草鞋
cǎo xié
Pinyin

Definition

草鞋
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cǎo xié
  1. straw sandals

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

tuō xié
  1. 1 slippers
  2. 2 sandals
  3. 3 flip-flops
  4. 4 classifier: 双 shuāng
  5. 5 classifier: 只 zhī
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
xié
  1. 1 shoe
  2. 2 classifier: 双 shuāng
  3. 3 classifier: 只 zhī

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
光脚的不怕穿鞋的
guāng jiǎo de bù pà chuān xié de
  1. 1 lit. the barefooted people are not afraid of those who wear shoes (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the poor, who have nothing to lose, do not fear those in power
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
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