Máo

surname Mao

1Stroke Order Animation

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2Readings & Meanings

  • Máosurname Mao
  • máoreeds; rushes

4Common Words with

三顾茅庐sān gù máo lú

lit. three humble visits to a thatched cottage; cf famous episode in the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三国演义 in which Liu Bei 刘备 recruits Zhuge Liang 诸葛亮 (the Hidden Dragon 卧龙) to his cause by visiting him three times

仙茅xiān máo

golden eye-grass (Curculigo orchioides); Curculigo rhizome (used in TCM)

伯恩茅斯Bó ēn máo sī

Bournemouth, UK

初出茅庐chū chū máo lú

venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom); young and inexperienced; novice

前茅qián máo

forward patrol (military) (old); (fig.) the top ranks

包茅bāo máo

bundled thatch

Other Characters Pronounced “mao”