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Meaning of 蒺

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Pinyin:
English Definition: Tribulus terrestris
Chinese Definition:
①(蒺藜)a。一年生草本植物,果实亦称“蒺藜”,有刺。种子可入药;b。像“蒺藜”的东西,如“铁蒺蒺”,“蒺蒺骨朵”(古代一种兵器)(“藜”均读轻声)。
Total strokes: 13; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (plant) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Above to below
    • [ cǎo ] grass, weed, plant, herb
    • [ ] sickness, illness, disease; to envy, to hate
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Example Sentences
1
For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.
2
For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.
3
With arrows and with bows shall men come thither; because all the land shall become briers and thorns.
4
For every tree is judged by its fruit. Men do not get figs from thorns, or grapes from blackberry plants.
5
An iron ball with four spikes arranged so that one always points upwards, used to delay the advance of mounted troops and infantry; a caltrop.