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grass script

grass script noun: a style of cursive script used in Chinese calligraphy.

grass script: a style of cursive script used in Chinese calligraphy
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Noun

grass script (uncountable)

  1. A style of cursive script used in Chinese calligraphy.

grass script meaning in Vietnamese

grass script in Vietnamese

style of cursive script used in Chinese calligraphy
thảo thư, chữ thảo

Synonyms of grass script

Origin of grass script

Calque 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).

Questions about grass script

What does grass script mean?
Grass script means a style of cursive script used in Chinese calligraphy.
What is grass script in Vietnamese?
Grass script in Vietnamese is thảo thư, chữ thảo. See Grass script meaning in Vietnamese.
What part of speech is grass script?
Grass script is a noun.

Words near grass script in the dictionary

  1. grass rat
  2. grass rats
  3. grass rooter
  4. grass rooters
  5. grass roots
  6. grass script
  7. grass seed
  8. grass seeds
  9. grass shrimp
  10. grass sickness
  11. grass skirt

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