Chinese Word: 莩 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

莩Polyphone (多音字)

Total strokes: 10; Radical: 艸

Pictophonetic:孚 indicates the sound; 艹 (grass) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿱ Above to below
- 艹 [ cǎo ] grass, weed, plant, herb
- 孚 [ fú ] to brood over eggs; to have confidence

Similar Characters: 荢

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Pinyin: fú

English Definition:membrane lining inside a cylindrical stem; culm

Chinese Definition:
①芦苇秆里面的薄膜：葭莩。

Pinyin: piǎo

English Definition:used for 殍 piǎo, to die of starvation

Chinese Definition:
①同“殍”。［例］狗彘食人食而不知检，涂有饿莩而不知发。——《孟子·梁惠王上》。［合］饿莩(饿死的人)。
②另见fú。

Example Words:

饿莩	è piǎo	starving people
饿莩载道	è piǎo zài dào	starved corpses fill the roads (idiom); state of famine
饿莩遍野	è piǎo biàn yě	starving people everywhere (idiom); a state of famine

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