甘草
gān cǎo
Pinyin
Definition
甘草
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- licorice root
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
不甘人后
- 1 (idiom) not want to be outdone
- 2 not content to lag behind
不甘后人
- 1 (idiom) not want to be outdone
- 2 not content to lag behind
人生一世,草木一春
- 1 Man has but one life, grass but one spring (idiom). fig. the brevity of human existence
兔子不吃窝边草
- 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
- 1 before the troops move, fodder and provisions go first (idiom); logistics comes before military maneuvers
- 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。
A dozen kinds of Chinese medicine, including Chinese cinnamon, licorice root, Chinese knotwood and a few other things.