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Character Decomposition
茹=艹+如
Etymology
plant
Meanings
to eat
(extended meaning) to endure
putrid smell
vegetables
roots (inextricably attached to the plant)
surname Ru
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Words with 茹 47 total
to eat meat茹荤rú hūnto eat a vegetarian diet茹素rú sùto endure (suffering or sorrow)茹痛rú tòngputrid fish茹鱼rú yúbamboo shavings (Bambusa tuldoides) used in Chinese medicine竹茹zhú rúgreens · green vegetables菜茹cài rúFish Leong (1978–), Malaysian pop singer梁静茹Liáng Jìng rúRu Zhijuan (1925-1998), female novelist and politician茹志鹃Rú Zhì juānto take in (old and new experiences and sorrows)茹古涵今rú gǔ hán jīndevour raw meat and fowl (of savages)茹毛饮血rú máo yǐn xuèto suffer every possible torment (idiom); bitter hardship · to bear one's cross含辛茹苦hán xīn rú kǔlit. 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 rúto eat meat and drink wine茹荤饮酒rú hūn yǐn jiǔ(lit.) to live on dry provisions and wild herbs (idiom) · (fig.) to live in abject poverty饭糗茹草fàn qiǔ rú cǎo
Idioms with 茹 21 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 rú(lit.) to live on dry provisions and wild herbs (idiom) · (fig.) to live in abject poverty饭糗茹草fàn qiǔ rú cǎoto suffer every possible torment (idiom); bitter hardship · to bear one's cross含辛茹苦hán xīn rú kǔto take in (old and new experiences and sorrows)茹古涵今rú gǔ hán jīn
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