仙草
xiān cǎo
Pinyin

Definition

仙草
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xiān cǎo
  1. medicinal herb (genus Mesona)
  2. grass jelly

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

xiān
  1. 1 immortal
pí cǎo
  1. 1 fur clothing
shén xiān
  1. 1 Daoist immortal
  2. 2 supernatural entity
  3. 3 (in modern fiction) fairy, elf, leprechaun etc
  4. 4 fig. lighthearted person
cǎo
  1. 1 variant: 草 cǎo
cǎo gēn
  1. 1 grass roots (lit. and fig.)

Idioms (20)

人生一世,草木一春
rén shēng yī shì , cǎo mù yī chūn
  1. 1 Man has but one life, grass but one spring (idiom). fig. the brevity of human existence
仙姿玉色
xiān zī yù sè
  1. 1 heavenly beauty, jewel colors (idiom); unusually beautiful lady
兔子不吃窝边草
tù zi bù chī wō biān cǎo
  1. 1 A rabbit doesn't eat the grass by its own burrow (idiom); One shouldn't do anything to harm one's neighbors.
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
兵马未动,粮草先行
bīng mǎ wèi dòng , liáng cǎo xiān xíng
  1. 1 before the troops move, fodder and provisions go first (idiom); logistics comes before military maneuvers
  2. 2 an army marches on its stomach