Dictionary - results for 草

Simplified	Traditional	Pinyin	English
草	艸	cǎo	- variant of 草[cao3]
草	草	cǎo	- grass - straw - manuscript - draft (of a document) - careless - rough - CL:棵[ke1],撮[zuo3],株[zhu1],根[gen1]
草	草	cào	- variant of 肏[cao4]
乳草	乳草	rǔcǎo	- milkweeds (genus Asclepias)
干草	乾草	gāncǎo	- hay
仙草	仙草	xiāncǎo	- medicinal herb (genus Mesona) - grass jelly
割草	割草	gēcǎo	- mow grass
劲草	勁草	jìngcǎo	- tough upright grass - fig. a staunch character able to withstand tough test
如草	如草	rúcǎo	- grassy
宿草	宿草	sùcǎo	- grass that has grown on a grave since last year - (fig.) grave - to have died long ago - fodder provided to animals for the night
打草	打草	dǎcǎo	- to mow grass - hay making - to write a rough draft (of an essay etc)
本草	本草	běncǎo	- a book on Chinese (herbal) medicine - Chinese materia medica
枯草	枯草	kūcǎo	- withered grass - dry grass
柴草	柴草	cháicǎo	- firewood
校草	校草	xiàocǎo	- the most handsome boy in the school (see also 校花[xiao4 hua1])
水草	水草	shuǐcǎo	- water plants - habitat with water source and grass
海草	海草	hǎicǎo	- seagrass
浅草	淺草	Qiǎncǎo	- Asakusa, district of Tokyo with an atmosphere of old Japan, famous for the 7th century Buddhist temple, Sensō-ji
潦草	潦草	liáocǎo	- careless - slovenly - illegible (of handwriting)
烟草	煙草	yāncǎo	- tobacco
灯草	燈草	dēngcǎo	- the spongy, white pulp inside the stem of rush plants, used as a wick for oil lamps
牧草	牧草	mùcǎo	- pasture - forage grass - pasturage
班草	班草	bāncǎo	- the most handsome boy in the class
甘草	甘草	gāncǎo	- licorice root
百草	百草	bǎicǎo	- all kinds of grass - all kinds of flora
皮草	皮草	pícǎo	- fur clothing
禾草	禾草	hécǎo	- grass
稻草	稻草	dàocǎo	- rice straw
谷草	穀草	gǔcǎo	- straw
粪草	糞草	fèncǎo	- trash - garbage
粮草	糧草	liángcǎo	- army provisions - rations and fodder
纸草	紙草	zhǐcǎo	- papyrus
紫草	紫草	zǐcǎo	- red root gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon) - flowering plant whose roots provide purple dye - arnebia (plant genus in family Boraginaceae)
结草	結草	jiécǎo	- deep gratitude up to death
绿草	綠草	lǜcǎo	- green grass
缬草	纈草	xiécǎo	- valerian (Valeriana officinalis)
艾草	艾草	àicǎo	- Asian mugwort or wormwood (genus Artemesia)
芒草	芒草	mángcǎo	- Miscanthus (genus of grass)
花草	花草	huācǎo	- flowers and plants
苲草	苲草	zhǎcǎo	- hornwort
茅草	茅草	máocǎo	- sogon grass
茜草	茜草	qiàncǎo	- Rubia cordifolia - Indian madder - munjit
草包	草包	cǎobāo	- idiot - straw bag
草原	草原	cǎoyuán	- grassland - prairie - CL:片[pian4]
草丛	草叢	cǎocóng	- underbrush
草图	草圖	cǎotú	- a sketch - rough drawing
草地	草地	cǎodì	- lawn - meadow - sod - turf - CL:片[pian4]
草坪	草坪	cǎopíng	- lawn
草场	草場	cǎochǎng	- pastureland
草垫	草墊	cǎodiàn	- straw mattress
草寇	草寇	cǎokòu	- bandits
草屋	草屋	cǎowū	- thatched hut
草屯	草屯	Cǎotún	- Caotun or Tsaotun town in Nantou county 南投縣\|南投县[Nan2 tou2 xian4], central Taiwan
草山	草山	CǎoShān	- Grassy Hill (hill in Hong Kong)
草帽	草帽	cǎomào	- straw hat
草拟	草擬	cǎonǐ	- first draft - to draw up (a first version)
草料	草料	cǎoliào	- fodder
草书	草書	cǎoshū	- grass script - cursive script (Chinese calligraphic style)
草木	草木	cǎomù	- vegetation - plants
草本	草本	cǎoběn	- grass - herb
草果	草果	cǎoguǒ	- black cardamom - (dialect) strawberry
草根	草根	cǎogēn	- grassroots
草案	草案	cǎoàn	- draft (legislation, proposal etc)
草标	草標	cǎobiāo	- (old) sign made of woven weeds, placed on an object, an animal or a person, indicating that it is for sale.
