苟 Gǒu

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Number of strokes

Traditional form

苟 Gǒu

Contains the radical

艹 cǎo

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

Learning hint

wild grass

Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿱艹句

Semantic compound

艹 cǎo

Phonetic compound

句 gōu

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 cǎo represents the meaning and 句 gōu represents the sound.

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“Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.”

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但是 dànshì 迦勒底 de 祭 jì 司 Sī 的 de 传统 chuántǒng 依然 yīrán 苟延不 bù 废 fèi .

The tradition of the Chaldean priests still lingered.

我 wǒ 明白 míngbai 你 nǐ 的 de 观点 guāndiǎn ，但 dàn 恐怕 kǒngpà 我 wǒ 不能 bù néng 苟同 gǒu tóng 。

I see your point but I'm not sure I agree with you.

她 tā 带 dài 他 tā 们 men 去 qù 拜访 bàifǎng 她 tā 那些 nà xiē 不苟言笑的 de 表兄 biǎo xiōng 表姐 biǎo jiě 们。

She took them to visit her sedate, elderly cousins.

他 tā 一丝不苟 yīsībùgǒu ，带 dài 着 zhāo 几分 jǐ fēn 学究气。

He is precise and mildly donnish in manner.

他 tā 宁肯 nìngkěn 在 zài 比赛 bǐsài 中 Zhōng 丢 diū 了 le 性命 xìngmìng 也 Yě 不愿 bù yuàn 在 zài 医院 yīyuàn 里 lǐ 苟延残喘 gǒu yán cán chuǎn 。

He would rather be killed in a race than die a lingering death in hospital.

Explore 13 words and sayings that include the Chinese character 苟 Gǒu in their composition.

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Simplified	Meaning	Traditional
苟 Gǒu	if	苟 Gǒu
一丝不苟 yīsībùgǒu	meticulous	一絲不苟
苟延残喘 gǒu yán cán chuǎn	to struggle on whilst at death's door (idiom)	苟延殘喘
苟同 gǒu tóng	to agree blindly	苟同 gǒu tóng
不敢苟同 bù gǎn gǒu tóng	to beg to differ (idiom)	不敢苟同 bù gǎn gǒu tóng
苟且 gǒu qiě	perfunctory	苟且 gǒu qiě
苟且偷生 gǒu qiě tōu shēng	to drift and live without purpose (idiom); to drag out an ignoble existence	苟且偷生 gǒu qiě tōu shēng
不苟 bù gǒu	not lax	不苟 bù gǒu
苟安 gǒu ān	taking things easily without attending to responsibilities	苟安 gǒu ān
苟且偷安 gǒu qiě tōu ān	taking things easily without attending to responsibilities	苟且偷安 gǒu qiě tōu ān
苟存 gǒu cún	to drift through life	苟存 gǒu cún
一笔不苟 yī bǐ bù gǒu	lit. not even one stroke is negligent (idiom)	一筆不苟
未敢苟同 wèi gǎn gǒu tóng	can't agree with	未敢苟同 wèi gǎn gǒu tóng