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稻草
稻草 (dào cǎo): Straw (Noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order
HSK 3.0
Level 7-9
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3.
Character Breakdown
稻 • dào • rice plant
dào
稻
rice plant
草 • cǎo • grass • HSK 3.0 · L3
HSK 3.0 · L3
cǎo
草
grass
Words Sharing Characters
More common words that include characters from 稻草.
Words with
稻
水稻
shuǐ dào
rice
稻谷
dào gǔ
paddy; rice (in the husk)
粳稻
jīngdào
japonica rice (plant)
稻草人
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dào cǎo rén
scarecrow
Words with
草
草地
cǎo dì
lawn
草原
cǎo yuán
grassland
草案
cǎo àn
draft; ground plan
草率
cǎo shuài
careless; perfunctory; rash
起草
qǐ cǎo
draft; draw up; write out
潦草
liáo cǎo
careless / sloppy
草丛
cǎo cóng
Grass
草坪
cǎo píng
Lawn
4.
How to Use 稻草 in Sentences
Idiom
yā
压
kuǎ
垮
luò
骆
tuo
驼
de
的
zuì
最
hòu
后
yī
一
gēn
根
dào
稻
cǎo
草
neutral
the last straw that breaks the camel's back
jiù
救
mìng
命
dào
稻
cǎo
草
neutral
a lifesaving straw
Noun + Noun
with
人
dào
稻
cǎo
草
rén
人
neutral
scarecrow
Measure Word + Noun
with
根
yī
一
gēn
根
dào
稻
cǎo
草
5.
Example Sentences with 稻草
tián
田
lǐ
里
yǒu
有
hěn
很
duō
多
dào
稻
cǎo
neutral
a straw
草
。
There is a lot of straw in the field.
tā
他
jǐn
紧
jǐn
紧
zhuā
抓
zhù
住
zhè
这
zuì
最
hòu
后
yì
一
gēn
根
dào
稻
cǎo
草
,
shì
试
tú
图
wǎn
挽
jiù
救
bīn
濒
lín
临
pò
破
chǎn
产
de
的
gōng
公
sī
司
。
He tightly grasped this last straw, trying to save the company on the verge of bankruptcy.
nóng
农
mín
民
yòng
用
dào
稻
cǎo
草
gài
盖
zhù
住
shū
蔬
cài
菜
,
fáng
防
zhǐ
止
tā
它
men
们
bèi
被
dòng
冻
huài
坏
。
Farmers use straw to cover vegetables to prevent them from freezing.
bié
别
zhǐ
指
wàng
望
yòng
用
nà
那
diǎn
点
dào
稻
cǎo
草
jiù
就
néng
能
shuō
说
fú
服
gù
固
zhí
执
de
的
tā
他
,
zhè
这
gēn
根
běn
本
háng
行
bù
不
tōng
通
。
Don't expect to persuade the stubborn him with just that little straw; it simply won't work.
tā
她
shōu
收
jí
集
le
了
gān
干
zào
燥
de
的
dào
稻
cǎo
草
,
zhǔn
准
bèi
备
wèi
为
chǒng
宠
wù
物
cāng
仓
shǔ
鼠
dā
搭
jiàn
建
yí
一
gè
个
shū
舒
shì
适
de
的
wō
窝
。
She collected dry straw to prepare to build a comfortable nest for her pet hamster.