thảo

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See also: Thao, tháo, Thảo, and thạo

Vietnamese

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Etymology 1

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Sino-Vietnamese word from . Doublet of tháu.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(classifier cây) thảo

  1. grasses and herbs
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Verb

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thảo

  1. to write, to draft
    • 1820, Nguyễn Du (阮攸), Truyện Kiều (傳翹) [The Tale of Kieu], Liễu Văn Ðường edition, published 1866, lines 1313 - 1314:
      (Sinh)(càng)𤏣(tỏ)󰞺(nét)(càng)𠸦(khen)
      (Tả)(tình)𢬣(tay)(thảo)󰜋(một)(thiên)(luật)(Đường)
      The young man conceived a great admiration for his sweetheart as he considered her qualities more deeply.
      Unable to keep those sentiments to himself, he improved and wrote to her a poem in a particular form of Tang prosody.
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Etymology 2

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Adjective

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thảo (, )

  1. to be pious, to be generous, to be open-handed, to be devoted, to be virtuous, to be dutiful
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