稻草

dàocǎo

noun HSK 7 #11,473

Meanings

1 rice straw
2 straw

Characters

Examples

农民用稻草盖屋顶。

Nóngmín yòng dàocǎo gài wūdǐng.

Farmers use rice straw to cover roofs.

这是压垮骆驼的最后一根稻草。

Zhè shì yākuǎ luòtuo de zuìhòu yī gēn dàocǎo.

This was the last straw that broke the camel's back.

Tips

culture

The phrase 最后一根稻草 (the last straw) is borrowed from English and widely used in Chinese to mean the final small thing that triggers a breakdown.

Stroke Order

稻 dào

草 cǎo