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稻草

dào cǎo

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

稻草 (dào cǎo) means "rice straw". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 稻草 means

1. rice straw

The characters in 稻草

• 稻dàopaddy; rice (Oryza sativa)
• 草cǎograss; straw; manuscript

Example sentences

• 放轻松，这只是个稻草人而已。
  Fàng qīngsōng, zhè zhǐshì gè dàocǎorén éryǐ.
  Relax, it's just a scarecrow.

Words starting with 稻草

• 稻草人dào cǎo rénscarecrow

Words containing 稻草

• 捞稻草lāo dào cǎo(fig.) to clutch at straws (in desperation); to take advantage of the situation…
• 救命稻草jiù mìng dào cǎo(one's) last straw to clutch at; one's last hope
• 压死骆驼的最后一根稻草yā sǐ luò tuo de zuì hòu yī gēn dào cǎothe straw that broke the camel’s back (idiom); the final straw

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