jiān

  1. jiān noun a kind of grass used for mats or thatched roofing
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Scientific name: Themeda villosa (CC-CEDICT '菅'; Guoyu '菅' n; Kroll 2015 '菅', p. 196; Mathews 1931 '菅', p. 111; Unihan '菅'; Wikipedia '菅'; XHZD '菅', p. 328)
  2. jiān verb to despise; to have no regard for
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '菅' v; XHZD '菅', p. 328)

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