the ten numerals 〡,〢,〣,〤,〥,〦,〧,〨,〩,十 nowadays mainly used in traditional trades such as Chinese medicine
1. a rank growth of grass2. uncultivated land3. wilderness
1. straw mushroom (Volvariella volvacea)2. paddy straw mushroom
1. straw mattress2. palliasse
1. weeds2. brush (vegetation)3. wild grassland
1. Hemerocallis fulva2. daylily
1. to take to the woods to become an outlaw2. (dialect) to be born (Etymology: in former times, a bed of straw or grass was used as padding during childbirth)
Chinese alpine rush (botany)
1. creeper2. climbing plant3. twiner
weeds or grass used to feed pigs
rice-paper plant (Tetrapanax papyriferus)
daylily (Hemerocallis fulva)
Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula)
1. (fig.) to clutch at straws (in desperation)2. to take advantage of the situation (unscrupulously)
lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus)
green foxtail (Setaria viridis)
motherwort (Leonurus heterophyllus or L. cardiaca)
straw mattress; palliasse
Sarcandra glabra (botany)
1. Chinese artichoke2. Stachys sieboldii
lavender (genus Lavandula)
wire grass (Eleusine indica)
tropical pitcher plant (i.e. genus Nepenthes)
1. creeping oxalis2. edelweiss
snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus)
1. legendary grass conferring invisibility2. fig. to conceal oneself or one's plans
beggarticks (Bidens pilosa)
chameleon plant; fish mint (Houttuynia cordata)
sage (Salvia officinalis)
caterpillar fungus (Ophiocordyceps sinensis) (The fungus grows within the body of a caterpillar, culminating in the emergence of a stalked fruiting body from the caterpillar's head, and is a much-prized and expensive ingredient used as a tonic in traditional Chinese medicine.)
1. lit. cut grass and pull out roots (idiom); fig. to destroy root and branch2. to eradicate
奇花异草 奇花異草 qí huā yì cǎo HSK 7–9 (idiom) rare or exotic flowers and plants
Jiancaoping, a district of Taiyuan City 太原市[tài yuán shì], Shanxi
1. lit. to pick the flowers and trample the grass (idiom)2. fig. to womanize3. to frequent brothels4. to sow one's wild oats+1 条 (idiom) to bring trouble on oneself
(one's) last straw to clutch at; one's last hope
Compendium of Medical Herbs 1596, compiled by Li Shizhen 李时珍[lǐ shí zhēn]