基层组织 基層組織 jī céng zǔ zhī grass-roots organization 草根 cǎo gēn grass roots (lit. and fig.) 剪草除根 jiǎn cǎo chú gēn lit. cut grass and pull out roots (idiom) / fig. to destroy root and branch / to eradicate syn 向基层主动行动提供组织和合作支助 Organizational and Cooperative Support to Grass-roots Initiatives 基层组织计划支助基金 Grass-roots Initiatives Support Fund 基层行动 基層行動 grass-roots action 南亚基层体制发展方桉 南亞基層體制發展方案 South Asian Programme on Institutional Development at the Grass-roots Level 基层社区发展 基層社區發展 grass-roots community development 非洲基层发展专题讨论会 非洲基層發展專題討論會 Inter-African Symposium on Grass-roots Development 基层民主 基層民主 jī céng mín zhǔ grass-roots democracy 基层举措 基層舉措 grass-roots efforts 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 斩草除根 斬草除根 zhǎn cǎo chú gēn to cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom) / to destroy root and branch / to eliminate completely syn 回老家 huí lǎo jiā to go back to one's roots / to return to one's native place / by ext. to join one's ancestors (i.e. to die) syn 树根 樹根 shù gēn tree roots syn 寻根 尋根 xún gēn to seek one's roots / to get to the bottom of a matter 除根 chú gēn to root out / to eliminate the roots / to cure once and for all syn 远志 遠志 yuǎn zhì far-reaching ambition / lofty ideal / milkwort (Polygala myrtifolia), with roots used in Chinese medicine syn 忘本 wàng běn to forget one's roots syn 归根 歸根 guī gēn to return home (after a lifetime's absence) / to go back to one's roots 盘根错节 盤根錯節 pán gēn cuò jié twisted roots and intertwined joints (idiom) / complicated and very tricky / knotty and deeply-rooted difficulties syn 苦参 苦參 kǔ shēn liquorice (Sophora flavescens), with roots used in TCM syn 紫草 zǐ cǎo red root gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon) / flowering plant whose roots provide purple dye / arnebia (plant genus in family Boraginaceae) 叶落归根 葉落歸根 yè luò guī gēn a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom) / everything has its ancestral home / In old age, an expatriate longs to return home. syn 根深叶茂 根深葉茂 gēn shēn yè mào deep roots and vigorous foliage (idiom) / (fig.) well established and growing strongly syn 茹 rú to eat / (extended meaning) to endure / putrid smell / vegetables / roots (inextricably attached to the plant) syn 壅 yōng to obstruct / to stop up / to heap soil around the roots of a plant 荄 gāi roots of plant 刨根问底 刨根問底 páo gēn wèn dǐ to dig up roots and inquire at the base (idiom) / to get to the bottom of sth syn 拔毛连茹 拔毛連茹 bá máo lián rú 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. 数典忘祖 數典忘祖 shǔ diǎn wàng zǔ to recount history but omit one's ancestors (idiom) / to forget one's roots syn 盘根问底 盤根問底 pán gēn wèn dǐ lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom) / to get to the bottom of sth 盘根究底 盤根究底 pán gēn jiū dǐ lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom) / to get to the bottom of sth syn 落叶归根 落葉歸根 luò yè guī gēn lit. a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom) / fig. all things go back to their source eventually / in old age, an expatriate returns home syn 藕断丝连 藕斷絲連 ǒu duàn sī lián lit. lotus roots may break, but the fiber remains joined (idiom) / lovers part, but still long for one another 询根问底 詢根問底 xún gēn wèn dǐ lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom) / to get to the bottom of sth 追根问底 追根問底 zhuī gēn wèn dǐ lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom) / to get to the bottom of sth syn 追根求源 zhuī gēn qiú yuán to track sth to its roots 落地生根 luò dì shēng gēn air plant (Bryophyllum pinnatum) / to put down roots 蔉 gǔn to bank up the roots of plants 判别式 判別式 pàn bié shì (math.) discriminant (e.g. b²-4ac in the formula for the roots of a quadratic equation) 寻根问底 尋根問底 xún gēn wèn dǐ lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom) / to get to the bottom of sth 小花远志 小花遠志 xiǎo huā yuǎn zhì small-flowered milkwort (Polygala arvensis Willd. or P. telephioides), with roots used in Chinese medicine 拔茅茹 bá máo rú lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow / fig. also involving others / inextricably tangled together / Invite one and he'll tell all his friends. 拔茅连茹 拔茅連茹 bá máo lián rú 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. 盘错 盤錯 pán cuò intertwined (of tree roots or branches) / fig. an intricate matter 芿 rèng weeds that regrow from cut-down roots 蕠藘 rú lǘ variant of 茹藘, Rubia cordifolia or Rubia akane, roots used as red dye 区域茎块作物讲习班 區域莖塊作物講習班 Regional Workshop on Roots and Tubers 根须 根鬚 gēn xū roots syn 树高千丈，叶落归根 樹高千丈，葉落歸根 shù gāo qiān zhàng , yè luò guī gēn fig. a tree may grow a thousand zhang high, but its leaves return to their roots (proverb) / fig. everything has its ancestral home / in old age, an expatriate returns home 连根拔 連根拔 lián gēn bá to pull up by the roots / to uproot 同宗同源 tóng zōng tóng yuán to share the same origins / to have common roots 根插 gēn chā to plant roots / to propagate from root cuttings 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 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 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 寸草不生 cùn cǎo bù shēng lit. not even a blade of grass grows (idiom) / fig. barren 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) 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 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 簟 diàn fine woven grass mat syn 荛 蕘 ráo fuel / grass 苕 tiáo reed grass / Chinese trumpet vine (Campsis grandiflora) (old) 