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Meaning of 芥

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Polyphone (多音字)
Total strokes: 7; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (plant) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Above to below
    • [ cǎo ] grass, weed, plant, herb
    • [ jiè ] agent, go-between, intermediary; to introduce; shell, armor
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Pinyin: gài
English Definition:see 芥蓝
Chinese Definition:
①(芥菜)一年生草本植物,芥菜的变种,叶大,表面多皱纹,叶脉显著,可食。亦作“盖菜”。
Example Words:
芥蓝 gài lán Chinese broccoli; Chinese kale; cabbage mustard; Brassica oleracea var. alboglabra; also pr. [jie4 lan2]
芥兰 gài lán variant of 芥蓝
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Pinyin: jiè
English Definition:mustard
Chinese Definition:
①(芥菜)一年或二年生草本植物,种子黄色,味辛辣,磨成粉末,称“芥末”,作调味品。按用途分为叶用芥菜(如“雪里蕻”);茎用芥菜(如“榨菜”);根用芥菜(如“大头菜”)。
②小草,喻轻微纤细的事物:草芥。纤芥。芥舟。

Example Words:
芥蒂 jiè an obstruction; barrier; ill-feeling; grudge
芥菜 jiè cài leaf mustard (Brassica juncea); also pr. [gai4 cai4]
芥末 jiè mo mustard; wasabi
芥子气 jiè mustard gas
心存芥蒂 xīn cún jiè to nurse a grievance (idiom)
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Example Sentences
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Watercress is another great way to battle bad breath, according to McKeith.
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使
One easy switch is to use canola or soybean oil for frying some foods.
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BOR
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BOR
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Toru Fujiwara of the University of Tokyo, Japan and colleagues increased the activity of the plant's BOR1 gene, which controls the uptake of boron.
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Arabidopsis thaliana has a few more than us, and rice doubles the number.
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Do we want to see the murderous face of nitrogen mustard gases which were used in World War 1 during the first large-scale waging of chemical warfare?