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韭菜

jiǔ cài

2-character word

What 韭菜 means

1. garlic chives (Allium tuberosum), aka Chinese chives
2. colloquialnaive or easily exploited people (esp. small investors or consumers), likened to chives that can be repeatedly harvested for profit

The characters in 韭菜

• 韭jiǔleek
• 菜càivegetable; greens; dish (of food); (of one's skills etc) weak; poor

Example sentences

• 他买了一把韭菜。
  Tā mǎi le yī bǎ jiǔcài.
  He bought a handful of chives.

Words starting with 韭菜

• 韭菜花jiǔ cài huāchive flowers
• 韭菜盒子jiǔ cài hé zichive pocket, savory pan-fried turnover stuffed with garlic chives and other ingredients…

Words containing 韭菜

• 割韭菜gē jiǔ cài(fig.) (coll.) to fleece a group of people repeatedly…

Sounds the same

Read jiǔ cài, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 酒菜food and drink; food to accompany wine