草民	草民	cǎomín	- the grass roots - the hoi polloi
草海	草海	Cǎohǎi	- Caohai Lake, Guizhou
草率	草率	cǎoshuài	- careless - negligent - sloppy - not serious
草甸	草甸	cǎodiàn	- meadow
草皮	草皮	cǎopí	- turf - sward - sod
草码	草碼	cǎomǎ	- the ten numerals 〡,〢,〣,〤,〥,〦,〧,〨,〩,十 nowadays mainly used in traditional trades such as Chinese medicine
草秆	草稈	cǎogǎn	- straw - grain stalks
草稿	草稿	cǎogǎo	- draft - outline - sketch
草纸	草紙	cǎozhǐ	- rough straw paper - toilet paper - brown paper
草耙	草耙	cǎopá	- a rake
草草	草草	cǎocǎo	- carelessly - hastily
草莓	草莓	cǎoméi	- strawberry - CL:顆\|颗[ke1] - (Taiwan) hickey - love bite
草莽	草莽	cǎomǎng	- a rank growth of grass - uncultivated land - wilderness
草菇	草菇	cǎogū	- straw mushroom (Volvariella volvacea) - paddy straw mushroom
草荐	草薦	cǎojiàn	- straw mattress - palliasse
草药	草藥	cǎoyào	- herbal medicine
草蜢	草蜢	cǎoměng	- grasshopper
草酸	草酸	cǎosuān	- oxalic acid C2H2O4
草鸡	草雞	cǎojī	- free-range chicken - (dialect) hen - cowardly
草鞋	草鞋	cǎoxié	- straw sandals
草体	草體	cǎotǐ	- see 草書\|草书[cao3 shu1]
草鱼	草魚	cǎoyú	- grass carp
草鸮	草鴞	cǎoxiāo	- (Chinese bird species) eastern grass owl (Tyto longimembris)
草鹭	草鷺	cǎolù	- (Chinese bird species) purple heron (Ardea purpurea)
荒草	荒草	huāngcǎo	- weeds - brush (vegetation) - wild grassland
莎草	莎草	suōcǎo	- coco-grass or nut sedge (Cyperus rotundus)
莽草	莽草	mǎngcǎo	- Chinese anise (Ilicium anisatum, a shrub with poisonous leaves)
萱草	萱草	xuāncǎo	- Hemerocallis fulva - daylily
蓑草	蓑草	suōcǎo	- Chinese alpine rush (botany)
蔓草	蔓草	màncǎo	- creeper - climbing plant - twiner
薹草	薹草	táicǎo	- sedge
藁草	藁草	gǎocǎo	- hay - dried grass
药草	藥草	yàocǎo	- medicinal herb
虉草	虉草	yìcǎo	- reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea)
虫草	蟲草	chóngcǎo	- see 冬蟲夏草\|冬虫夏草[dong1 chong2 xia4 cao3]
行草	行草	xíngcǎo	- semi-cursive script
起草	起草	qǐcǎo	- to make a draft - to draw up (plans)
野草	野草	yěcǎo	- weeds - mistress or prostitute (old)
锄草	鋤草	chúcǎo	- to hoe - to weed
除草	除草	chúcǎo	- to weed
杂草	雜草	zácǎo	- weeds
青草	青草	qīngcǎo	- grass
饲草	飼草	sìcǎo	- forage grass
香草	香草	xiāngcǎo	- aromatic herb - vanilla - alternative name for Eupatorium fortunei - (fig.) loyal and dependable person (old)
鹿草	鹿草	Lùcǎo	- Lucao or Lutsao township in Chiayi county 嘉義縣\|嘉义县[Jia1 yi4 xian4], west Taiwan
三棱草	三稜草	sānléngcǎo	- sedge herb (Cyperus rotundus)
三叶草	三葉草	sānyècǎo	- clover - trefoil
中草药	中草藥	zhōngcǎoyào	- Chinese herbal medicine
剪草机	剪草機	jiǎncǎojī	- grass mower
割草机	割草機	gēcǎojī	- lawn mower (machine)
含羞草	含羞草	hánxiūcǎo	- mimosa - sensitive plant (that closes its leaves when touched)
四叶草	四葉草	sìyècǎo	- four-leaf clover
大草原	大草原	dàcǎoyuán	- prairie - savanna
大草鹛	大草鶥	dàcǎoméi	- (Chinese bird species) giant babax (Babax waddelli)
大草莺	大草鶯	dàcǎoyīng	- (Chinese bird species) Chinese grassbird (Graminicola striatus)
