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Meaning of 藜

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Pinyin:
English Definition: name of weed plant (fat hen, goosefoot, pigweed etc); Chenopodium album
Chinese Definition:
①(藜芦)多年生草本植物,叶细长,花紫黑色,有毒,可入药。
②一年生草本植物,茎直立,嫩叶可吃。茎可以做拐杖(亦称“灰条菜”):藜仗。藜藿(指粗劣的饭菜)。
Total strokes: 18; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (grass) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Above to below
    • [ cǎo ] grass, weed, plant, herb
    • [ ] many, numerous; black; surname
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Example Words
羹藜含糗 gēng hán qiǔ nothing but herb soup and dry provisions to eat (idiom); to survive on a coarse diet; à la guerre comme à la guerre
羹藜唅糗 gēng hān qiǔ nothing but herb soup and dry provisions to eat (idiom); to survive on a coarse diet; à la guerre comme à la guerre
藜麦 mài quinoa
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Example Sentences
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Place the quinoa in a bowl, and cover with cold water.
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Grains, including oats, quinoa and wild rice, lower the risk of heart disease.
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If you give them boiled water, sugar and quinoa flour mixed into a drink, they prefer Coca-Cola.
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If you don' t know what Quinoa is, check it out because you' ll be glad you did.
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"Quinoa isn't lifting us out of poverty, " he says. "But we are living better.