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莴苣

wō jù

2-character word Traditional 萵苣

What 莴苣 means

1. lettuce (Lactuca sativa)

The characters in 莴苣

• 莴wōused in 莴苣; used in 莴笋
• 苣jùused in 莴苣

Example sentences

• 我应该洗莴苣吗？
  Should I wash the lettuce?
• 蜗牛一直在吃我们的莴苣。
  Wōniú yīzhí zài chī wǒmen de wōjù.
  Snails have been eating our lettuces.
• 「汤姆像切卷心莴苣一样，把手稿切碎了。」「听起来很残忍。」「没错，而且也没有那个必要。」
  "Tom chopped up the manuscript like it was iceberg lettuce." "Sounds brutal." "It was, but it was also necessary."