【Learn Chinese】Chinese Lesson: Flowers, Grass and Trees

Plants to mother earth are like oxygen to human beings. Without oxygen, people can’t live; without plants, the Earth would gradually come to the end. By learning vocabulary about plants, your Mandarin will become to a forest instead of a desert.

Flower 花 (huā)
There are thousands of kinds of flowers in the world, and each country has its own national flower. Do you know how to say your national flower in Chinese? Find your answer below!
mǔ dān huā 牡丹花 --- Peony flower (中国: China)
mù jǐn huā 木槿花 ---Hibiscus flowers (韩国: Korea)
yīng huā 樱花 ---Sakura (日本: Japan)
jī dàn huā 鸡蛋花---Plumeria rubra (老挝: Laos)
méi guī huā 玫瑰花 --- Rose (美国: The United States)
yuè jì huā 月季花 --- Rosa chinensis (英国: The United Kingdom)
shí liú huā 石榴花 --- Pomegranate flower (西班牙: Spain)
xiàng rì kuí 向日葵 --- Sunflower (俄罗斯: Russia)
chú jú huā 雏菊花---Bellis perennis (意大利: Italy)
yuān wěi huā 鸢尾花---Flower-de-luce (法国: France)

So, you can say for example:
中国的国花是牡丹花。(zhōng guó de guó huā shì mǔ dān huā) - Peony flower is the national flower of China.

Grass 草 (cǎo)
Lawn 草地 (cǎo dì)
The grass stands for the indomitable vitality as it can survive even under the poorest environment. There has a poem which praise the grass but without mentioned the word ‘草’:
野火烧不尽，春风吹又生。(yě huǒ shāo bú jìn , chūn fēng chuī yòu shēng) - No prairie fire can destroy the grass; it shoots up again with the spring breeze blows.

Tree 树 (shù)
一根树的主要四部分是树根、树干、树枝、树叶。(yī gēn shù de zhǔ yào sì bù fèn shì shù gēn 、shù gàn 、shù zhī 、shù yè) - A tree is mainly consisting of roots, trunk, branch, and leaves.

Also, when you hanging out on a park in China, you can see many of the signboards stand on the lawn such as:
小草有情，脚下留青。(xiǎo cǎo yǒu qíng ，jiǎo xià liú qīng)
一草一木一风景，一言一行一文明。(yì cǎo yì mù yì fēng jǐng ，yì yán yì xíng yì wén míng)
Can you understand the rhyme and meaning of these two slogans?