suàn
cǎo

common
technical

Meaning of 算草

算草 means rough draft or scratch work used when solving math problems; calculations done on scrap paper. Pronounced suàn cǎo.

  • rough draft or scratch work used when solving math problems; calculations done on scrap paper

Definitions & Examples

Zuò
shù
xué
shí
 
dìng
yào
xiān
suàn
cǎo
 

When doing math problems, you must first do rough calculations.

de
suàn
cǎo
xiě
de
hěn
gōng
zhěng
 
lián
lǎo
shī
dōu
biǎo
yáng
le
 

His scratch work was very neat, and even the teacher praised him.

Zhè
dào
nán
sān
biàn
suàn
cǎo
cái
suàn
duì
 

I did rough calculations three times before getting this difficult problem right.

Kǎo
shì
shí
qǐng
yào
zài
shì
juàn
shàng
suàn
cǎo
 

Please do not do scratch calculations on the exam paper during the test.

Measure Words

/ fèn
Primary
/ zhāng