cǎo
grass
straw
manuscript
draft (of a document)
careless
rough
CL:棵[ke1],撮[zuo3],株[zhu1],根[gen1]
yě cǎo
weeds
mistress or prostitute (old)
mù cǎo
pasture
forage grass
pasturage
qǐ cǎo
to make a draft
to draw up (plans)
cǎo shuài
careless
negligent
sloppy
not serious
cǎo dì
lawn
meadow
sod
turf
CL:片[pian4]
bǎi cǎo
all kinds of grass
all kinds of flora
chóng cǎo
see 冬蟲夏草|冬虫夏草[dong1 chong2 xia4 cao3]
cǎo shū
grass script
cursive script (Chinese calligraphic style)
cǎo mǎng
a rank growth of grass
uncultivated land
wilderness
cǎo yuán
grassland
prairie
CL:片[pian4]
xiāng cǎo
aromatic herb
vanilla
alternative name for Eupatorium fortunei
(fig.) loyal and dependable person (old)
yì mǔ cǎo
motherwort (Leonurus heterophyllus or L. cardiaca)
shuǐ cǎo
water plants
habitat with water source and grass
cǎo méi
strawberry
CL:顆|颗[ke1]
(Taiwan) hickey
love bite
cǎo àn
draft (legislation, proposal etc)
dōng chóng xià cǎo
caterpillar fungus (Cordyceps sinensis)
běn cǎo
a book on Chinese (herbal) medicine
Chinese materia medica
niān huā rě cǎo
lit. to pick the flowers and trample the grass (idiom)
fig. to womanize
to frequent brothels
to sow one's wild oats
cǎo nǐ
first draft
to draw up (a first version)
liáng cǎo
army provisions
rations and fodder