株
zhū
Pinyin

Definition

株
 - 
zhū
  1. tree trunk
  2. stump (tree root)
  3. a plant
  4. classifier for trees or plants
  5. strain (biology)
  6. to involve others (in shady business)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (9)

株
zhū
  1. 1 tree trunk
  2. 2 stump (tree root)
  3. 3 a plant
  4. 4 classifier for trees or plants
  5. 5 strain (biology)
  6. 6 to involve others (in shady business)
守株待兔
shǒu zhū dài tù
  1. 1 lit. to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits (idiom)
  2. 2 to wait idly for opportunities
  3. 3 to trust to chance rather than show initiative
株洲
Zhū zhōu
  1. 1 Zhuzhou prefecture level city, on the Xiangjiang river in Hunan
株式会社
zhū shì huì shè
  1. 1 Japanese limited company
  2. 2 corporation
  3. 3 public company
  4. 4 Ltd
  5. 5 p.l.c.
  6. 6 Corp
  7. 7 Japanese pr. kabushiki-gaisha
株洲市
Zhū zhōu shì
  1. 1 Zhuzhou prefecture level city, on the Xiangjiang river in Hunan

Idioms (2)

守株待兔
shǒu zhū dài tù
  1. 1 lit. to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits (idiom)
  2. 2 to wait idly for opportunities
  3. 3 to trust to chance rather than show initiative
守株待兔，缘木求鱼
shǒu zhū dài tù , yuán mù qiú yú
  1. 1 to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish (idiom); without any practical course of action

Sample Sentences

但动物身上颜色的形成常常不只是因为一朵花、一株草或一棵树，而是整个自然环境。
dàn dòngwù shēnshang yánsè de xíngchéng chángcháng bù zhǐshì yīnwèi yī duǒ huā 、yī zhū cǎo huò yī kē shù ，érshì zhěnggè zìrán huánjìng 。
However, the camouflage is usually not just a flower, a bead of grass, or a tree, it is often the entire environment.
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串一株幸运草，串一个同心圆。
chuàn yī zhū xìngyùncǎo ，chuàn yī gè tóngxīnyuán 。
Join them into a four leaf clover, join them in concentric circles
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