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  *菜* | 菜* | *菜
vegetable; greens (CL:) / dish (of food) (CL:樣|样,,盤|盘) / (of one's skills etc) weak; poor / (coll.) (one's) type
HSK 1
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  *擦* | 擦* | *擦
to rub; to scratch / to wipe; to polish / to apply (lipstick, lotion etc) / to brush (past) / to shred (a vegetable etc)
HSK 4
part (esp. of the body, but also of a vegetable, e.g. the root, or a garment, e.g. the sleeve, etc)
HSK 5
vegetables / CL: 種|种
HSK 5
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  *筋* | 筋* | *筋
muscle / tendon / veins visible under the skin / sth resembling tendons or veins (e.g. fiber in a vegetable)
HSK 7-9
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  *炸* | 炸* | *炸
to deep fry / (coll.) to blanch (a vegetable) / Taiwan pr. [zha4]
HSK 7-9
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  *丁* | 丁* | *丁
male adult / the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 天干 / fourth (used like "4" or "D") / small cube of meat or vegetable / (literary) to encounter / (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195° / (chemistry) butyl
HSK 7-9
to grow vegetables
vegetables and fruits
to extract (vegetable) oil; oil extraction
Yangzhou fried rice, featuring scrambled egg, diced vegetables and multiple proteins – typically shrimp and barbecued pork
pickled vegetables, especially Chinese cabbage
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  *釀* | 釀* | *釀
to ferment / to brew / to make honey (of bees) / to lead to / to form gradually / wine / stuffed vegetables (cooking method)
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  *茹* | 茹* | *茹
to eat / (extended meaning) to endure / putrid smell / vegetables / roots (inextricably attached to the plant)
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  *蔬* | 蔬* | *蔬
vegetables
lettuce / raw fresh vegetables / greens
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  *燴* | 燴* | *燴
to braise / to cook (rice etc) with vegetables, meat and water
vegetable knife / kitchen knife / cleaver / CL:
juice (extracted from fresh fruit or vegetables) / stock (obtained by simmering meat)
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  *熗* | 熗* | *熗
to briefly boil (a vegetable etc), then dress with soy sauce, oil, vinegar etc / to briefly stir-fry (meat, chopped spring onions etc), then add to other ingredients and cook further
egg fried rice (made by stir-frying cold cooked rice with eggs and vegetables)
downtown area / commercial district / (chiefly Cantonese) wet market, i.e. a marketplace selling fresh meat, fish and vegetables etc
vegetable garden
person in a vegetative state / human vegetable
green vegetables / Chinese cabbage
soft mixed vegetable and meat roll-up
vegetable or food basket / (fig.) food supply
vegetable oil
salted vegetables / pickles
hollow / (of vegetables) to become hollow or spongy inside / (of a basketball) to swish through (not touching the hoop)
produce / fresh fruits and vegetables / fresh aquatic food / fresh herbs
seasonal vegetables
rice with meat and vegetables
vegetable dish
rice with meat and vegetables
dried vegetable
to pick the edible part of vegetables
dish containing a variety of meats and vegetables arranged in a broth in a clay pot / chafing dish
steamed bun stuffed with vegetables / (fig.) useless person / a good-for-nothing
Chinese toon (Toona sinensis), deciduous tree whose young leaves are used as a vegetable
fruit and vegetables
vegetable field / vegetable bed
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  *蕹* | 蕹* | *蕹
water spinach or ong choy (Ipomoea aquatica), used as a vegetable in south China and southeast Asia / Taiwan pr. [yong1]
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  *菹* | 菹* | *菹
marshland / swamp / salted or pickled vegetables / to mince / to shred / to mince human flesh and bones / Taiwan pr. [ju1]
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  *鮓* | 鮓* | *鮓
salted fish / dish made with ground vegetables, flour and other condiments
very pungent and spicy vegetable dishes (a common Buddhist term)
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  *芼* | 芼* | *芼
select / vegetables
hot pot / a dish where thinly sliced meat and vegetables are boiled briefly in a broth and then served with dipping sauces
to extract oil from vegetables / to press
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  *礤* | 礤* | *礤
shredder / grater (kitchen implement for grating vegetables) / grindstone
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  *虀* | 虀* | *虀
fragment / salted vegetables / spices
vegetable field
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  *荁* | 荁* | *荁
(vegetable) / Viola vaginata
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  *蕻* | 蕻* | *蕻
(literary) luxuriant; flourishing / (literary) bud / (dialect) long stem of certain vegetables
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  *蔌* | 蔌* | *蔌
(literary) vegetables
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  *齏* | 齏* | *齏
finely chopped meat or vegetables / powdered or fragmentary
incomplete meal of a single dish / meat or vegetable dish without rice or wine / rice without meat or vegetables
vegetable noodle dish
vegetable cooking oil
vegetable field / vegetable bed
half-cooked; (of vegetables) parboiled; (of steak) medium; (of eggs) soft-boiled
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  *䕭* | 䕭* | *䕭
a kind of vegetable
meat and vegetable
shredder / grater (kitchen implement for grating vegetables)
leaf vegetable; leafy greens
vegetable shredder / grater
greens / green vegetables
mixed vegetables
fruit and vegetables
leafy green vegetable; leafy greens
seasonal vegetable
to blanch (thin slices of vegetables, fish etc)
vegetable fat
fresh vegetable
to include both meat and vegetables
leafy green vegetable; leafy greens
rice noodle roll, a roll made from sheets of rice flour dough, steamed and stuffed with meat, vegetables etc
a type of rapeseed plant (Brassica rapa) that yields a leafy green vegetable similar to baby bok choy
water spinach or ong choy (Ipomoea aquatica), used as a vegetable in south China and southeast Asia
(Buddhism etc) the five forbidden pungent vegetables: leek, scallion, garlic, rape and coriander
(adjective) non-Buddhist vegetarian (allowing strong-smelling vegetables like garlic and onions)
popular Taiwan snack, similar to a hamburger, steamed bun stuffed with pork, pickled vegetables, peanut powder and cilantro
peeler (e.g. for vegetables)
pasty (i.e. pastry stuffed with meat or vegetables)
Chinese roseheart radish (shinrimei radish), green on the outside, purple-red on the inside, a favorite Beijing vegetable
pan-fried bun (covered and steamed after pan-frying), usually with pork or vegetable filling
chunks obtained by repeatedly cutting a vegetable diagonally and rotating the vegetable after each cut
rice in gravy, typically with meat and vegetables
autumn vegetables
vegetable filling
vegetable seeds / rapeseed
greens / vegetables / vegetable side dish
vegetable farmer
vegetable and meat dishes; dish
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  *葷* | 葷* | *葷
strong-smelling vegetable (garlic etc) / non-vegetarian food (meat, fish etc) / vulgar / obscene
rutabaga (vegetable)
clear soup containing beaten egg and green leafy vegetable / eggdrop soup
fish brings heat, meat brings phlegm, vegetables and tofu keep you healthy


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