翻草

Chinese

flit about; translate; turn over
 
grass; straw; draft (of a document)
grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (翻草)
simp. #(翻草)

Pronunciation


Verb

翻草

  1. (Cantonese, Southern Min, Zhao'an Hakka) to ruminate; to chew the cud

Synonyms

References

  • Duffus, William (1883) “ruminate”, in English-Chinese Vocabulary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Swatow, Swatow: English Presbyterian Mission Press, page 231
  • 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “翻草”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
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