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楚chǔ
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1.牡荆，落叶灌木，开青色或紫色的穗状小花，鲜叶可入药 vitex negundo var, deciduous shrub with small blue or purple spike-like flowers; fresh leaves used as medicine
2.周代诸侯国名，它的疆域在今湖北省，后来扩展到湖南省北部，河南省南部及江西、安徽、江苏、浙江等省 Chu, one of the Warring States in the Zhou Dynasty, its original territory is in the present-day Hubei, then extending to northern Hunan, southern Henan, Jiangxi, Anhui, Jiangsu and Zhejiang Provinces
3.痛苦 pang; suffering ( comb. 苦- kǔ- misery; suffering, 凄- qī- desolate and miserable)［楚楚 --］1.鲜明，整洁 tidy; neat：衣冠～～ yīguān-chǔchǔ be immaculately dressed 2.娇柔，秀美 delicate and charming：～～动人 chǔchǔ-dòngrén (of a woman) delicate and charming |