书亦烧仙草

小人之德草 xiǎorénzhīdécǎo

the virtue of the common people is like grass / ordinary people bend like grass to the wind of their rulers / lit. the small man's virtue is grass

肺形草 fèixíngcǎo

Chinese lobelia (Lobelia chinensis); a low-growing herb used in traditional Chinese medicine

草色遥看近却无 cǎosèyáokànjìnquèwú

the grass-green shows from afar but vanishes up close / a haze of new grass visible only at a distance / classic image of the faint first green of early spring

芳草萋萋鹦鹉洲 fāngcǎoqīqīyīngwǔzhōu

the fragrant grasses grow lush on Parrot Isle / (fig.) a poignant image of a river islet covered in vigorous grass — scenic but tinged with historical sadness / (lit.) fragrant — grass — lush-lush — parrot — isle

离离原上草 líyuánshàngcǎo

lush, lush the grass on the plain / the plain is thick with grass / opening line of Bai Juyi's celebrated early poem

青草池塘处处蛙 qīngcǎochítángchùchùwā

green grass, pond after pond — frogs calling everywhere / (fig.) the lush, humid sound-scape of early summer in Jiangnan / (lit.) green-grass pond-pool place-place frog

草 cǎo HSK 2 #3,001

grass; straw / draft; rough

草坪 cǎopíng HSK 7 #5,807

lawn / grass field

谁言寸草心 shéiyáncùncǎoxīn

who says a blade of grass's heart (can repay)... / rhetorical line about children's inability to repay maternal love / paired with 报得三春晖 in Meng Jiao's 'Song of the Wandering Son'

书 shū HSK 1 #464

book / letter / document