grass script in English

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      "expansion": "Calque of Chinese",
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      "args": {
        "1": "草書"
      },
      "expansion": "草書／草书 (cǎoshū)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "草",
        "tr": "cǎo"
      },
      "expansion": "草 (cǎo)",
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "潦草",
        "tr": "liáocǎo"
      },
      "expansion": "潦草 (liáocǎo)",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "草率",
        "tr": "cǎoshuài"
      },
      "expansion": "草率 (cǎoshuài)",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Calque of 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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      "expansion": "grass script (uncountable)",
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          "name": "Calligraphy",
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "caoshu"
        },
        {
          "word": "tsao shu"
        },
        {
          "word": "grass hand"
        }
      ],
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          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "style of cursive script used in Chinese calligraphy",
          "word": "草書"
        },
        {
          "code": "yue",
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          "word": "草书"
        },
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            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "草書"
        },
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          "sense": "style of cursive script used in Chinese calligraphy",
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            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "草书"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "style of cursive script used in Chinese calligraphy",
          "word": "草書"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "cǎoshū",
          "sense": "style of cursive script used in Chinese calligraphy",
          "word": "草书"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "style of cursive script used in Chinese calligraphy",
          "word": "kursiivikirjoitus"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "style of cursive script used in Chinese calligraphy",
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            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Grasschrift"
        },
        {
          "alt": "そうしょ",
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          "roman": "sōsho",
          "sense": "style of cursive script used in Chinese calligraphy",
          "word": "草書"
        },
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          "roman": "choseo",
          "sense": "style of cursive script used in Chinese calligraphy",
          "word": "초서"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "caošú",
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          "word": "цаошу́"
        },
        {
          "alt": "草書",
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          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "style of cursive script used in Chinese calligraphy",
          "word": "thảo thư"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Cursive script (East Asia)"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "grass script"
}

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        "1": "草書"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "草",
        "tr": "cǎo"
      },
      "expansion": "草 (cǎo)",
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    },
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        "1": "潦草",
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      "expansion": "潦草 (liáocǎo)",
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        "1": "草率",
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      },
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "Calque of 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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  "lang_code": "en",
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    {
      "word": "caoshu"
    },
    {
      "word": "tsao shu"
    },
    {
      "word": "grass hand"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "style of cursive script used in Chinese calligraphy",
      "word": "草書"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "cou² syu¹",
      "sense": "style of cursive script used in Chinese calligraphy",
      "word": "草书"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "sense": "style of cursive script used in Chinese calligraphy",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "草書"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "chhó-su",
      "sense": "style of cursive script used in Chinese calligraphy",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "草书"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "style of cursive script used in Chinese calligraphy",
      "word": "草書"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "cǎoshū",
      "sense": "style of cursive script used in Chinese calligraphy",
      "word": "草书"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "style of cursive script used in Chinese calligraphy",
      "word": "kursiivikirjoitus"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "style of cursive script used in Chinese calligraphy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Grasschrift"
    },
    {
      "alt": "そうしょ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sōsho",
      "sense": "style of cursive script used in Chinese calligraphy",
      "word": "草書"
    },
    {
      "alt": "草書",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "choseo",
      "sense": "style of cursive script used in Chinese calligraphy",
      "word": "초서"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "caošú",
      "sense": "style of cursive script used in Chinese calligraphy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "цаошу́"
    },
    {
      "alt": "草書",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "style of cursive script used in Chinese calligraphy",
      "word": "thảo thư"
    }
  ],
  "word": "grass script"
}

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"grass script" meaning in English

Noun