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Meaning of 莠

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Pinyin: yǒu
English Definition: Setaria viridis; vicious
Chinese Definition:
①一年生草本植物,穗有毛,很像谷子,亦称“狗尾草”。
②喻品质坏的,不好的人:良莠不齐。
Antonyms:
Total strokes: 10; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (weed) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Above to below
    • [ cǎo ] grass, weed, plant, herb
    • [ xiù ] elegant, graceful, refined; flowing, luxuriant
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Example Words
良莠不齐 liáng yǒu good and bad people intermingled
不稂不莠 láng yǒu useless; worthless; good-for-nothing
毒莠定 yǒu dìng picloram
卫良除莠 wèi liáng chú yǒu to protect the good and root out the bad (idiom)
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Example Sentences
1
The "you" here refers to weeds.
2
The transport of atrazine in soil was investigated with soil column experiments.
3
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A new dispersing agent (WPJ - A) for 38% atrazine suspension concentrates was developed.
4
And the servants said to him: Wilt thou that we go and gather it up?
5
As "ill weeds grow fast", so harmful things grow or spread quickly.