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拔茅連茹 拔茅连茹 [ba2 mao2 lian2 ru2] /lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom); fig. also involving others/inextricably tangled together/Invite one and he'll tell all his friends./ 5336 1
拔毛連茹 拔毛连茹 [[ba2mao2-lian2ru2]] /variant of 拔茅連茹|拔茅连茹[ba2mao2-lian2ru2]/ 360 2
白茅 白茅 [[bai2mao2]] /cogongrass (Imperata cylindrica), used as thatching material in China and Indonesia/ 540 2
包茅 包茅 [bao1 mao2] /bundled thatch/ 6122 1
伯恩茅斯 伯恩茅斯 [[Bo2en1mao2si1]] /Bournemouth, town in southern England/ 85 2
初出茅廬 初出茅庐 [chu1 chu1 mao2 lu2] /venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom)/young and inexperienced/novice/greenhorn/ 5334 1
春蠶 春蚕 [Chun1 can2] /Silkworms in Spring (1933), Chinese silent movie in socialist realist style, based on novel by Mao Dun 茅盾[Mao2 Dun4]/ 5806 1
達特茅斯 达特茅斯 [Da2 te4 mao2 si1] /Dartmouth (place name)/ 6779 1
達特茅斯學院 达特茅斯学院 [Da2 te4 mao2 si1 Xue2 yuan4] /Dartmouth College/ 4893 1
拉不出屎來怨茅房 拉不出屎来怨茅房 [la1 bu4 chu1 shi3 lai2 yuan4 mao2 fang2] /lit. to blame the toilet because one is having difficulty completing a bowel movement (idiom)/fig. to blame others for problems caused by one's own shortcomings/ 2254 1
[[Mao2]] /surname Mao/ 950 2
[mao2] /variant of 茅[mao2]/thatch/ 4249 1
[mao2] /reeds/rushes/ 6063 1
茅盾 茅盾 [Mao2 Dun4] /Mao Dun (1896-1981), Chinese novelist/ 5806 1
茅盾文學獎 茅盾文学奖 [Mao2 Dun4 Wen2 xue2 jiang3] /Mao Dun Literature Prize, PRC prize for novel writing, awarded since 1982/ 5805 1
茅房 茅房 [mao2 fang2] /toilet (rural euphemism)/thatched hut or house/ 7071 1
毛坑 毛坑 [mao2 keng1] /variant of 茅坑[mao2 keng1]/ 5112 1
茅坑 茅坑 [mao2 keng1] /latrine pit/latrine/ 5112 1
茅坑裡點燈 茅坑里点灯 [mao2 keng1 li3 dian3 deng1] /(slang) (fig.) to court death (derived from 找死[zhao3 si3] via its near homophone 照屎[zhao4 shi3])/ 1404 1
茅利塔尼亞 茅利塔尼亚 [Mao2 li4 ta3 ni2 ya4] /Mauritania (Tw)/ 3869 1
茅廬 茅庐 [mao2 lu2] /thatched cottage/ 6861 1
茅棚 茅棚 [mao2 peng2] /thatched shed/ 5075 1
茅塞頓開 茅塞顿开 [mao2 se4 dun4 kai1] /murky darkness suddenly opens (idiom); a sudden flash of insight and all is clear/ 6352 1
茅山 茅山 [Mao2 Shan1] /Mt Mao, Daoist mountain southeast of Jurong county 句容[Ju4 rong2], Jiangsu Province/ 4222 1
茅舍 茅舍 [mao2 she4] /cottage/hut/ 7120 1
毛廁 毛厕 [mao2 si5] /variant of 茅廁|茅厕[mao2 si5]/ 4958 1
茅廁 茅厕 [mao2 si5] /(dialect) latrine/ 4709 1
茅臺 茅台 [Mao2 tai2] /Maotai town in Renhuai county, Guizhou/ 1032 1
茅臺 茅台 [mao2 tai2] /maotai liquor 茅臺酒|茅台酒[mao2 tai2 jiu3]/ 1032 1
茅屋 茅屋 [mao2 wu1] /thatched cottage/ 6103 1
茅以升 茅以升 [Mao2 Yi3 sheng1] /Mao Yisheng (1896-1989), Chinese structural engineer and social activist/ 4749 1
茅竹 茅竹 [mao2 zhu2] /variant of 毛竹[mao2 zhu2]/ 5033 1
茅草 茅草 [[mao2cao3]] /see 白茅[bai2mao2]/ 540 2
茅箭 茅箭 [[Mao2jian4]] /see 茅箭區|茅箭区[Mao2jian4 Qu1]/ 359 2
茅箭區 茅箭区 [[Mao2jian4 Qu1]] /Maojian, a district of Shiyan City 十堰市[Shi2yan4 Shi4], Hubei/ 359 2
茅臺酒 茅台酒 [[mao2tai2jiu3]] /maotai (a strong spirit produced in Guizhou)/CL:杯[bei1],瓶[ping2]/ 457 2
茅屋頂 茅屋顶 [[mao2wu1ding3]] /thatched roof/ 607 2
名列前茅 名列前茅 [ming2 lie4 qian2 mao2] /to rank among the best/ 7120 1
普利茅斯 普利茅斯 [Pu3 li4 mao2 si1] /Plymouth/ 6349 1
樸次茅斯 朴次茅斯 [[Pu3ci4mao2si1]] /Portsmouth, southern English seaport/ 547 2
前茅 前茅 [qian2 mao2] /forward patrol (military) (old)/(fig.) the top ranks/ 3779 1
三顧茅廬 三顾茅庐 [san1 gu4 mao2 lu2] /lit. to make three visits to the thatched cottage (idiom) (allusion to an episode in Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4] in which Liu Bei 劉備|刘备[Liu2 Bei4] recruits Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮[Zhu1 ge3 Liang4] to his cause by visiting him three times)/fig. to make earnest and repeated requests of sb/ 1072 1
思茅市 思茅市 [Si1 mao2 shi4] /Simao city in Yunnan, renamed Pu'er city 普洱市 in 2007/ 6672 1
思茅 思茅 [[Si1mao2]] /see 思茅區|思茅区[Si1mao2 Qu1]/ 146 2
思茅區 思茅区 [[Si1mao2 Qu1]] /Simao, a district of Pu'er City 普洱市[Pu3er3 Shi4], Yunnan/ 146 2
[si4] /used in 茅廁|茅厕[mao2 si5]/ 1598 1
土階茅茨 土阶茅茨 [tu3 jie1 mao2 ci2] /lit. earthen steps and a thatched hut/frugal living conditions (idiom)/ 6109 1
土階茅屋 土阶茅屋 [tu3 jie1 mao2 wu1] /lit. earthen steps and a small cottage/frugal living conditions (idiom)/ 6109 1
仙茅 仙茅 [xian1 mao2] /golden eye-grass (Curculigo orchioides)/Curculigo rhizome (used in TCM)/ 4496 1
香茅醇 香茅醇 [xiang1 mao2 chun2] /citronellol (chemistry)/ 2785 1
香茅 香茅 [[xiang1mao2]] /lemongrass (Cymbopogon)/ 340 2
占著茅坑不拉屎 占着茅坑不拉屎 [zhan4 zhe5 mao2 keng1 bu4 la1 shi3] /lit. to occupy a latrine but not shit (proverb)/fig. to be a dog in the manger/ 4955 1

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