莽

thick weeds / luxuriant growth / Illicium anisatum, a shrub with poisonous leaves / impertinent

see 大夫[dai4 fu5]

hands joined

grass radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[cao3 zi4 tou2 r5]

big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

hot-headed / impulsive / reckless

rude and impetuous

variant of 魯莽|鲁莽[lu3 mang3]

fool / muddlehead / boor

Chinese anise (Ilicium anisatum, a shrub with poisonous leaves)

Wang Mang (45 BC-23 AD), usurped power and reigned 9-23 between the former and later Han

vast

boundless

luxurious vegetation

brusque / rough / boorish / crude

a rank growth of grass / uncultivated land / wilderness