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Character « 莠 »

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Character
莠
(10 stroke)
Radical
艹 (艸)
(+7 stroke)
Pinyin
xiù
yǒu

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莠 (莠) yǒu

General meaning
Definitions
Vocabulary

◎ 一年生草本植物，穗有毛，很像谷子，亦称“狗尾草”。
◎ 喻品质坏的，不好的人：良～不齐。

Noun

(形声。从艸,秀声。恶草的通称,常用以比喻恶人、俚人)
草名,即“狗尾草” [green foxtail]。一年生草本植物,样子很像谷子

莠,禾粟下扬生莠。——《说文》。按,禾粟之穗,生而未成,坠地生莠。今之狗尾草,即董蓈也。

惟莠骄骄。——《诗·齐风·甫田》
品质坏的、不好的人 [the bad]

好言自口,莠言自口。——《诗·小雅·正月》
又如:良莠不齐

Adjective

比喻坏,恶 [bad]。如:莠言(侮骂的言语。即恶言,坏话);莠民(坏人)

稂莠 láng yǒu
1. [weeds; tares]∶稂和莠,都是形状像禾苗、妨害禾苗生长的杂草
2. [the bads;evildoers]∶比喻害群之人
良莠不齐 ( 良莠不齊 ) liáng yǒu -bù qí
[grain or chaff;the good and the bad are intermingled; sheep and goats; there are bad as well as good people in the group; there are weeds among seedlings; thread and thrum] 莠:狗尾草,比喻品质坏的人。比喻好人坏人混在一起

无如众生愚贤不等,也就如五谷良莠不齐。——清· 文康《儿女英雄传》