宝盖草	寶蓋草	bǎogàicǎo	- henbit deadnettle (Lamium amplexicaule)
尖草坪	尖草坪	Jiāncǎopíng	- Jiancaoping district of Taiyuan city 太原市[Tai4 yuan2 shi4], Shanxi
待宵草	待宵草	dàixiāocǎo	- evening primrose
忘忧草	忘憂草	wàngyōucǎo	- daylily (Hemerocallis fulva)
拉菲草	拉菲草	lāfēicǎo	- raffia (loanword)
捞稻草	撈稻草	lāodàocǎo	- to fish for a straw - futile attempt to gain profit
枯草热	枯草熱	kūcǎorè	- hay fever
棕草鹛	棕草鶥	zōngcǎoméi	- (Chinese bird species) Tibetan babax (Babax koslowi)
柠檬草	檸檬草	níngméngcǎo	- lemongrass
樱花草	櫻花草	yīnghuācǎo	- primrose
杀草快	殺草快	shācǎokuài	- diquat
毒草名	毒草名	dúcǎomíng	- hemlock
溪黄草	溪黃草	xīhuángcǎo	- Rabdosia lophanthoides (no common name), herb plant of Lamiaceae family (together with mint and lavender), used in TCM
火绒草	火絨草	huǒróngcǎo	- edelweiss (Leontopodium alpinum)
熊胆草	熊膽草	xióngdǎncǎo	- Conyza blinii
熏衣草	熏衣草	xūnyīcǎo	- lavender
灯心草	燈心草	dēngxīncǎo	- rush (botany) - Juncaceae
灯芯草	燈芯草	dēngxīncǎo	- see 燈心草\|灯心草[deng1 xin1 cao3]
灯草绒	燈草絨	dēngcǎoróng	- see 燈芯絨\|灯芯绒[deng1 xin1 rong2]
墙头草	牆頭草	qiángtóucǎo	- sb who goes whichever way the wind blows - sb with no mind of one's own - easily swayed person - opportunist
牛筋草	牛筋草	niújīncǎo	- wire grass (Eleusine indica)
牛膝草	牛膝草	niúxīcǎo	- hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis)
百草枯	百草枯	bǎicǎokū	- paraquat
益母草	益母草	yìmǔcǎo	- motherwort (Leonurus heterophyllus or L. cardiaca)
稻草人	稻草人	dàocǎorén	- scarecrow
紫草科	紫草科	zǐcǎokē	- Boraginaceae (family of flowers and bushes)
草原雕	草原鵰	cǎoyuándiāo	- (Chinese bird species) steppe eagle (Aquila nipalensis)
草原鹞	草原鷂	cǎoyuányào	- (Chinese bird species) pallid harrier (Circus macrourus)
草地鹨	草地鷚	cǎodìliù	- (Chinese bird species) meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis)
草坪机	草坪機	cǎopíngjī	- lawn mower
草垫子	草墊子	cǎodiànzi	- straw mattress - palliasse
草大青	草大青	cǎodàqīng	- Isatis indigotica (indigo woad plant)
草屯镇	草屯鎮	Cǎotúnzhèn	- Caotun or Tsaotun town in Nantou county 南投縣\|南投县[Nan2 tou2 xian4], central Taiwan
草木灰	草木灰	cǎomùhuī	- plant ash
草泥马	草泥馬	cǎonímǎ	- grass mud horse - used as a substitute for 肏你媽\|肏你妈[cao4 ni3 ma1], to mock or avoid censorship on the Internet
草爬子	草爬子	cǎopázi	- tick (zoology)
草珊瑚	草珊瑚	cǎoshānhú	- Sarcandra glabra (botany)
草石蚕	草石蠶	cǎoshícán	- Chinese artichoke - Stachys sieboldii
草莓族	草莓族	cǎoméizú	- pampered young people unaccustomed to hardship (Tw)
草蜻蛉	草蜻蛉	cǎoqīnglíng	- green lacewing
萍蓬草	萍蓬草	píngpéngcǎo	- spatterdock (Nuphar pumilum), a type of lily
蒲草箱	蒲草箱	púcǎoxiāng	- rush basket
薰衣草	薰衣草	xūnyīcǎo	- lavender
薹草属	薹草屬	táicǎoshǔ	- genus Carex
蓝草莓	藍草莓	láncǎoméi	- blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium)
蛇麻草	蛇麻草	shémácǎo	- hop (Humulus lupulus), climbing plant whose flower cones are used in brewing beer
