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jiùmìngdàocǎo (one's) last straw to clutch at
one's last hope

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        jiù, [捄], variant of 救[jiù], to save/to assist/to rescue
        zhěngjiù, to save/to rescue
        jiùmìng, to save sb's life/(interj.) Help!/Save me!
        
        jiùhùchē, [救護車], ambulance/CL:輛|辆[liàng]
        jiùyuán, to save/to support/to help/to assist
        wǎnjiù, to save/to remedy/to rescue
        jíjiù, first aid/emergency treatment
        qiújiù, to cry for help
        jiějiù, to rescue/to help out of difficulties/to save the situation
        Jiùshìzhǔ, the Savior (in Christianity)
        yíngjiù, [營救], to rescue
        jiùzhù, to help sb in trouble/aid/assistance
        bǔjiù, [補救], to remedy
        
        jiùjì, [救濟], emergency relief/to help the needy with cash or goods
        qiǎngjiù, [搶救], to rescue
        jiùshēngyuán, [救生員], lifeguard
        jiùhù, [救護], to rescue/to administer first aid
        jiùhuó, to bring back to life
        déjiù, to be saved
        huòjiù, [獲救], to rescue/to be rescued
        jiùhuǒ, to put out a fire/firefighting
        jiùxīng, savior/liberator/emancipator/knight in shining armor
        jiùshēng, to save a life/life-saving
        hūjiù, to call for help
        jiùzhì, to provide critical care (to a patient or a diseased plant)
        
        jiùshēngtǐng, lifeboat
        jiùshēngyī, life jacket/life vest
        yuánjiù, to come to the aid of/to save/to rescue from danger/to relieve
        
        jiùsǐfúshāng, [救死扶傷], to help the dying and heal the injured
        
        jíjiùxiāng, first-aid kit
        
        
        
        
        
        dājiù, to rescue
        
        pūjiù, [撲救], firefighting/to extinguish a fire and save life and property/to dive (of goalkee...
        jiùshēngchuán, lifeboat
        jiùshēngquān, life buoy/life belt/(jocularly) flab/spare tire
        
        
        jiùshēngfá, a life raft
        
        
        
        
        zhìbìngjiùrén, to treat the disease to save the patient/to criticize a person in order to help ...
        jiùzāi, [救災], to relieve disaster/to help disaster victims
        jiùnán, [救難], to rescue/rescue (operation, workers)
        
        jíjiùzhàn, emergency desk/first aid office
        
        
        shějǐjiùrén, [捨己救人], to abandon self for others (idiom); to sacrifice oneself to help the people/altr...
        
        
        
        
        
        
        jiùjìliáng, [救濟糧], relief grain/emergency provisions
        
        
        

        shēngmìng, life (as the characteristic of living beings)/living being/creature/CL:個|个[gè],條...
        mìng, life/fate/order or command/to assign a name, title etc
        mìnglìng, order/command/CL:道[dào],個|个[gè]
        jiùmìng, to save sb's life/(interj.) Help!/Save me!
        mìngyùn, [命運], fate/destiny/CL:個|个[gè]
        zhìmìng, fatal/mortal/deadly/to sacrifice one's life
        xìngmìng, life
使         shǐmìng, mission/long-term task to which one devotes oneself/a calling
        dàimìng, to be on call/to be on standby
        pīnmìng, to do one's utmost/with all one's might/at all costs/(to work or fight) as if on...
        zūnmìng, to follow your orders/to do as you bid
        mìngmíng, to give a name to/to dub/to christen/to designate/named after/naming
        gémìng, revolution/revolutionary (politics)/CL:次[cì]
        mìngzhòng, to hit (a target)
        yàomìng, to cause sb's death/very/extremely/frightening/annoying
        sàngmìng, [喪命], to lose one's life
        rènmìng, to appoint/(job) appointment/CL:紙|纸[zhǐ]
        sòngmìng, to lose one's life/to get killed
        huómìng, life/to survive/to save a life/to scrape a living
        rénmìng, human life/CL:條|条[tiáo]
        méimìng, [沒命], to lose one's life/to die/recklessly/desperately
        táomìng, to escape/to flee/to run for one's life
        mìngàn, homicide case/murder case
        màimìng, [賣命], to throw one's life in for/to haplessly give one's life for/to sacrifice oneself...
        tīngmìng, [聽命], to obey an order/to take orders/to accept a state of affairs
        fèngmìng, to receive orders/to follow orders/to act under orders
        suànmìng, fortune-telling/to tell fortune
        
