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茹

rú

Definition

to eat
(extended meaning) to endure
putrid smell
vegetables
roots (inextricably attached to the plant)

Character Decomposition

Related words (11)

to endure (suffering or sorrow)

to eat a vegetarian diet

to eat meat

putrid fish

rú gǔ hán jīn

to take in (old and new experiences and sorrows)

rú máo yǐn xuè

devour raw meat and fowl (of savages)

rú kǔ hán xīn

bitter hardship; to bear one's cross

rú hūn yǐn jiǔ

to eat meat and drink wine

bamboo shavings (Bambusa tuldoides) used in Chinese medicine

greens; green vegetables

(lit.) pull up a plant and the roots follow; (fig.) also involving others; inextricably tangled together; Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.

Idioms (4)

hán xīn rú kǔ

to suffer every possible torment (idiom); bitter hardship; to bear one's cross

bá máo lián rú

(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.

bá máo lián rú

(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.

fàn qiǔ rú cǎo

(lit.) to live on dry provisions and wild herbs (idiom); (fig.) to live in abject poverty

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