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毒草

Word · Noun

poisonous weeds; harmful ideology or works

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Meanings

2 senses · 5 examples
1.

noun

poisonous weeds; harmful plants

Literal meaning, referring to plants that are toxic to humans or animals.

Nà那
piàn片
dì地
li里
zhǎng长
mǎn满
le了
dú毒
cǎo草
 。

That field is full of poisonous weeds.

Mù牧
mín民
yào要
xiǎo小
xīn心
biàn辨
bié别
dú毒
cǎo草
 ,
fáng防
zhǐ止
shēng牲
chù畜
zhòng中
dú毒
 。

Herdsmen must carefully identify poisonous weeds to prevent livestock poisoning.

2.

noun

harmful speech or writing; reactionary ideology

formal

Metaphorical and politically charged term, often used in historical or ideological contexts to criticize ideas perceived as dangerous or retrogressive.

Zài在
nà那
ge个
nián年
dài代
 ,
hěn很
duō多
wén文
yì艺
zuò作
pǐn品
bèi被
pī批
pàn判
wéi为
dú毒
cǎo草
 。

In that era, many literary and artistic works were criticized as harmful ideology.

Wǒ我
men们
yào要
xué学
huì会
shí识
bié别
hé和
pī批
pàn判
gè各
zhǒng种
sī思
xiǎng想
shàng上
de的
dú毒
cǎo草
 。

We must learn to identify and criticize all kinds of harmful ideologies.

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Zhè这
piān篇
chōng充
mǎn满
piān偏
jiàn见
de的
wén文
zhāng章
jiǎn简
zhí直
shì是
sī思
xiǎng想
shàng上
de的
dú毒
cǎo草
 。

This biased article is practically harmful ideology.