mào

芼

Character · VerbTraditional耄

very old; to pull up

Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma

Meanings

1 sense · 2 examples
1.

verb

to pull up (vegetables, grass); to uproot

archaic

A literary/archaic term specifically for pulling up plants by the roots. Not used in modern spoken language.

Nóng农
rén人
mào耄
cài菜
yǐ以
gòng供
shí食
 。

The farmer pulled up vegetables for food.

Chén晨
qǐ起
mào耄
yuán园
zhōng中
zá杂
cǎo草
 。

(He) got up in the morning to pull up weeds in the garden.