甘草
gān cǎo
Pinyin

Definition

甘草
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gān cǎo
  1. licorice root

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

Gān
  1. 1 surname Gan
  2. 2 abbr. for Gansu Province 甘肅省|甘肃省[Gān sù Shěng]
cǎo
  1. 1 variant: 草 cǎo
cǎo gēn
  1. 1 grass roots (lit. and fig.)
cǎo méi
  1. 1 strawberry
  2. 2 classifier: 颗 kē
  3. 3 (Tw) hickey
  4. 4 love bite
sān yè cǎo
  1. 1 clover
  2. 2 trefoil

Idioms (20)

不甘人后
bù gān rén hòu
  1. 1 (idiom) not want to be outdone
  2. 2 not content to lag behind
不甘后人
bù gān hòu rén
  1. 1 (idiom) not want to be outdone
  2. 2 not content to lag behind
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
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.
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

Sample Sentences

有十几味中药呢,包括桂皮、甘草、何首乌什么的。
yǒu shíjǐ wèi zhōngyào ne ,bāokuò guìpí 、gāncǎo 、héshǒuwū shénmede 。
A dozen kinds of Chinese medicine, including Chinese cinnamon, licorice root, Chinese knotwood and a few other things.
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