        wéitāmìng, [維他命], vitamin (loanword)
寿         shòumìng, [壽命], life span/life expectancy/lifetime (of a machine)
        shēngmìnglì, vitality
        shòumìng, ordained or appointed to a post/to benefit from counsel
        bìmìng, [斃命], to meet violent death/to get killed
        zìmìngbùfán, to think too much of oneself/self-important/arrogant
        zhìmìngshāng, [致命傷], mortal wound/(fig.) fatal weakness/Achilles' heel
        tīngtiānyóumìng, [聽天由命], to submit to the will of heaven/to resign oneself to fate/to trust to luck
        rènmìng, [認命], to accept misfortunes as decreed by fate/to be resigned to sth
        
        Tiānmìng, Mandate of Heaven/destiny/fate/one's life span
        wángmìng, to flee/to go into exile (from prison)
        sǐyúfēimìng, [死於非命], violent death (idiom); to die in a disaster/an unnatural death
        xiāngyīwéimìng, [相依為命], mutually dependent for life (idiom); to rely upon one another for survival/inter...
        chūrénmìng, fatal/resulting in sb's death
        gémìngxìng, revolutionary
        
        mìnggēnzi, see 命根[mìng gēn]
        
        chángmìng, [償命], to pay with one's life
        sǐmìng, doom/death/desperately
        duǎnmìng, to die young/short-lived
        wángmìngzhītú, runaway (idiom); desperate criminal/fugitive
        mìngtí, [命題], proposition (logic, math.)/to assign an essay topic
        
        rénmìngguāntiān, [人命關天], human life is beyond value (idiom)
        shěmìng, [捨命], to risk one's life
        zìmìng, to consider oneself to be (sth positive)
        ráomìng, [饒命], to spare sb's life
        kàngmìng, against orders/to disobey/to refuse to accept orders
        
        mìngzhònglǜ, hit rate/scoring rate
线         shēngmìngxiàn, [生命線], lifeline
        mìngmài, [命脈], lifeline
        mìnggēn, lifeblood/the thing that one cherishes most in life/(coll.) family jewels (male ...
        píyúbēnmìng, [疲於奔命], (idiom) terribly busy/up to one's ears in work
        kǔmìng, hard lot/bitter fate/unfortunate
        
        pànmìng, see 拼命[pīn mìng]
        
        mìngkǔ, to be born under an ill star
        
        hěnmìng, exerting all one's strength
        yǔnmìng, [殞命], to die/to perish
        cǎojiānrénmìng, to have disregard for human life (idiom)
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        cuīmìng, to press sb to death/fig. to pressurize sb continually
        shòumìng, to give orders
        gémìngjiā, a revolutionary
        
        
        
        mìngxiàng, horoscope
        móucáihàimìng, [謀財害命], to plot and kill sb for his property (idiom); to murder for money
        wánrmìng, [玩兒命], to gamble with life/to take reckless risks
        ānshēnlìmìng, settle down and get on with one's pursuit
        bēnmìng, to rush about on errands/to be kept on the run
        WénhuàDàgémìng, Cultural Revolution (1966-1976)
        juémìngshū, [絕命書], suicide note
宿         sùmìnglùn, [宿命論], fatalism/fatalistic
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        fùmìng, [復命], to report on completion of a mission/debriefing
        
        fǎngémìng, counterrevolutionary
        
        ěrtímiànmìng, to give sincere advice (idiom)/to exhort earnestly
        bómìng, to be born under an unlucky star (usu. of women)/to be born unlucky
        
        
        mínzhǔgémìng, democratic revolution/bourgeois revolution (in Marx-Leninist theory, a prelude t...

