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茅 (maau4) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

茅 (maau4, máo) — reeds; rushes; grass; a surname; straw; dishonest; rude and unreasonable; hysterical; to make a scene; to flare up

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Usage

Level

beyond HSK

Related words

• 茅柴 (maau4 caai4) — bad wine
• 茅躉 (maau4 dan2) — an attempt to trick; deceive the referee [colloquial]
• 茅以升 (maau4 ji5 sing1) — Mao Yisheng (1896-1989), Chinese structural engineer and social activist
• 茅利塔尼亞 (maau4 lei6 taap3 nei4 aa3) — Mauritania (Tw)
• 茅坑 (maau4 haang1) — latrine pit; latrine
• 茅塞頓開 (maau4 sak1 deon6 hoi1) — murky darkness suddenly opens (idiom); a sudden flash of insight and all is cle…

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