草民
cǎo mín
Pinyin

Definition

草民
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cǎo mín
  1. the grass roots
  2. the hoi polloi

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

人民
rén mín
  1. 1 the people
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
人民币
rén mín bì
  1. 1 Renminbi (RMB)
  2. 2 Chinese Yuan (CNY)
全民
quán mín
  1. 1 entire population (of a country)
公民
gōng mín
  1. 1 citizen
市民
shì mín
  1. 1 city resident
民主
mín zhǔ
  1. 1 democracy
民族
mín zú
  1. 1 nationality
  2. 2 ethnic group
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
草
cǎo
  1. 1 variant of 草[cǎo]
草根
cǎo gēn
  1. 1 grass roots (lit. and fig.)
草莓
cǎo méi
  1. 1 strawberry
  2. 2 CL:顆|颗[kē]
  3. 3 (Tw) hickey
  4. 4 love bite
农民
nóng mín
  1. 1 peasant
  2. 2 farmer
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
农民工
nóng mín gōng
  1. 1 migrant workers
三叶草
sān yè cǎo
  1. 1 clover
  2. 2 trefoil
人民网
Rén mín wǎng
  1. 1 online version of the People's Daily, 人民日報|人民日报[Rén mín Rì bào]
仙草
xiān cǎo
  1. 1 medicinal herb (genus Mesona)
  2. 2 grass jelly
周渝民
Zhōu Yú mín
  1. 1 Zhou Yumin or Vic Zhou (1981-), Taiwan singer and actor, member of pop group F4
回民
Huí mín
  1. 1 Hui ethnic group (Chinese muslims)
国民
guó mín
  1. 1 nationals
  2. 2 citizens
  3. 3 people of a nation
国民党
Guó mín dǎng
  1. 1 Guomindang or Kuomintang (KMT)
  2. 2 Nationalist Party
国泰民安
guó tài mín ān
  1. 1 the country prospers, the people at peace (idiom); peace and prosperity

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
仁民爱物
rén mín ài wù
  1. 1 love to all creatures (idiom, from Mencius); universal benevolence
便民利民
biàn mín lì mín
  1. 1 for the convenience and benefit of the people (idiom)
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.
全民皆兵
quán mín jiē bīng
  1. 1 to bring the entire nation to arms (idiom)
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
削职为民
xuē zhí wéi mín
  1. 1 demotion to commoner (idiom)
剪草除根
jiǎn cǎo chú gēn
  1. 1 lit. cut grass and pull out roots (idiom); fig. to destroy root and branch
  2. 2 to eradicate
升斗小民
shēng dǒu xiǎo mín
  1. 1 poor people (idiom)
  2. 2 those who live from hand to mouth
又要马儿跑，又要马儿不吃草
yòu yào mǎ r5 pǎo , yòu yào mǎ r5 bù chī cǎo
  1. 1 lit. you can't expect the horse to run fast but not let it graze (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. you can't have your cake and eat it, too
国弱民穷
guó ruò mín qióng
  1. 1 the country weakened and the people empoverished (idiom)
国泰民安
guó tài mín ān
  1. 1 the country prospers, the people at peace (idiom); peace and prosperity
天涯何处无芳草
tiān yá hé chù wú fāng cǎo
  1. 1 there are plenty more fish in the sea (idiom)
奇花异草
qí huā yì cǎo
  1. 1 very rarely seen, unusual (idiom)
好马不吃回头草
hǎo mǎ bù chī huí tóu cǎo
  1. 1 lit. a good horse doesn't turn around and graze the same patch again (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. once you've moved on, don't go back again (romantic relationship, job etc)
  3. 3 leave the past behind
官逼民反
guān bī mín fǎn
  1. 1 a government official drives the people to revolt (idiom); a minister provokes a rebellion by exploiting the people
寸草不生
cùn cǎo bù shēng
  1. 1 lit. not even a blade of grass grows (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. barren
吊民伐罪
diào mín fá zuì
  1. 1 to console the people by punishing the tyrants (idiom)
打草惊蛇
dǎ cǎo jīng shé
  1. 1 lit. beat the grass to scare the snake (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to inadvertently alert an enemy
  3. 3 to punish sb as a warning to others
拈花惹草
niān huā rě cǎo
  1. 1 lit. to pick the flowers and trample the grass (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to womanize
  3. 3 to frequent brothels
  4. 4 to sow one's wild oats

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