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Meaning of 菅

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菅
Pinyin: jiān
English Definition: (grass); Themeda forsbali
Chinese Definition:
①多年生草本植物,多生于山坡草地。很坚韧,可做炊帚、刷子等。杆、叶可作造纸原料:草菅人命。
Total strokes: 11; Radical: 艸
Pictophonetic:官 indicates the sound; 艹 (grass) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • ⿱ Above to below
    • 艹 [ cǎo ] grass, weed, plant, herb
    • 官 [ guān ] official, public servant
Similar Characters: 萓
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Example Words
草菅人命 cǎo jiān rén mìng to have disregard for human life (idiom)
菅直人 jiān zhí rén KAN Naoto (1946-), Japanese Democratic Party politician, prime minister 2010-2011
菅原 jiān yuán Sugawara (Japanese surname)
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Example Sentences
1
是啊
,
金融危机草菅了许多小资白领
。
Financial crisis made many petty bourgeois become grass roots.
2
在日本
,
菅伸子以其端庄的和服装扮和犀利的言辞而著称
。
Nobuko Kan is famous in Japan for her elegant kimonos and a sharp tongue.
3
日本首相夫人菅伸子现年
65
岁
,
以直言不讳著称
。
她坦承自己不是那种通过鼓励来支持丈夫的妻子
。
The prime minister's wife Nobuko Kan, 65, who is renowned for pulling few punches , admitted that she is not the kind of person who supports her husband through encouragement.
4
日前
,
日本首相夫人菅伸子最新出版了
《
你做首相
,
日本究竟会有什么变化
?
》
一书
,
曝光了所有这些
“
家务事
”
。
These and other domestic insights are revealed in a new book by the woman Kan has called his "opposition in the home", entitled What on Earth will change in Japan after you become prime minister?
5
菅先生的太太
(
他的堂姐
)
也因其心直口快和对菅先生不尚空谈的影响而备受推崇
。
Mr Kan' s wife (his first cousin) is also well-regarded, mainly for her straight-talking manner and no-nonsense influence on Mr Kan.