牧草

mùcǎo

noun #37,841

Meanings

1 pasture grass
2 fodder; forage

Characters

to herd; pasture

Examples

牛羊在草原上吃牧草。

Niú yáng zài cǎoyuán shàng chī mùcǎo.

Cattle and sheep graze on pasture grass on the grassland.

农民种植牧草来喂牲畜。

Nóngmín zhòngzhí mùcǎo lái wèi shēngchù.

Farmers grow forage crops to feed livestock.

Tips

memory

牧 = 'to herd / pasture' (the radical 牛 cow + 攵 tap-with-stick = drive cattle); 草 = grass. So 牧草 is literally 'herding grass' — the grass cattle eat. Same 牧 as in 牧场 (ranch) and 游牧 (nomadic).

Stroke Order

牧 mù

草 cǎo