grass script
цаошу
Grasschrift
A style of cursive script used in Chinese calligraphyA style of cursive script used in Chinese calligraphy.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)A style of cursive script used in Chinese calligraphy.
Grasschrift
цаошу́caošú
Translations
2 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
style of cursive script used in Chinese calligraphy:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
style of cursive script used in Chinese calligraphy:
Origin
Calque from Chinese 草書／草书 (cǎoshū), mistaking the character 草 (cǎo) as meaning grass, whenCalque from Chinese 草書／草书 (cǎoshū), mistaking the character 草 (cǎo) as meaning grass, when in fact it refers to writing which is careless; sloppy; hasty, for example the meaning implied in the compound words 潦草 (liáocǎo) and 草率 (cǎoshuài).
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