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Character Decomposition
茅=艹+矛
Etymology
grass
Meanings
reeds
rushes
surname Mao
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Words with 茅 132 total
Idioms with 茅 23 total Chain
lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom); fig. also involving others · inextricably tangled together · Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.拔茅连茹bá máo lián rúventuring from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom) · young and inexperienced · novice · greenhorn初出茅庐chū chū máo lúat once become enlightened · the obstructing rushes at once removed - open up the mind for instruction · be suddenly enlightened by (one's words, etc.) · suddenly see the light顿开茅塞dùn kāi máo sè
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