Sī máo
Simao city in Yunnan, renamed Pu'er city 普洱市 in 2007
Máo Dùn
Mao Dun (1896-1981), Chinese novelist
Máo tái
Maotai town in Renhuai county, Guizhou
Maotai liquor 茅臺酒|茅台酒
máo tái jiǔ
maotai (a Chinese liquor)
CL:杯[bei1],瓶[ping2]
qián máo
forward patrol (military) (old)
(fig.) the top ranks
xiāng máo
lemon grass (Cymbopogon flexuosus)
máo fáng
toilet (rural euphemism)
thatched hut or house
sān gù máo lú
lit. three humble visits to a thatched cottage
cf famous episode in the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义 in which Liu Bei 劉備|刘备 recruits Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮 (the Hidden Dragon 臥龍|卧龙) to his cause by visiting him three times
máo sè dùn kāi
murky darkness suddenly opens (idiom); a sudden flash of insight and all is clear
Máo jiàn
Maojian district of Shiyan city 十堰市[Shi2 yan4 shi4], Hubei
Máo Dùn Wén xué jiǎng
Mao Dun Literature Prize, PRC prize for novel writing, awarded since 1982
Máo Yǐ shēng
Mao Yisheng (1896-1989), Chinese structural engineer and social activist
Sī máo shì
Simao city in Yunnan, renamed Pu'er city 普洱市 in 2007
bái máo
cogon grass (Imperata cylindrica), used as thatching material in China and Indonesia
Máo jiàn qū
Maojian district of Shiyan city 十堰市[Shi2 yan4 shi4], Hubei
Sī máo dì qū
Simao prefecture in Yunnan
Pǔ cì máo sī
Portsmouth, southern English seaport
Sī máo qū
Simao district of Pu'er city 普洱市[Pu3 er3 shi4], Yunnan
bá máo rú
lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow
fig. also involving others
inextricably tangled together
Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.
bá máo lián rú
lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom); fig. also involving others
inextricably tangled together
Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.
tǔ jiē máo wū
lit. earthen steps and a small cottage
frugal living conditions (idiom)
tǔ jiē máo cí
lit. earthen steps and a thatched hut
frugal living conditions (idiom)
Āi wén máo sī
Avonmouth in southwest England
same as the Bristol channel 布里斯托爾海峽|布里斯托尔海峡[Bu4 li3 si1 tuo1 er3 hai3 xia2]
Máo Shān
Mt Mao, Daoist mountain southeast of Jurong county 句容[Ju4 rong2], Jiangsu Province
Gé léi máo sī
Greymouth, town in New Zealand
also written 格雷默斯[Ge2 lei2 mo4 si1]
zhàn zhe máo kēng bù lā shǐ
lit. to occupy a latrine but not shit (proverb)
fig. to be a dog in the manger
chū chū máo lú
venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom)
young and inexperienced
novice
greenhorn
xiān máo
golden eye-grass (Curculigo orchioides)
Curculigo rhizome (used in TCM)
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