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草丛

cǎocóng

grass thicket; clump of grass

HSK 7 · Topic “Flora and cultivation”
A frog jumps out of a clump of tall grass
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Characters in this word

草 cǎo

Strokes
9
Radical
艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
Made of
艹 grass, weed, plant, herb 早 early
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

丛 cóng

Strokes
5
Radical
一 — one
Made of
从 from, by, since, whence, through 一 one
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 调查人员在河岸边的草丛里发现了被丢弃的证件。 Diàochá rényuán zài hé'àn biān de cǎocóng lǐ fāxiàn le bèi diūqì de zhèngjiàn. Investigators found the discarded documents in the grass by the riverbank.
  • 一只青蛙从草丛里跳了出来。 Yì zhī qīngwā cóng cǎocóng lǐ tiào le chūlái. A frog jumped out of the clump of grass.
  • 孩子们蹲在草丛边，观察小虫子。 Háizimen dūn zài cǎocóng biān, guānchá xiǎo chóngzi. The children crouched by the grass thicket and watched the little insects.

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