稻草

rice straw

paddy / rice (Oryza sativa)

variant of 草[cao3]

grass / straw / manuscript / draft (of a document) / careless / rough / CL:棵[ke1],撮[zuo3],株[zhu1],根[gen1]

variant of 肏[cao4]

scarecrow

(fig.) to clutch at straws (in desperation) / to take advantage of the situation (unscrupulously)

the straw that broke the camel’s back (idiom) / the final straw

(one's) last straw to clutch at / one's last hope