野草

yěcǎo

noun #22,059

Meanings

1 weeds
2 wild grass

Characters

wild / countryside

grass / plant / weed

Examples

HSK 6

花园里长满了野草，需要除一除。

Huāyuán lǐ zhǎng mǎn le yěcǎo, xūyào chú yi chú.

The garden is overgrown with weeds and needs to be cleared.

HSK 6

野草的生命力很强，烧了还会再长出来。

Yěcǎo de shēngmìnglì hěn qiáng, shāo le hái huì zài zhǎng chūlai.

Wild grass is very hardy; even after it is burned, it grows back.

Tips

culture

野草 is the title of a famous collection of prose poems (1927) by Lu Xun (鲁迅), one of China's greatest modern writers. The image of wild grass - resilient and untameable - is a recurring metaphor in Chinese literature for the common people's endurance.

Stroke Order

野 yě

草 cǎo