        dàocǎo, rice straw
        dàocǎorén, scarecrow
        dàotián, paddy field/rice paddy
        dàomǐ, rice (crop)
        dào, paddy/rice (Oryza sativa)
        dàogǔ, [稻穀], rice crops
        shuǐdào, rice/paddy/CL:株[zhū]
        dàosuì, rice ear
        zǎodào, early season rice/rice at transplanting or still unripe
        
        dàozi, rice (crop)/unhulled rice
        

        cǎo/cào, [艸], variant of 草[cǎo], grass/straw/manuscript/draft (of a document)/careless/rough/C...
        cǎoméi, strawberry/CL:顆|颗[kē]/(Tw) hickey/love bite
        cǎopíng, lawn
        yāncǎo, [煙草], tobacco
        xiāngcǎo, aromatic herb/vanilla/alternative name for Eupatorium fortunei/(fig.) loyal and ...
        cǎodì, lawn/meadow/sod/turf/CL:片[piàn]
        cǎoshuài, careless/negligent/sloppy/not serious
        qǐcǎo, to make a draft/to draw up (plans)
        cǎoyuán, grassland/prairie/CL:片[piàn]
        cǎotú, [草圖], a sketch/rough drawing
        dàocǎo, rice straw
        cǎoyào, [草藥], herbal medicine
稿         cǎogǎo, draft/outline/sketch
        dàocǎorén, scarecrow
        gēcǎojī, [割草機], lawn mower (machine)
        gāncǎo, [乾草], hay
        dǎcǎojīngshé, [打草驚蛇], lit. beat the grass to scare the snake (idiom)/fig. to inadvertently alert an en...
        zácǎo, [雜草], weeds
        cǎocóng, [草叢], underbrush
        gāncǎo, licorice root
        cǎobāo, idiot/straw bag
        cǎopí, turf/sward/sod
        cǎocǎo, carelessly/hastily
        cǎoàn, draft (legislation, proposal etc)
        cǎonǐ, [草擬], first draft/to draw up (a first version)
        yěcǎo, weeds/mistress or prostitute (old)
        sānyècǎo, [三葉草], clover/trefoil
        zhǎncǎochúgēn, [斬草除根], to cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom); to destroy root and branch/to elim...
        
        yàocǎo, [藥草], medicinal herb
        cǎochǎng, [草場], pastureland
        
        huācǎo, flowers and plants
        chúcǎo, to weed
        cǎogēn, grass roots (lit. and fig.)
        qīngcǎo, grass
        chúcǎojì, [除草劑], weed killer/herbicide
        cǎomù, vegetation/plants
        
        qiángtóucǎo, [牆頭草], sb who goes whichever way the wind blows/sb with no mind of one's own/easily swa...
        
        hánxiūcǎo, mimosa/sensitive plant (that closes its leaves when touched)
        
        shícǎodòngwù, [食草動物], herbivore
        
        cùncǎobùshēng, lit. not even a blade of grass grows (idiom)/fig. barren
        cǎomào, straw hat
        mùcǎo, pasture/forage grass/pasturage
        
        
        cǎojiānrénmìng, to have disregard for human life (idiom)
        liángcǎo, [糧草], army provisions/rations and fodder
        jiǎncǎojī, [剪草機], lawnmower
        cǎoběn, grass/herb
        
        
        cǎozhǐ, [草紙], rough straw paper/toilet paper/brown paper
        cǎoguǒ, black cardamom/(dialect) strawberry
        cǎoxié, straw sandals
        liáocǎo, careless/slovenly/illegible (of handwriting)
        
        shuǐcǎo, water plants/habitat with water source and grass
        chúcǎo, [鋤草], to hoe/to weed
        cǎoliào, fodder
        cǎotǐ, [草體], see 草書|草书[cǎo shū]
        suōcǎo, coco-grass or nut sedge (Cyperus rotundus)
        gǔcǎo, [穀草], straw
        
        zhōngcǎoyào, [中草藥], Chinese herbal medicine
        cǎowū, thatched hut
        
        cǎoshū, [草書], grass script/cursive script (Chinese calligraphic style)
        
        
        cǎoběnzhíwù, herbaceous plant
        
        
        cǎocǎoshōuchǎng, [草草收場], to rush to conclude a matter/to end up abruptly
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        máocǎo, sogon grass
        dēngxīncǎo, [燈心草], rush (botany)/Juncaceae
        cǎobiān, [草編], straw weaving
        
        mǎngcǎo, Chinese anise (Ilicium anisatum, a shrub with poisonous leaves)
        cǎojī, [草雞], free-range chicken/(dialect) hen/cowardly
        
        
        
        
        
        
        Cǎohǎi, Caohai Lake, Guizhou
        
        
        
        cǎosuān, oxalic acid CHÒ
        
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        hǎicǎo, seagrass
        
        
        

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