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Meaning of 蘆

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蘆 (Simplified: 芦)
Pinyin: lú
English Definition: rush; reed; Phragmites communis
Chinese Definition:
①芦菔,似芜菁。今作萝卜。[合]芦萉(莱菔的别名。又名萝卜)。
②芦苇,多年生草本植物,生在浅水里;茎中空,可以编帘子,盖屋顶。又名“苇子”。[合]芦汀(生长着芦草的水边);芦田(清代称在长江等河湖沿岸,只适合种植芦苇的低洼地);芦衣(用芦花为絮所缝制的衣服);芦灰(芦苇烧成的灰。相传女娲氏堆积芦灰以防止泛滥的洪水)。
Total strokes: 19; Radical: 艸
Pictophonetic:盧 indicates the sound; 艹 (grass) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • ⿱ Above to below
    • 艹 [ cǎo ] grass, weed, plant, herb
    • 盧 [ lú ] cottage, hut; black; surname
Similar Characters: 藘
Example Words
蘆葦 lú wěi reed
蘆筍 lú sǔn asparagus
蘆笙 lú shēng reed-pipe wind instrument
蘆席 lú xí reed mat
蘆薈 lú huì aloe vera
More:蘆* | *蘆 | *蘆*
Example Sentences
1
农村居民说
,
芦鹀是一种不愿在城市生存的鸟
。
Rural dweller: The reed bunting is one of the species which tend to avoid cities
2
包括彩色霸鹟
、
芦鹀
、
白喉莺在内的鸟类常常避开在城市生存
。
Species which tend to avoid cities include pied flycathers, reed bunting and whitethroat.
3
在过去的三年中
,
这个芝加哥研究小组对这具化石进行了准备及研究工作
。
这具化石被封在一块来自中国东北芦家屯
(
音译
)
湖床的沉积物中
。
The Chicago team has spent the past three years preparing and studying the fossil, which was lodged in a block of sediment removed from the Lujiatun lake beds in northeast China.
4
只有一只声音嘶哑的芦雀
,
在河边的树丛中用悲伤机械的音调向她打招呼
,
就像一个已经没有了友谊的从前的朋友向她打招呼的声音一样
。
Only a solitary cracked-voiced reed-sparrow greeted her from the bushes by the river, in a sad, machine-made tone, resembling that of a past friend whose friendship she had outworn.