柴胡
chái hú
Pinyin

Definition

柴胡
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chái hú
  1. Chinese thorowax (Bupleurum chinense)
  2. root of Chinese thorowax (used in TCM)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

二胡
èr hú
  1. 1 erhu (Chinese 2-string fiddle)
  2. 2 alto fiddle
  3. 3 CL:把[bǎ]
火柴
huǒ chái
  1. 1 match (for lighting fire)
  2. 2 CL:根[gēn],盒[hé]
胡
Hú
  1. 1 surname Hu
胡思乱想
hú sī luàn xiǎng
  1. 1 to indulge in flights of fancy (idiom)
  2. 2 to let one's imagination run wild
胡椒粉
hú jiāo fěn
  1. 1 ground pepper (i.e. powder)
胡萝卜
hú luó bo
  1. 1 carrot
胡子
hú zi
  1. 1 beard
  2. 2 mustache or whiskers
  3. 3 facial hair
  4. 4 CL:撮[zuǒ],根[gēn]
  5. 5 (coll.) bandit
废柴
fèi chái
  1. 1 (Cantonese) (coll.) good-for-nothing
  2. 2 loser
柴
Chái
  1. 1 surname Chai
柴可夫斯基
Chái kě fū sī jī
  1. 1 Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), Russian composer
柴油
chái yóu
  1. 1 diesel fuel
柴火
chái huo
  1. 1 firewood
柴米油盐
chái mǐ yóu yán
  1. 1 lit. firewood, rice, oil and salt
  2. 2 fig. life's daily necessities
死胡同
sǐ hú tòng
  1. 1 dead end
  2. 2 blind alley
胡乱
hú luàn
  1. 1 careless
  2. 2 reckless
  3. 3 casually
  4. 4 absent-mindedly
  5. 5 at will
  6. 6 at random
  7. 7 any old how
胡同
hú tòng
  1. 1 lane
  2. 2 alley
  3. 3 CL:條|条[tiáo]
胡扯
hú chě
  1. 1 to chatter
  2. 2 nonsense
  3. 3 blather
胡搅
hú jiǎo
  1. 1 to disturb
  2. 2 to pester
胡桃
hú táo
  1. 1 walnut
胡椒
hú jiāo
  1. 1 pepper

Idioms (20)

不当家不知柴米贵
bù dāng jiā bù zhī chái mǐ guì
  1. 1 a person who doesn't manage a household would not be aware how expensive it is (idiom)
柴门小户
chái mén xiǎo hù
  1. 1 woodcutter's cottage (idiom); poor person's hovel
  2. 2 fig. my humble house
烈火干柴
liè huǒ gān chái
  1. 1 lit. intense fire to dry wood (idiom); inferno in a woodpile
  2. 2 fig. consuming passion between lovers
留得青山在，不怕没柴烧
liú de qīng shān zài , bù pà méi chái shāo
  1. 1 While the green hills last, there'll be wood to burn (idiom). Where there's life there's hope.
众人拾柴火焰高
zhòng rén shí chái huǒ yàn gāo
  1. 1 when everybody gathers fuel, the flames are higher (idiom)
  2. 2 the more people, the more strength
磨刀不误砍柴工
mó dāo bù wù kǎn chái gōng
  1. 1 lit. sharpening the axe won't make the wood-splitting take longer (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. time invested in preparations is not lost
  3. 3 a beard well lathered is half shaved
胡作非为
hú zuò fēi wéi
  1. 1 to run amok (idiom); to commit outrages
胡吹乱捧
hú chuī luàn pěng
  1. 1 indiscriminate admiration (idiom)
胡天胡帝
hú tiān hú dì
  1. 1 with all the majesty of an emperor (idiom)
  2. 2 reckless
  3. 3 intemperate
胡思乱想
hú sī luàn xiǎng
  1. 1 to indulge in flights of fancy (idiom)
  2. 2 to let one's imagination run wild
胡搅蛮缠
hú jiǎo mán chán
  1. 1 to pester endlessly (idiom)
  2. 2 an annoying troublemaker
胡编乱造
hú biān luàn zào
  1. 1 to concoct a cock-and-bull story (idiom)
  2. 2 to make things up
胡言乱语
hú yán luàn yǔ
  1. 1 babbling nonsense (idiom); crazy and unfounded ravings
  2. 2 double Dutch
胡诌乱傍
hú zhōu luàn bàng
  1. 1 to talk random nonsense (idiom); to say whatever comes into one's head
胡诌乱扯
hú zhōu luàn chě
  1. 1 to talk nonsense (idiom); saying whatever comes into his head
胡诌乱说
hú zhōu luàn shuō
  1. 1 to talk random nonsense (idiom); to say whatever comes into one's head
胡诌乱道
hú zhōu luàn dào
  1. 1 to talk nonsense (idiom); saying whatever comes into his head
胡诌八扯
hú zhōu bā chě
  1. 1 to talk random nonsense (idiom); to say whatever comes into one's head
随口胡诌
suí kǒu hú zhōu
  1. 1 to talk random nonsense (idiom); to say whatever comes into one's head
骨瘦如柴
gǔ shòu rú chái
  1. 1 as thin as a match
  2. 2 emaciated (idiom)

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