蔓菁
mán jing
Pinyin

Definition

蔓菁
 - 
mán jing
  1. turnip
  2. wild cabbage

Character Decomposition

Related Words (13)

màn yán
  1. 1 to extend
  2. 2 to spread
téng màn
  1. 1 vine
  2. 2 also pr. [téng wàn]
qù wú cún jīng
  1. 1 lit. to get rid of the weeds and keep the flowers
  2. 2 to separate the wheat from the chaff (idiom)
zhī màn
  1. 1 branches and tendrils
  2. 2 fig. overcomplicated or digressive
jīng
  1. 1 leek flower
  2. 2 lush
  3. 3 luxuriant

Idioms (2)

去芜存菁
qù wú cún jīng
  1. 1 lit. to get rid of the weeds and keep the flowers
  2. 2 to separate the wheat from the chaff (idiom)
荒烟蔓草
huāng yān màn cǎo
  1. 1 lit. abandoned by men and choked with weeds
  2. 2 desolate (idiom)