tǔ​jiè

trifle

  • created reference approved 土芥 → 草芥 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    土芥 tǔ​jiè

    草芥 cǎo​jiè

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 土芥 · tǔ​jiè · trifle — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    土芥

    tǔ​jiè

    trifle

    (literary) soil and weeds; a metaphor for something worthless or of no importance; someone or something that is not worth caring about

    土 (literal) → 土 · tǔ · soil 芥 (literal) → 芥 · jiè · small grass

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense