Word information
Simplified芝麻菜
Traditional芝麻菜
Pinyinzhī ma cài
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Chinese word dictionary
芝麻菜
zhī ma cài · (botany) arugula; rocket; roquette (subspecies Eruca vesicaria sativa)
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麻烦máfantrouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying; to bother sb; to put sb to trouble
蔬菜shūcàivegetables
菜肴càiyáovegetable and meat dishes; dish
麻mágeneric name for hemp, flax etc; hemp or flax fiber for textile materials; sesame; CL:縷|缕[lu:3]; (of materials) rough or coarse; pocked; pitted; to have pins and needles or tingling; to feel numb; hemp (variant of 麻[ma2]); surname Ma