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仙人掌

xiān rén zhǎng

3-character word

What 仙人掌 means

1. cactus

The characters in 仙人掌

• 仙xiānimmortal
• 人rénperson; people
• 掌zhǎngpalm of the hand; sole of the foot; paw

Example sentences

• 生活就像是舔仙人掌上的蜂蜜。
  Shēnghuó jiù xiàng shì tiǎn xiānrénzhǎng shàng de fēngmì.
  Life is like licking honey off a cactus.
• 你的嘴唇软绵绵的，就像仙人掌的表皮一样。
  Nǐ de zuǐchún ruǎnmiánmián de, jiù xiàng xiānrénzhǎng de biǎopí yīyàng.
  Your lips are soft like the surface of a cactus.
• 这两个民族都以鹿、小型猎物、啮齿动物甚至昆虫为生，但他们的主要食物来源可能是仙人掌、牧豆和山核桃等植物。
  Both peoples lived off deer, small game, rodents, and even insects, but their main food sources were probably plants such as prickly pear cactus, mesquite beans, and pecan.

Words starting with 仙人掌

• 仙人掌果xiān rén zhǎng guǒprickly pear
• 仙人掌杆菌xiān rén zhǎng gǎn jūn(microbiology) Bacillus cereus