柴胡
chái hú
Pinyin

Definition

柴胡
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chái hú
  1. Chinese thorowax (Bupleurum chinense)
  2. root of Chinese thorowax (used in TCM)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

èr hú
  1. 1 erhu (Chinese 2-string fiddle)
  2. 2 alto fiddle
  3. 3 classifier: 把 bǎ
huǒ chái
  1. 1 match (for lighting fire)
  2. 2 classifier: 根 gēn
  3. 3 classifier: 盒 hé
  1. 1 surname Hu
hú sī luàn xiǎng
  1. 1 to indulge in flights of fancy (idiom)
  2. 2 to let one's imagination run wild
hú jiāo fěn
  1. 1 ground pepper (i.e. powder)

Idioms (20)

不当家不知柴米贵
bù dāng jiā bù zhī chái mǐ guì
  1. 1 a person who doesn't manage a household would not be aware how expensive it is (idiom)
柴门小户
chái mén xiǎo hù
  1. 1 woodcutter's cottage (idiom); poor person's hovel
  2. 2 fig. my humble house
烈火干柴
liè huǒ gān chái
  1. 1 lit. intense fire to dry wood (idiom); inferno in a woodpile
  2. 2 fig. consuming passion between lovers
留得青山在,不怕没柴烧
liú de qīng shān zài , bù pà méi chái shāo
  1. 1 While the green hills last, there'll be wood to burn (idiom). Where there's life there's hope.
众人拾柴火焰高
zhòng rén shí chái huǒ yàn gāo
  1. 1 when everybody gathers fuel, the flames are higher (idiom)
  2. 2 the more people, the more strength