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草原
cǎoyuán
1. grassland
2. prairie
3. CL:[[片<piàn>]]
Common • Top 11%

Character Breakdown

草
cǎo
grass, herbs; straw, thatch
HSK 3 9 丶
原
yuán
source, origin, beginning
HSK 4 10 丶

Compound Words (12)

大草原
dàcǎoyuán
prairie
草原雕
cǎoyuándiāo
(Chinese bird species) steppe eagle (Aquila nipalensis)
草原鹞
cǎoyuányào
(Chinese bird species) pallid harrier (Circus macrourus)
中亚草原
ZhōngYàcǎoyuán
Central Asian grasslands
草原巨蜥
cǎoyuánjùxī
Savannah monitor (Varanus exanthematicus)
草原百灵
cǎoyuánbǎilíng
(Chinese bird species) calandra lark (Melanocorypha calandra)
巴里坤草原
Bālǐkūncǎoyuán
Barkol grasslands near Hami in Xinjiang
乌拉特草原
Wūlātècǎoyuán
Urat plain in Bayan Nur [[巴彥淖爾|巴彦淖尔<Bāyànnàoěr>]], Inner Mongolia
草原灰伯劳
cǎoyuánhuībóláo
(Chinese bird species) steppe grey shrike (Lanius pallidirostris)
那拉提草原
Nàlādīcǎoyuán
Nalat grasslands
呼伦贝尔草原
Hūlúnbèiěrcǎoyuán
Hulunbuir grasslands of Inner Mongolia
巴音布克草原
Bāyīnbùkècǎoyuán
Bayanbulak grasslands in Uldus basin of Tianshan mountains

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