shūchá

bitter vegetable

Senses

bitter vegetable

(bound form) a bitter edible plant such as the common sowthistle; a symbol of bitterness or hardship

flowering grass

(bound form) white flowers of reeds or cogon grass, often used to describe things in great profusion as in the idiom 如火如荼 rú​huǒ​rú​tú

shū jade tablet

(literary) an auspicious jade tablet held by feudal lords when being received by the emperor

chá tea

(archaic) an ancient name for the tea plant

to maltreat

(literary) to cause suffering to; to poison the lives of people

shū leisurely

(literary) relaxed or unhurried

References

see 荼/荼 荼毒/荼毒
same_as 荼/荼 茶/茶
same_as 荼/荼 舒/舒