香草
xiāng cǎo
Pinyin

Definition

香草
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xiāng cǎo
  1. aromatic herb
  2. vanilla
  3. alternative name for Eupatorium fortunei
  4. (fig.) loyal and dependable person (old)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

草
cǎo
  1. 1 variant: 草 cǎo
草根
cǎo gēn
  1. 1 grass roots (lit. and fig.)
草莓
cǎo méi
  1. 1 strawberry
  2. 2 classifier: 颗 kē
  3. 3 (Tw) hickey
  4. 4 love bite
香
xiāng
  1. 1 fragrant
  2. 2 sweet smelling
  3. 3 aromatic
  4. 4 savory or appetizing
  5. 5 (to eat) with relish
  6. 6 (of sleep) sound
  7. 7 perfume or spice
  8. 8 joss or incense stick
  9. 9 classifier: 根 gēn
香水
xiāng shuǐ
  1. 1 perfume
  2. 2 cologne

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
偷香窃玉
tōu xiāng qiè yù
  1. 1 lit. stolen scent, pilfered jade (idiom); philandering
  2. 2 secret illicit sex
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

Sample Sentences

端午节本来是在农历五月五日，这一天，人们会把香草、药草放在身上或家里，赶走蚊虫，也会喝药酒来避免生病。
duānwǔjié běnlái shì zài nónglì wǔyuè wǔ rì ，zhè yī tiān ，rénmen huì bǎ xiāngcǎo 、yàocǎo fàng zài shēnshàng huò jiālǐ ，gǎnzǒu wénchóng ，yě huì hē yào jiǔ lái bìmiǎn shēngbìng 。
Dragon Boat Festival is traditionally on the 5th day of the 5th month of the lunar calendar. On this day, people will hang aromatic and medicinal herbs on their clothes or their homes. This deters mosquitoes and other insects. People will also drink medicinal wines to prevent illnesses.
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嗯......我要一杯香草拿铁。
ng4 ......wǒ yào yī bēi xiāngcǎo nátiě 。
Um...I'll have a vanilla latte.
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一杯大杯的每日咖啡，一杯超大杯的香草拿铁加奶油，一共是七十元。
yī bēi dàbēi de měirì kāfēi ，yī bēi chāodàbēi de xiāngcǎo nátiě jiā nǎiyóu ，yīgòng shì qīshí yuán 。
One large coffee of the day, one extra large vanilla latte. Altogether, that'll be 70 yuan.
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有香草冰淇淋吗？
yǒu xiāngcǎo bīngqílín ma ？
Do you have vanilla ice cream?
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