade-only type) 宽斧 寬斧 kuān fǔ broadax / ax with a wide blade 钢丝锯 鋼絲鋸 gāng sī jù jigsaw (saw with steel wire blade) 扇叶 扇葉 shàn yè fan blade 排雷犁 mine-clearing blade 刀身 dāo shēn blade (of a knife or sword) 錍 pī flat arrow-head / plow blade / also pr. [pi2] 刀不磨要生锈，人不学要落后 刀不磨要生銹，人不學要落後 dāo bù mó yào shēng xiù , rén bù xué yào luò hòu (proverb) a blade will get rusty if it is not sharpened / a man will fall behind if he doesn't study 朴刀 pō dāo sword with a curved blade and a long hilt, wielded with both hands 血槽 xuè cáo fuller / blood groove (on a blade) / (gaming) health bar 支部 zhī bù branch, esp. grass root branches of a political party syn 依依 yī yī reluctant to part / (of grass etc) soft and pliable, swaying in the wind syn 基层组织 基層組織 jī céng zǔ zhī grass-roots organization 青草 qīng cǎo grass 水草 shuǐ cǎo aquatic plants / water and grass (i.e. favorable foraging land for livestock or wild animals) / (Malaysia) (coll.) drinking straw 草根 cǎo gēn grass roots (lit. and fig.) 绿草 綠草 lǜ cǎo green grass 草本 cǎo běn grass / herb 凉粉 涼粉 liáng fěn liangfen (Chinese dish) / grass jelly (Chinese dish) 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 牧草 mù cǎo pasture / forage grass / pasturage 吃草 chī cǎo to graze / to eat grass 百草 bǎi cǎo all kinds of grass / all kinds of flora 草书 草書 cǎo shū grass script / cursive script (Chinese calligraphic style) syn 草鱼 草魚 cǎo yú grass carp 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 仙草 xiān cǎo medicinal herb (genus Mesona) / grass jelly 草莽 cǎo mǎng a rank growth of grass / uncultivated land / wilderness syn 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 割草 gē cǎo mow grass 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 葱葱 蔥蔥 cōng cōng verdant and thick (foliage, grass etc) syn 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 香茅 xiāng máo lemon grass (Cymbopogon flexuosus) 禾本科 hé běn kē Graminae or Poaceae, the grass family 打草 dǎ cǎo to mow grass / haymaking / to write a rough draft (of an essay etc) 莎草 suō cǎo coco-grass / nut sedge (Cyperus rotundus) 草 cǎo grass / straw / manuscript / draft (of a document) / careless / rough / CL:棵[ke1],撮[zuo3],株[zhu1],根[gen1] syn 薛 xuē wormwood like grass (classical) 荐 薦 jiàn to recommend / to offer sacrifice (arch.) / grass / straw mat syn 莽 mǎng (bound form) dense growth of grass / (literary) vast / boundless / (bound form) boorish / reckless 茸 róng (bound form) (of newly sprouted grass) soft and fine / downy syn 撮 zuǒ classifier for hair or grass: tuft / Taiwan pr. [cuo4] syn 荼 tú thistle / common sowthistle (Sonchus oleraceus) / bitter (taste) / cruel / flowering grass in profusion 荪 蓀 sūn fragrant grass 薰 xūn sweet-smelling grass / Coumarouna odorata / tonka beans / coumarin syn 刍 芻 chú to mow or cut grass / hay / straw / fodder 菅 jiān (grass) / Themeda forsbali 