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Watch the video of writing the Chinese character "茨", learn the correct stroke order (笔顺) of the character "茨", and master the standard way of writing the character "茨".
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茨 [cí]
1. 用茅或苇覆盖房子。
(To cover a house with thatch or reeds.)
2. 蒺藜。
(Tribulus terrestris.)
3. 积土填满。
(To fill with accumulated earth.)
用茅或苇覆盖房子:茅~(用茅草覆盖屋顶)。~宇(茅屋)。~檐。
(Use thatch or reeds to cover houses: thatched roof (茅~). thatched house (~宇). thatched eaves (~檐).)
蒺藜:~藿(“藿”,野菜;指以茨藿充饥,引申为粗劣的食物)。
(Tribulus: ~藿 (where “藿” refers to wild vegetables; indicating that to survive on茨藿 refers to coarse food).)
积土填满:“~其所决而高之。”
(To fill it with accumulated earth: “~他的决口,然后提高。”)
【引】
1. 《说文》:茨,以茅苇盖屋。
(In "Shuowen," it means: 茨 covers a house with reeds and thatch.)
2. 《庄子·让王》:环堵之室,茨以生草。
(In "Zhuangzi," it mentions: The room with earthen walls has thatch for growing grass.)
名 (noun):
1. 用芦苇、茅草盖的屋顶 ([En.] thatched hut).
(A roof covered with reeds or thatch ([En.] thatched hut).)
【引】
1. 《韩非子·五蠹》:尧之王天下也,茅茨不剪,采椽不斫。
(In "Han Feizi," it states: When Yao was king of the world, thatch wasn’t cut, rafters weren’t hewn.)
【例】
又如:茨宇(茅屋);茨竹(用茅草和竹子搭盖的房子);茨檐(茅舍,民房).
(For example: thatched house (茨宇); a house made of thatch and bamboo (茨竹); thatched eaves (茨檐).)
2. 蒺藜 ([En.] Tribulus terrestris).
(Tribulus terrestris.)
【引】
1. 《诗·鄘风·墙有茨》:墙有茨,不可埽也。
(In "The Book of Songs": The wall has茨, it cannot be swept away.)
2. 《诗·小雅·楚茨》:楚楚者茨,言抽其棘。
(In "The Book of Songs": The elegant ones are茨, indicating to draw out its thorns.)
【例】
又如:茨门(茅草,芦苇所做的门);茨棘(茅草与荆棘。比喻荒野).
(For example: a door made of thatch and reeds (茨门); remains of thatch and thorns (茨棘), metaphor for wilderness.)