甘草

gāncǎo
licorice root

CEDICT

  1. (figurative) supporting character, or actors performing such roles, especially experienced ones
  2. licorice (Glycyrrhiza uralensis, whose root often used in traditional Chinese medicine to improve qi)
  3. supporting character, or actors performing such roles, especially experienced ones

Wiktionary

植物名。豆科甘草属，多年生草本。奇数羽状複叶，蓝紫色蝶形花。根与地下茎均可入药，有益气、泻火、解毒等功用，味甘，故称为「甘草」。除药用外，又可作为菸草、酱油等调味香料。

重編國語辭典

  1. 上述植物的乾燥根及根茎，作为药材
  2. 豆科多年生草本植物（Glycyrrhizauralensis）
  3. 配角

維基詞典

Examples

我的孩子们喜欢甘草棒。

My children like saccharum.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

1 甘 gān
  1. (bound form) sweet; pleasant (contrasted with 苦 kǔ: bitter, unpleasant)
  2. to be willing (to do sth)
=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

炙甘草 zhìgāncǎo
甘草糖 gāncǎotáng
甘草梅子 gāncǎoméizǐ