甘草
gān cǎo
Pinyin

Definition

甘草
 - 
gān cǎo
  1. licorice root

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

甘
Gān
  1. 1 surname Gan
  2. 2 abbr. for Gansu Province 甘肅省|甘肃省[Gān sù Shěng]
草
cǎo
  1. 1 variant of 草[cǎo]
草根
cǎo gēn
  1. 1 grass roots (lit. and fig.)
草莓
cǎo méi
  1. 1 strawberry
  2. 2 CL:顆|颗[kē]
  3. 3 (Tw) hickey
  4. 4 love bite
三叶草
sān yè cǎo
  1. 1 clover
  2. 2 trefoil
不甘心
bù gān xīn
  1. 1 not reconciled to
  2. 2 not resigned to
仙草
xiān cǎo
  1. 1 medicinal herb (genus Mesona)
  2. 2 grass jelly
含羞草
hán xiū cǎo
  1. 1 mimosa
  2. 2 sensitive plant (that closes its leaves when touched)
心甘情愿
xīn gān qíng yuàn
  1. 1 delighted to (do sth, idiom)
  2. 2 perfectly happy to do
  3. 3 most willing to do
拈花惹草
niān huā rě cǎo
  1. 1 lit. to pick the flowers and trample the grass (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to womanize
  3. 3 to frequent brothels
  4. 4 to sow one's wild oats
本草
běn cǎo
  1. 1 a book on Chinese (herbal) medicine
  2. 2 Chinese materia medica
校草
xiào cǎo
  1. 1 the most handsome boy in the school (see also 校花[xiào huā])
水草
shuǐ cǎo
  1. 1 water plants
  2. 2 habitat with water source and grass
烟草
yān cǎo
  1. 1 tobacco
甘孜
Gān zī
  1. 1 Garze or Kandze, capital of Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州[Gān zī Zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], formerly in Kham province of Tibet, present Sichuan
甘心
gān xīn
  1. 1 to be willing to
  2. 2 to resign oneself to
甘于
gān yú
  1. 1 to be willing to
  2. 2 to be ready to
  3. 3 to be content with
  4. 4 accepting (of restriction, sacrifice, risk etc)
甘油
gān yóu
  1. 1 glycerine
  2. 2 glycerol
甘甜
gān tián
  1. 1 sweet
甘肃
Gān sù
  1. 1 Gansu province, abbr. 甘[Gān], short name 隴|陇[Lǒng], capital Lanzhou 蘭州|兰州[Lán zhōu]

Idioms (20)

不甘人后
bù gān rén hòu
  1. 1 (idiom) not want to be outdone
  2. 2 not content to lag behind
不甘后人
bù gān hòu rén
  1. 1 (idiom) not want to be outdone
  2. 2 not content to lag behind
人生一世，草木一春
rén shēng yī shì , cǎo mù yī chūn
  1. 1 Man has but one life, grass but one spring (idiom). fig. the brevity of human existence
兔子不吃窝边草
tù zi bù chī wō biān cǎo
  1. 1 A rabbit doesn't eat the grass by its own burrow (idiom); One shouldn't do anything to harm one's neighbors.
兵马未动，粮草先行
bīng mǎ wèi dòng , liáng cǎo xiān xíng
  1. 1 before the troops move, fodder and provisions go first (idiom); logistics comes before military maneuvers
  2. 2 an army marches on its stomach
剪草除根
jiǎn cǎo chú gēn
  1. 1 lit. cut grass and pull out roots (idiom); fig. to destroy root and branch
  2. 2 to eradicate
又要马儿跑，又要马儿不吃草
yòu yào mǎ r5 pǎo , yòu yào mǎ r5 bù chī cǎo
  1. 1 lit. you can't expect the horse to run fast but not let it graze (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. you can't have your cake and eat it, too
同甘共苦
tóng gān gòng kǔ
  1. 1 shared delights and common hardships (idiom); to share life's joys and sorrows
  2. 2 for better or for worse
天涯何处无芳草
tiān yá hé chù wú fāng cǎo
  1. 1 there are plenty more fish in the sea (idiom)
奇花异草
qí huā yì cǎo
  1. 1 very rarely seen, unusual (idiom)
好马不吃回头草
hǎo mǎ bù chī huí tóu cǎo
  1. 1 lit. a good horse doesn't turn around and graze the same patch again (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. once you've moved on, don't go back again (romantic relationship, job etc)
  3. 3 leave the past behind
寸草不生
cùn cǎo bù shēng
  1. 1 lit. not even a blade of grass grows (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. barren
心甘情愿
xīn gān qíng yuàn
  1. 1 delighted to (do sth, idiom)
  2. 2 perfectly happy to do
  3. 3 most willing to do
打草惊蛇
dǎ cǎo jīng shé
  1. 1 lit. beat the grass to scare the snake (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to inadvertently alert an enemy
  3. 3 to punish sb as a warning to others
拈花惹草
niān huā rě cǎo
  1. 1 lit. to pick the flowers and trample the grass (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to womanize
  3. 3 to frequent brothels
  4. 4 to sow one's wild oats
招风惹草
zhāo fēng rě cǎo
  1. 1 to stir up trouble (idiom)
  2. 2 to sow discord
斩草除根
zhǎn cǎo chú gēn
  1. 1 to cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom); to destroy root and branch
  2. 2 to eliminate completely
沾花惹草
zhān huā rě cǎo
  1. 1 to fondle the flowers and trample the grass (idiom)
  2. 2 to womanize
  3. 3 to frequent brothels
  4. 4 to sow one's wild oats
甘之如饴
gān zhī rú yí
  1. 1 lit. as sweet as syrup (idiom, from Book of Songs); to endure hardship gladly
  2. 2 a glutton for punishment
甘心情愿
gān xīn qíng yuàn
  1. 1 willingly and gladly (idiom)

Sample Sentences

有十几味中药呢，包括桂皮、甘草、何首乌什么的。
yǒu shíjǐ wèi zhōngyào ne ，bāokuò guìpí 、gāncǎo 、héshǒuwū shénmede 。
A dozen kinds of Chinese medicine, including Chinese cinnamon, licorice root, Chinese knotwood and a few other things.
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