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Chinese
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flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern |
grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty |
| trad. (花草)
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花
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草
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| simp. #(花草)
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花
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草
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| anagram
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草花
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Pronunciation
Noun
花草
- (collective) flowers and grass; plants
- (figurative, literary) woman; girl
- (Taiwanese Hakka, figurative) acrobatics; juggling
- (Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) a folk dance style in the Southern Min region
Synonyms
- 株 (zhū)
- 植 (zhí) (literary, or in compounds)
- 植株 (zhízhū)
- 植物 (zhíwù)
- 植被 (zhíbèi)
- 歲物 / 岁物 (suìwù) (literary)
- 綠色植物 / 绿色植物 (lǜsè zhíwù)
- 花卉 (huāhuì)
- 草木 (cǎomù)
- (acrobatics): 把戲／把戏 (bǎxì)
Derived terms
Descendants
Adjective
花草
- (Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) unnecessary and overelaborate
Derived terms
Japanese
Etymology
Compound of 花 (hana, “flower”) + 草 (kusa, “grass”).
Noun
花草 or 花草 • (hanakusa)
- Synonym of 母子草 (hahakogusa): Jersey cudweed (Pseudognaphalium affine, syn. Gnaphalium affine)
- Synonym of 蓬, 艾 (yomogi): Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps)
- Synonym of 蓮華草 (rengesō): Chinese milkvetch (Astragalus sinicus)
Proper noun
花草 • (Hanakusa)
- a surname