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。豆科甘草屬，多年生草本。奇數羽狀複葉，藍紫色蝶形花。根與地下莖均可入藥，有益氣、瀉火、解毒等功用，味甘，故稱為「甘草」。除藥用外，又可作為菸草、醬油等調味香料。

重編國語辭典

  1. 上述植物的乾燥根及根莖，作為藥材
  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