蟋蟀草	蟋蟀草	xīshuàicǎo	- wire grass (Eleusine indica)
车前草	車前草	chēqiáncǎo	- plantain herb (Plantago asiatica)
车轴草	車軸草	chēzhóucǎo	- honewort - Cryptotaenia japonica
酢浆草	酢漿草	cùjiāngcǎo	- creeping oxalis - edelweiss
长草区	長草區	chángcǎoqū	- the rough (golf)
除草剂	除草劑	chúcǎojì	- weed killer - herbicide
隐身草	隱身草	yǐnshēncǎo	- legendary grass conferring invisibility - fig. to conceal oneself or one's plans
香根草	香根草	xiānggēncǎo	- vetiver grass (Vetiveria zizanoides)
香草精	香草精	xiāngcǎojīng	- vanilla - vanilla extract - methyl vanillin C8H8O3
香草兰	香草蘭	xiāngcǎolán	- vanilla (Vanilla planifolia)
马草夼	馬草夼	Mǎcǎokuǎng	- Macaokuang village in Tengjia township 滕家鎮\|滕家镇, Rongcheng county 榮成\|荣成, Weihai 威海, Shandong
鱼腥草	魚腥草	yúxīngcǎo	- Houttuynia cordata
鹿草乡	鹿草鄉	Lùcǎoxiāng	- Lucao or Lutsao township in Chiayi county 嘉義縣\|嘉义县[Jia1 yi4 xian4], west Taiwan
麝香草	麝香草	shèxiāngcǎo	- thyme
鼠尾草	鼠尾草	shǔwěicǎo	- sage (Salvia officinalis)
中亚草原	中亞草原	ZhōngYàcǎoyuán	- Central Asian grasslands
冬虫夏草	冬蟲夏草	dōngchóngxiàcǎo	- caterpillar fungus (Cordyceps sinensis)
剪草除根	剪草除根	jiǎncǎochúgēn	- lit. cut grass and pull out roots (idiom); fig. to destroy root and branch - to eradicate
奇花异草	奇花異草	qíhuāyìcǎo	- very rarely seen, unusual (idiom)
寸草不生	寸草不生	cùncǎobùshēng	- lit. not even a blade of grass grows (idiom) - fig. barren
尖草坪区	尖草坪區	Jiāncǎopíngqū	- Jiancaoping district of Taiyuan city 太原市[Tai4 yuan2 shi4], Shanxi
惹草拈花	惹草拈花	rěcǎoniānhuā	- see 拈花惹草[nian1 hua1 re3 cao3]
惹草沾花	惹草沾花	rěcǎozhānhuā	- see 沾花惹草[zhan1 hua1 re3 cao3]
打草惊蛇	打草驚蛇	dǎcǎojīngshé	- lit. beat the grass to scare the snake - to inadvertently alert an enemy - to punish sb as a warning to others (idiom)
拈花惹草	拈花惹草	niānhuārěcǎo	- lit. to pick the flowers and trample the grass (idiom) - fig. to womanize - to frequent brothels - to sow one's wild oats
招风惹草	招風惹草	zhāofēngrěcǎo	- lit. call the fire to burn the grass (idiom); to cause a quarrel by provocation - to stir up trouble
斩草除根	斬草除根	zhǎncǎochúgēn	- to cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom); to destroy root and branch - to eliminate completely
新修本草	新修本草	Xīnxiūběncǎo	- Tang dynasty compendium of herbal medicine
方块草皮	方塊草皮	fāngkuàicǎopí	- divot (golf)
本草纲目	本草綱目	BěncǎoGāngmù	- Compendium of Medical Herbs 1596, compiled by Li Shizhen 李時珍\|李时珍[Li3 Shi2 zhen1]
杜甫草堂	杜甫草堂	DùFǔCǎotáng	- Du Fu's Thatched Cottage (park and museum in Chengdu)
东茅草盖	東茅草蓋	dōngmáocǎogài	- thatched roof
枯草杆菌	枯草桿菌	kūcǎogǎnjūn	- bacillus subtilis
沾花惹草	沾花惹草	zhānhuārěcǎo	- to fondle the flowers and trample the grass (idiom) - to womanize - to frequent brothels - to sow one's wild oats
疾风劲草	疾風勁草	jífēngjìngcǎo	- the storm put strong grass to the test (idiom); fig. troubled times test a faithful minister - to show one's true colors after a stern test
