韭菜 | jiǔ cài | garlic chives (Allium tuberosum), aka Chinese chives; (fig.) retail investors who lose their money to more experienced operators (i.e. they are "harvested" like garlic chives) | |
韭菜花 | jiǔ cài huā | chives (Allium tuberosum) |
1 | Leeks that look like palm trees, massive onions and swedes as big as your head - nothing is as it should be in this English country garden. | |
2 | I watched her carefully select several leeks and shitake mushrooms and ask the clerk, who knew her well, for peanuts and tofu. | |
3 | In the summer of 1917, he was inspired by the memory of the potato-and-leek soup of his childhood, which his mother and grandmother used to make. | |
4 | The Welsh are all excellent singers, and eat leeks all the time. | |
5 | Garlic, leeks and shallots make excellent container plants. They typically have few insect or disease problems, don't have deep roots and don't take up much space. |