土階茅茨 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 土阶茅茨 tǔjiēmáocí ㄊㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄝ ㄇㄠˊ ㄘˊ lit. earthen steps and a thatched hut frugal living conditions (idiom) Character by character 土(tǔ)surname Tu 階(jiē)rank or step 茅(máo)surname Mao 茨(cí)Caltrop or puncture vine A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0