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Meaning of 莠

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莠
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: 良
Total strokes: 10; Radical: 艸
Pictophonetic:秀 indicates the sound; 艹 (weed) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • ⿱ Above to below
    • 艹 [ cǎo ] grass, weed, plant, herb
    • 秀 [ xiù ] elegant, graceful, refined; flowing, luxuriant
Similar Characters: 萫
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Example Words
良莠不齐 liáng yǒu bù qí good and bad people intermingled
不稂不莠 bù láng bù yǒu useless; worthless; good-for-nothing
毒莠定 dú 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
这
“
莠
”
是指杂草
。
The "you" here refers to weeds.
2
用土柱实验模拟莠去津在土壤中的运移
。
The transport of atrazine in soil was investigated with soil column experiments.
3
研制了用于
38
%
莠去津悬浮剂的新型分散剂
(
WPJ
-
A
)
。
A new dispersing agent (WPJ - A) for 38% atrazine suspension concentrates was developed.
4
仆人对他说
:
那么
,
你愿我们去把莠子收集起来吗
?
And the servants said to him: Wilt thou that we go and gather it up?
5
正如
“
莠草易长
”
一样
,
有害的事物也都很快增长或蔓延
。
As "ill weeds grow fast", so harmful things grow or spread quickly.