刍议

芻議

chúyì

noun

Meanings

1 my humble opinion
2 modest proposal

Characters

fodder grass; grass-cutter

opinion; proposal

Examples

HSK 4

我写了一篇关于学校食堂管理的刍议，交给了校长。

Wǒ xiě le yì piān guānyú xuéxiào shítáng guǎnlǐ de chúyì, jiāogěi le xiàozhǎng.

I wrote a modest proposal on running the school canteen and gave it to the principal.

HSK 6

以上几点刍议，未必成熟，请大家批评指正。

Yǐshàng jǐ diǎn chúyì, wèibì chéngshú, qǐng dàjiā pīpíng zhǐzhèng.

These few humble suggestions may not be fully thought through; I welcome your criticism and corrections.

Tips

usage

刍 is fodder grass, so 刍议 is 'a grass-cutter's opinion', a humble name for one's own proposal. Use it only of your own ideas. It is common in essay titles, most famously 胡适's 1917 《文学改良刍议》.

Stroke Order

刍 chú

议 yì