稗
barnyard grass; trivial
Meanings
2 senses · 10 examplesnoun
barnyard grass
A common weed that resembles rice, often grows in rice fields.
Farmers pull out barnyard grass in the rice fields.
Barnyard grass looks very similar to rice seedlings.
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Barnyard grass has run rampant in this rice field.
The elderly farmer taught us to tell rice seedlings apart from barnyard grass.
Barnyard grass will rob rice fields of nutrients and sunlight.
adjective
trivial; petty; minor
literaryUsed exclusively in formal or literary written Chinese, often paired with two-syllable nouns.
Ancient minor officials recorded trivial folk matters.
He does not like researching this kind of unofficial history.
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This book collects a large number of petty official novels.
Unofficial histories often contain many folk legends.
He only cares about major matters and deems it beneath him to handle trivial small things.