白腰草鹬	白腰草鷸	báiyāocǎoyù	- (Chinese bird species) green sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)
矛纹草鹛	矛紋草鶥	máowéncǎoméi	- (Chinese bird species) Chinese babax (Babax lanceolatus)
碧草如茵	碧草如茵	bìcǎorúyīn	- green grass like cushion (idiom); green meadow so inviting to sleep on
积草屯粮	積草屯糧	jīcǎotúnliáng	- to store up provisions against a war
结草衔环	結草銜環	jiécǎoxiánhuán	- to repay sb's kind acts (idiom)
绿草如茵	綠草如茵	lǜcǎorúyīn	- green grass like cushion (idiom); green meadow so inviting to sleep on
草原巨蜥	草原巨蜥	cǎoyuánjùxī	- Savannah monitor (Varanus exanthematicus)
草原百灵	草原百靈	cǎoyuánbǎilíng	- (Chinese bird species) calandra lark (Melanocorypha calandra)
草字头儿	草字頭兒	cǎozìtóur	- grass radical 艹
草木皆兵	草木皆兵	cǎomùjiēbīng	- lit. every tree or bush an enemy soldier (idiom); fig. to panic and treat everyone as an enemy - to feel beleaguered
草木鸟兽	草木鳥獸	cǎomùniǎoshòu	- flora and fauna
草本植物	草本植物	cǎoběnzhíwù	- herbaceous plant
草根网民	草根網民	cǎogēnwǎngmín	- grassroots netizens
草满囹圄	草滿囹圄	cǎomǎnlíngyǔ	- lit. jails overgrown with grass (idiom); fig. peaceful society
草率收兵	草率收兵	cǎoshuàishōubīng	- to work vaguely then retreat (idiom); sloppy and half-hearted - half-baked
草绿篱莺	草綠籬鶯	cǎolǜlíyīng	- (Chinese bird species) eastern olivaceous warbler (Iduna pallida)
草船借箭	草船借箭	cǎochuánjièjiàn	- lit. using straw boats to borrow arrows (idiom, from 三國演義\|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4]) - fig. to use others' manpower and resources for one's own ends
草草了事	草草了事	cǎocǎoliǎoshì	- to rush through the work - to get through a thing carelessly
草草收兵	草草收兵	cǎocǎoshōubīng	- to work vaguely then retreat (idiom); sloppy and half-hearted - half-baked
草草收场	草草收場	cǎocǎoshōuchǎng	- to rush to conclude a matter - to end up abruptly
草菅人命	草菅人命	cǎojiānrénmìng	- human life as grass (idiom); to kill people like scything grass - a politician acting with total disregard for the life of his countrymen
草食动物	草食動物	cǎoshídòngwù	- herbivore - herbivorous animal
荒烟蔓草	荒煙蔓草	huāngyānmàncǎo	- lit. abandoned by men and choked with weeds - desolate (idiom)
隐身草儿	隱身草兒	yǐnshēncǎor	- erhua variant of 隱身草\|隐身草[yin3 shen1 cao3]
食草动物	食草動物	shícǎodòngwù	- herbivore
饭糗茹草	飯糗茹草	fànqiǔrúcǎo	- lit. to live on dry provisions and wild herbs (idiom) - fig. to live in abject poverty
马草夼村	馬草夼村	Mǎcǎokuǎngcūn	- Macaokuang village in Tengjia township 滕家鎮\|滕家镇, Rongcheng county 榮成\|荣成, Weihai 威海, Shandong
三道眉草鹀	三道眉草鵐	sāndàoméicǎowú	- (Chinese bird species) meadow bunting (Emberiza cioides)
南亚大草莺	南亞大草鶯	Nányàdàcǎoyīng	- (Chinese bird species) Indian grassbird (Graminicola bengalensis)
巴里坤草原	巴里坤草原	Bālǐkūncǎoyuán	- Barkol grasslands near Hami in Xinjiang
