草原 (cǎo yuán) — grassland; prairie
Definition
A vast, natural grassland — the open prairie found in places like Inner Mongolia, bigger and wilder than a 草地 (a lawn or small meadow). 平原 is flat land of any kind, not necessarily grassy.
noun
grasslandprairie
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Examples
- 草原。Zhè piàn cǎo yuán fēi cháng liáo kuò.This grassland is very vast.
- 草原。cǎo yuán Shàng de niú yáng zài chī cǎo.The cattle and sheep on the prairie are grazing.
- 草原。Wǒ men kāi chē chuān guò le dà cǎo yuán.We drove through the great grassland.
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