吃草

chīcǎo
to graze; to eat grass

CEDICT

to graze; to browse

Wiktionary

Examples

这几种动物是吃草的。

These animals feed on grass.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

=1 吃 chī
  1. to eat; to consume
  2. to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
  3. to eradicate; to destroy
  4. to absorb
  5. to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)
=1 吃 chī variant of 吃 chī
=2 草 cǎo variant of 草 cǎo
=2 草 cǎo
  1. grass
  2. straw
  3. manuscript
  4. draft (of a document)
  5. careless
  6. rough

classifiers: 棵, 撮, 株, 根

Containing this entry

又要马儿好，又要马儿不吃草 yòuyàomǎrhǎo,yòuyàomǎrbùchīcǎo see 又要馬兒跑，又要马儿跑，又要马儿不吃草 yòuyàomǎrpǎo,yòuyàomǎrbùchīcǎo
又要马儿跑，又要马儿不吃草 yòuyàomǎrpǎo,yòuyàomǎrbùchīcǎo
  1. lit. you can't expect the horse to run fast but not let it graze (idiom)
  2. fig. you can't have your cake and eat it, too