乌拉特草原	烏拉特草原	Wūlātècǎoyuán	- Urat plain in Bayan Nur 巴彥淖爾\|巴彦淖尔[Ba1 yan4 nao4 er3], Inner Mongolia
疾风知劲草	疾風知勁草	jífēngzhījìngcǎo	- the storm put strong grass to the test (idiom); fig. troubled times test a faithful minister - to show one's true colors after a stern test - also written 疾風勁草\|疾风劲草
白花蛇舌草	白花蛇舌草	báihuāshéshécǎo	- Hedyotis diffusa
神农本草经	神農本草經	ShénnóngBěncǎoJīng	- Shennong's Compendium of Materia Medica, a Han dynasty pharmacological compendium, 3 scrolls
老牛吃嫩草	老牛吃嫩草	lǎoniúchīnèncǎo	- lit. an old cow eats young grass (idiom) - fig. a May-December relationship - a romance where the man is significantly older than the woman
草原灰伯劳	草原灰伯勞	cǎoyuánhuībóláo	- (Chinese bird species) steppe grey shrike (Lanius pallidirostris)
那拉提草原	那拉提草原	Nàlādīcǎoyuán	- Nalat grasslands
呼伦贝尔草原	呼倫貝爾草原	Hūlúnbèiěrcǎoyuán	- Hulunbuir grasslands of Inner Mongolia
巴音布克草原	巴音布克草原	Bāyīnbùkècǎoyuán	- Bayanbulak grasslands in Uldus basin of Tianshan mountains
阅微草堂笔记	閱微草堂筆記	YuèwēiCǎotángBǐjì	- Notes on a Minutely Observed Thatched Hut by Ji Yun 紀昀\|纪昀[Ji4 Yun2], novel of the supernatural - The Thatched Study of Close Scrutiny
兔子不吃窝边草	兔子不吃窩邊草	tùzibùchīwōbiāncǎo	- A rabbit doesn't eat the grass by its own burrow (idiom); One shouldn't do anything to harm one's neighbors.
大会报告起草人	大會報告起草人	dàhuìbàogàoqǐcǎorén	- rapporteur
天涯何处无芳草	天涯何處無芳草	tiānyáhéchùwúfāngcǎo	- there are plenty more fish in the sea (idiom)
好马不吃回头草	好馬不吃回頭草	hǎomǎbùchīhuítóucǎo	- lit. a good horse doesn't come back to the same pasture (idiom) - fig. one should not go back to one's past experiences (of love, job etc)
矮脚白花蛇利草	矮腳白花蛇利草	ǎijiǎobáihuāshélìcǎo	- see 白花蛇舌草[bai2 hua1 she2 she2 cao3]
人生一世，草木一春	人生一世，草木一春	rénshēngyīshì,cǎomùyīchūn	- Man has but one life, grass but one spring (idiom). fig. the brevity of human existence
兵马未动，粮草先行	兵馬未動，糧草先行	bīngmǎwèidòng,liángcǎoxiānxíng	- before the troops move, fodder and provisions go first (idiom); logistics comes before military maneuvers - an army marches on its stomach
疾风知劲草，烈火见真金	疾風知勁草，烈火見真金	jífēngzhījìncǎo,lièhuǒjiànzhēnjīn	- the storm put strong grass to the test, fire tests true gold (idiom); fig. troubled times test a faithful minister - to show one's true colors after a stern test
又要马儿好，又要马儿不吃草	又要馬兒好，又要馬兒不吃草	yòuyàomǎrhǎo,yòuyàomǎrbùchīcǎo	- see 又要馬兒跑，又要馬兒不吃草\|又要马儿跑，又要马儿不吃草[you4 yao4 ma3 r5 pao3 , you4 yao4 ma3 r5 bu4 chi1 cao3]
又要马儿跑，又要马儿不吃草	又要馬兒跑，又要馬兒不吃草	yòuyàomǎrpǎo,yòuyàomǎrbùchīcǎo	- lit. you can't expect the horse to run fast but not let it graze (idiom) - fig. you can't have your cake and eat it, too
马无夜草不肥，人无外快不富	馬無夜草不肥，人無外快不富	mǎwúyècǎobùféi,rénwúwàikuàibùfù	- a horse cannot get fat without an extra ration, a man cannot get rich without an extra income (idiom)