苋菜 (莧菜)
 xiàn cài
 Pinyin
Definition
苋菜 (莧菜)
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              - amaranth greens (genus Amaranthus)
- Chinese spinach (Amaranth mangostanus)
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 green vegetables
- 2 Chinese cabbage
- 1 to serve food
Idioms (7)
小菜一碟
  - 1 a small appetizer
- 2 a piece of cake; very easy (idiom)
捡到篮里就是菜
  - 1 all is grist that comes to the mill (idiom)
看人下菜碟儿
  - 1 (dialect) to treat sb according to their social status, relationship with them etc (idiom)
- 2 not to treat everyone equally favorably
看菜吃饭
  - 1 to eat depending on the dish (idiom); fig. to act according to actual circumstances
- 2 to live within one's means
看菜吃饭,量体裁衣
  - 1 eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body (idiom); to fit the appetite to the dishes and the dress to the figure
- 2 to act according to actual circumstances
- 3 to live within one's means