仙茅
xiān máo
Pinyin

Definition

仙茅
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xiān máo
  1. golden eye-grass (Curculigo orchioides)
  2. Curculigo rhizome (used in TCM)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

仙
xiān
  1. 1 immortal
神仙
shén xiān
  1. 1 Daoist immortal
  2. 2 supernatural entity
  3. 3 (in modern fiction) fairy, elf, leprechaun etc
  4. 4 fig. lighthearted person
茅台
Máo tái
  1. 1 Maotai town in Renhuai county, Guizhou
  2. 2 Maotai liquor 茅臺酒|茅台酒
三顾茅庐
sān gù máo lú
  1. 1 lit. three humble visits to a thatched cottage
  2. 2 cf famous episode in the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义 in which Liu Bei 劉備|刘备 recruits Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮 (the Hidden Dragon 臥龍|卧龙) to his cause by visiting him three times
仙人
xiān rén
  1. 1 Daoist immortal
  2. 2 celestial being
仙人掌
xiān rén zhǎng
  1. 1 cactus
仙人球
xiān rén qiú
  1. 1 ball cactus
仙境
xiān jìng
  1. 1 fairyland
  2. 2 wonderland
  3. 3 paradise
仙女
xiān nu:3
  1. 1 fairy
仙子
xiān zǐ
  1. 1 fairy
仙居
Xiān jū
  1. 1 Xianju county in Taizhou 台州[Tāi zhōu], Zhejiang
仙桃
Xiān táo
  1. 1 Xiantao sub-prefecture level city in Hubei
仙界
xiān jiè
  1. 1 world of the immortals
  2. 2 fairyland
  3. 3 cloud nine
仙草
xiān cǎo
  1. 1 medicinal herb (genus Mesona)
  2. 2 grass jelly
八仙
Bā xiān
  1. 1 the Eight Immortals (Daoist mythology)
初出茅庐
chū chū máo lú
  1. 1 venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom)
  2. 2 young and inexperienced
  3. 3 novice
  4. 4 greenhorn
大仙
dà xiān
  1. 1 great immortal
天仙
tiān xiān
  1. 1 immortal (esp. female)
  2. 2 deity
  3. 3 fairy
  4. 4 Goddess
  5. 5 fig. beautiful woman
成仙
chéng xiān
  1. 1 to become immortal
水仙
shuǐ xiān
  1. 1 narcissus
  2. 2 daffodil
  3. 3 legendary aquatic immortal
  4. 4 refers to those buried at sea
  5. 5 person who wanders abroad and does not return

Idioms (8)

仙姿玉色
xiān zī yù sè
  1. 1 heavenly beauty, jewel colors (idiom); unusually beautiful lady
八仙过海，各显神通
Bā xiān guò hǎi , gè xiǎn shén tōng
  1. 1 lit. the Eight Immortals cross the sea, each showing his own special talent (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of each individual in a group) to give full play to one's unique capabilities
初出茅庐
chū chū máo lú
  1. 1 venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom)
  2. 2 young and inexperienced
  3. 3 novice
  4. 4 greenhorn
土阶茅屋
tǔ jiē máo wū
  1. 1 lit. earthen steps and a small cottage
  2. 2 frugal living conditions (idiom)
土阶茅茨
tǔ jiē máo cí
  1. 1 lit. earthen steps and a thatched hut
  2. 2 frugal living conditions (idiom)
欲仙欲死
yù xiān yù sǐ
  1. 1 to wish one were dead (idiom)
  2. 2 (fig.) to be in seventh heaven
拔茅连茹
bá máo lián rú
  1. 1 lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom); fig. also involving others
  2. 2 inextricably tangled together
  3. 3 Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.
茅塞顿开
máo sè dùn kāi
  1. 1 murky darkness suddenly opens (idiom); a sudden flash of insight and all is clear

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