白茅
bái máo
Pinyin

Definition

白茅
 - 
bái máo
  1. cogon grass (Imperata cylindrica), used as thatching material in China and Indonesia

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

明白
míng bai
  1. 1 clear
  2. 2 obvious
  3. 3 unequivocal
  4. 4 to understand
  5. 5 to realize
白
Bái
  1. 1 surname Bai
白天
bái tiān
  1. 1 daytime
  2. 2 during the day
  3. 3 day
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
白羊座
Bái yáng zuò
  1. 1 Aries (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
白色
bái sè
  1. 1 white
  2. 2 fig. reactionary
  3. 3 anti-communist
伊丽莎白
Yī lì shā bái
  1. 1 Elizabeth (person name)
初出茅庐
chū chū máo lú
  1. 1 venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom)
  2. 2 young and inexperienced
  3. 3 novice
  4. 4 greenhorn
告白
gào bái
  1. 1 to announce publicly
  2. 2 to explain oneself
  3. 3 to reveal one's feelings
  4. 4 to confess
  5. 5 to declare one's love
坦白
tǎn bái
  1. 1 honest
  2. 2 forthcoming
  3. 3 to confess
大白天
dà bái tiān
  1. 1 broad daylight
大白菜
dà bái cài
  1. 1 bok choy
  2. 2 Chinese cabbage
  3. 3 Brassica pekinensis
  4. 4 CL:棵[kē]
太白
Tài bái
  1. 1 Taibai County in Baoji 寶雞|宝鸡[Bǎo jī], Shaanxi
  2. 2 Venus
对白
duì bái
  1. 1 dialogue (in a movie or a play)
旁白
páng bái
  1. 1 aside (theater)
  2. 2 voice-over
  3. 3 background narration
李白
Lǐ Bái
  1. 1 Li Bai (701-762), famous Tang Dynasty poet
清白
qīng bái
  1. 1 pure
  2. 2 innocent
洁白
jié bái
  1. 1 spotlessly white
  2. 2 pure white
独白
dú bái
  1. 1 stage monologue
  2. 2 soliloquy
发白
fā bái
  1. 1 to turn pale
  2. 2 to lose color
  3. 3 to go white
白人
bái rén
  1. 1 white man or woman
  2. 2 Caucasian

Idioms (20)

一清二白
yī qīng èr bái
  1. 1 perfectly clean
  2. 2 blameless
  3. 3 unimpeachable (idiom)
不分皂白
bù fēn zào bái
  1. 1 not distinguishing black or white (idiom); not to distinguish between right and wrong
不分青红皂白
bù fēn qīng hóng zào bái
  1. 1 not distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom)
  2. 2 not to distinguish between right and wrong
不问青红皂白
bù wèn qīng hóng zào bái
  1. 1 not distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom)
  2. 2 not to distinguish between right and wrong
俨如白昼
yǎn rú bái zhòu
  1. 1 as bright as daylight (idiom)
初出茅庐
chū chū máo lú
  1. 1 venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom)
  2. 2 young and inexperienced
  3. 3 novice
  4. 4 greenhorn
唱白脸
chàng bái liǎn
  1. 1 to play the role of the villain (idiom)
土阶茅屋
tǔ jiē máo wū
  1. 1 lit. earthen steps and a small cottage
  2. 2 frugal living conditions (idiom)
土阶茅茨
tǔ jiē máo cí
  1. 1 lit. earthen steps and a thatched hut
  2. 2 frugal living conditions (idiom)
恶叉白赖
è chā bái lài
  1. 1 evil behavior (idiom); brazen villainy
拔茅连茹
bá máo lián rú
  1. 1 lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom); fig. also involving others
  2. 2 inextricably tangled together
  3. 3 Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.
放着明白装糊涂
fàng zhe míng bai zhuāng hú tu
  1. 1 to pretend not to know (idiom)
数黑论白
shǔ hēi lùn bái
  1. 1 to enumerate what is black and yellow (idiom); to criticize sb behind his back to incite quarrels
  2. 2 also written 數黑論黃|数黑论黄[shǔ hēi lùn huáng]
白旄黄钺
bái máo huáng yuè
  1. 1 white banner and yellow battle-ax (idiom); refers to military expedition
白眉赤眼
bái méi chì yǎn
  1. 1 for no reason (idiom)
白苋紫茄
bái xiàn zǐ qié
  1. 1 white amaranth, purple eggplant (idiom); common foodstuff, unpretentious lifestyle
白衣苍狗
bái yī cāng gǒu
  1. 1 lit. (cloud shapes) changing from a white shirt to a gray dog (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the unpredictable changeability of the world
白费唇舌
bái fèi chún shé
  1. 1 to whistle down the wind
  2. 2 to waste one's breath (idiom)
白云苍狗
bái yún cāng gǒu
  1. 1 lit. a white cloud transforms into what looks like a gray dog (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the unpredictable changeability of the world
白面书生
bái miàn shū shēng
  1. 1 lit. pale-faced scholar (idiom); young and inexperienced person without practical experience
  2. 2 still wet behind the ears

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