草 cǎo grass
grass; draft; rough
怎么记住“草”: 艹 grass + 早 early = grass. Dad starts mowing the grass so early on Sunday that the neighbours shout at him over one tiny patch of grass.
部件结构
草 = 艹 grass + 早 early
- 艹 grass
- 早 early
- 日 sun
- 十 ten
Dad starts mowing the grass so early on Sunday that the neighbours shout at him over one tiny patch of grass.
用法
- Grass radical 艹 - literally grass: 草地 (cǎodì) lawn, 草原 (cǎoyuán) grassland.
- A big second life: 'draft/rough' - 草案 (cǎo'àn) a draft proposal, 起草 (qǐcǎo) to draft (a document), 潦草 (liáocǎo) sloppy handwriting.
- So 草 splits into concrete (plants, 草药 herbal medicine) and figurative (rough, unfinished) - the 'rough draft' sense trips up learners who only know 'grass'.
含“草”的词语
例句
- 这些小草很绿。 Zhèxiē xiǎocǎo hěn lǜ.The grass is very green.
- 这些草莓真贵。 Zhèxiē cǎoméi zhēn guì.These strawberries are really expensive.
- 他们躺在草地上休息。 Tāmen tǎng zài cǎodì shang xiūxi.They're lying on the grass, resting.
- 房子的周围是一片草地。 Fángzi de zhōuwéi shì yī piàn cǎodì.The house is surrounded by lawn.