稻
草

Rice straw in Chinese: 稻草 (dào cǎo)

dào cǎo

rice straw

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Definitions

  1. 1rice straw

Stroke order

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稻
草

Zhuyin

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ㄉㄠˋ

dào

ㄉ/ dㄠ/ aoˋ/ fourth tone

ㄘㄠˇ

cǎo

ㄘ/ cㄠ/ aoˇ/ third tone

Example sentences

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  • 农民把晒干的稻草堆在田边。

    nóng mín bǎ shài gān de dào cǎo duī zài tián biān。

    The farmer piled the dried rice straw by the edge of the field.

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Related words

草

cǎo

grass

草地

cǎo dì

lawn

草原

cǎo yuán

grassland

草案

cǎo àn

draft (legislation, proposal etc)

草坪

cǎo píng

lawn

潦草

liáo cǎo

slipshod

起草

qǐ cǎo

to make a draft

水稻

shuǐ dào

rice

奇花异草

qí huā yì cǎo

very rarely seen, unusual (idiom)

斩草除根

zhǎn cǎo chú gēn

to cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom)

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