草包 cǎo bāo bag made of woven straw / bag filled with straw / (fig.) a good-for-nothing / clumsy oaf syn 草菇 cǎo gū straw mushroom (Volvariella volvacea) / paddy straw mushroom 荮 葤 zhòu (dialect) to wrap with straw / classifier for a bundle (of bowls, dishes etc) tied with straw syn 史卓 shǐ zhuó Straw (name) / Jack Straw (1946-), UK Labour Party politician, foreign secretary 2001-2006 压死骆驼的最后一根稻草 壓死駱駝的最後一根稻草 yā sǐ luò tuo de zuì hòu yī gēn dào cǎo the straw that broke the camel’s back (idiom) / the final straw 变种 變種 biàn zhǒng (biology) a mutation / a variety / a variant / a variety 短期 duǎn qī short term / short-term 短时间 短時間 duǎn shí jiān short term / short time 空头 空頭 kōng tóu phony / so-called / armchair (expert) / vain (promise) / (finance) short-seller / bear (market) / short (selling) syn 短袖 duǎn xiù short sleeves / short-sleeved shirt 短衣 duǎn yī short garment / short jacket 阵 陣 zhèn disposition of troops / wave / spate / burst / spell / short period of time / classifier for events or states of short duration syn 矮个儿 矮個兒 ǎi gè r a person of short stature / a short person syn 短欠 duǎn qiàn to fall short in one's payments / to lack / to be short of syn 字帖 zì tiě piece of paper with short note / short letter syn 字帖儿 字帖兒 zì tiě r piece of paper with short note / short letter 短文 duǎn wén short piece / article / short essay 上山 shàng shān to climb a hill / to go to the mountains / (of silkworms) to go up bundles of straw (to spin cocoons) / to pass away / (of the sun or moon) to rise 稻草 dào cǎo rice straw 忍无可忍 忍無可忍 rěn wú kě rěn more than one can bear (idiom) / at the end of one's patience / the last straw 水草 shuǐ cǎo aquatic plants / water and grass (i.e. favorable foraging land for livestock or wild animals) / (Malaysia) (coll.) drinking straw 管子 guǎn zi tube / pipe / drinking straw / CL:根[gen1] syn 吸食 xī shí (of an insect) to drink (nectar, sap, blood etc) / (of a person) to take (a narcotic drug) / to drink through a straw syn 秸秆 秸稈 jiē gǎn straw syn 吸管 xī guǎn (drinking) straw / pipette / eyedropper / snorkel / CL:支[zhi1] 草鞋 cǎo xié straw sandals 草帽 cǎo mào straw hat syn 柴火 chái huo plant material used as fuel (firewood, straw, leaves etc) syn 救命稻草 jiù mìng dào cǎo (one's) last straw to clutch at / one's last hope 导火线 導火線 dǎo huǒ xiàn fuse (for explosives) / (fig.) proximate cause / the last straw syn 蓬乱 蓬亂 péng luàn matted (of straw or hair) / unkempt / overgrown / scraggly / thatch syn 草纸 草紙 cǎo zhǐ rough straw paper / toilet paper / brown paper syn 山 shān mountain / hill (CL:座[zuo4]) / (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on syn 麦秸 麥秸 mài jiē straw from barley or wheat syn 草船借箭 cǎo chuán jiè jiàn lit. using straw boats to borrow arrows (idiom, from 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4]) / fig. to use others' manpower and resources for one's own ends 谷草 穀草 gǔ cǎo straw 草垫 草墊 cǎo diàn straw mattress 草 cǎo grass / straw / manuscript / draft (of a document) / careless / rough / CL:棵[ke1],撮[zuo3],株[zhu1],根[gen1] syn 荐 薦 jiàn to recommend / to offer sacrifice (arch.) / grass / straw mat syn 簦 dēng large umbrella for stalls / an ancient kind of bamboo or straw hat 刍 芻 chú to mow or cut grass / hay / straw / fodder 蓑 suō rain coat made of straw etc 苫 shān straw mat / thatch syn 寝苫枕块 寢苫枕塊 qǐn shān zhěn kuài bed of straw and pillow of clay (idiom) / the correct etiquette for a filial son during the mourning period 章甫荐履 章甫薦履 zhāng fǔ jiàn lǚ court crown beneath straw shoe (idiom) / everything turned upside down 一叶知秋 一葉知秋 yī yè zhī qiū lit. the falling of one leaf heralds the coming of autumn (idiom) / fig. a small sign can indicate a great trend / a straw in the wind 扐 lè divination by straw 葄 zuò straw cushion / pillow 莝 