cài

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common

Meaning of 蕺菜

蕺菜 means a perennial herbaceous plant; Houttuynia cordata; fish mint. Pronounced jí cài.

  • a perennial herbaceous plant; Houttuynia cordata; fish mint

Definitions & Examples

Chūn
tiān
shì
cǎi
zhāi
cài
nèn
de
hǎo
shí
jié
 

Spring is a good time to pick the young leaves of fish mint.

Zhè
zhǒng
liáng
bàn
cài
jiā
le
xīn
xiān
de
cài
 
wèi
dào
hěn
bié
 

This cold dish has fresh fish mint added to it, giving it a very distinctive flavor.

Zhōng
cháng
yòng
cài
quán
cǎo
yào
 
yǒu
qīng
jiě
de
gōng
xiào
 

Traditional Chinese medicine often uses the entire fish mint plant for its medicinal properties, which are said to clear heat and remove toxins.

Hěn
duō
rén
yīn
wèi
de
xīng
wèi
ér
huān
cài
 

Many people dislike fish mint because of its fishy smell.

cài
zài
cháo
shī湿
de
gōu
biān
huò
lín
xià
hěn
cháng
jiàn
 

Fish mint is commonly found in damp ditches or under forests.

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