cuò to chop straw fine for animals 熜 zǒng torch made from hemp straw (old) 禾秆 禾稈 hé gǎn straw 草垫子 草墊子 cǎo diàn zi straw mattress / palliasse syn 草秆 草稈 cǎo gǎn straw / grain stalks 草荐 草薦 cǎo jiàn straw mattress / palliasse syn 蚕蔟 蠶蔟 cán cù small bundle of straw etc provided for silkworms to spin cocoons on 要子 yào zi straw rope 麻茎 麻莖 má jīng hemp straw 一吸管海洛因 yī xī guǎn hǎi luò yīn straw of heroin 未切罂粟杆 unlanced poppy straw 切割过的罂粟草 lanced poppy straw 意向性投票 yì xiàng xìng tóu piào straw poll 罂粟杆浓缩物 罌粟桿濃縮物 poppy straw concentrate 草砖 草磚 straw bale 蒲鞋 pú xié straw sandals 綥 qí dark gray / straw sandals 粪草 糞草 fèn cǎo compost made with animal manure and straw 引火线 引火線 yǐn huǒ xiàn fuse (for explosives) / (fig.) proximate cause / the last straw 草编 草編 cǎo biān straw weaving 柴禾 chái hé plant material used as fuel (firewood, straw, leaves etc) syn 落草 luò cǎo to take to the woods to become an outlaw / (dialect) to be born (Etymology: in former times, a bed of straw or grass was used as padding during childbirth) syn 节目 節目 jié mù (TV or radio) program / show / item / act / segment / number (on the program of a concert, variety show or cultural event) / a planned activity (in one's schedule) / CL:個|个[ge4],場|场[chang3],項|项[xiang4],臺|台[tai2],套[tao4],檔|档[dang4] syn 品种 品種 pǐn zhǒng breed / variety / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 种类 種類 zhǒng lèi kind / genus / type / category / variety / species / sort / class syn 综艺 綜藝 zōng yì variety (entertainment format) 七彩 qī cǎi seven colors / a variety of colors / multicolored / rainbow-colored 花色 huā sè variety / design and color / suit (cards) syn 俱全 jù quán every kind / every variety under the sun / a complete gamut syn 千姿百态 千姿百態 qiān zī bǎi tài (idiom) to come in many different shapes / to display a great variety of forms syn 各种颜色 各種顏色 gè zhǒng yán sè multicolored / a variety of colors 引种 引種 yǐn zhòng (agriculture) to plant an introduced variety 引种 引種 yǐn zhǒng (agriculture, animal husbandry) to introduce a new variety of plant or animal 五光十色 wǔ guāng shí sè bright and multicolored / of rich variety / (fig.) dazzling / glitzy syn 异种 異種 yì zhǒng hetero- / variety 哈密瓜 hā mì guā Hami melon (a variety of muskmelon) / honeydew melon / cantaloupe syn 闽南话 閩南話 mǐn nán huà Southern Min, a family of Sinitic languages spoken in southern Fujian and surrounding areas / Hokkien, major variety of Southern Min 品 pǐn (bound form) article / commodity / product / goods / (bound form) grade / rank / kind / type / variety / character / disposition / nature / temperament / to taste sth / to sample / to criticize / to comment / to judge / to size up / fret (on a guitar or lute) syn 哈蜜瓜 hā mì guā Hami melon (a variety of muskmelon) / honeydew melon / cantaloupe / also written 哈密瓜 syn 黑茶 hēi chá dark tea, a variety of fermented tea (e.g. Pu'er tea 普洱茶[Pu3 er3 cha2]) 抓周 zhuā zhōu custom of placing a variety of articles (writing brush, abacus etc) before an infant on its first birthday to see which one he or she picks up (The article chosen is supposed to be an indication of the child's inclinations, future career etc.) 彩 cǎi (bright) color / variety / applause / applaud / lottery prize syn 俳 pái not serious / variety show syn 蔯 chén a variety of artemisia 螗 táng variety of small cicada with a green back and a clear song (in ancient books) syn 鲼 鱝 fèn any ray (fish) variety of Myliobatiformes order 蓔 yǎo a variety of grass 代数簇 代數簇 dài shù cù algebraic variety (math.) 樲 èr acid variety of jujube plum 高维代数簇 高維代數簇 gāo wéi dài shù cù (math.) higher dimensional algebraic variety 闽南语 閩南語 mǐn nán yǔ Southern Min, a Sinitic language spoken in southern Fujian and surrounding areas / Hokkien, the most widely spoken variety of Southern Min 