莼菜

Traditional: 蓴菜

chún cài

Dictionary entry

water shield (Brasenia schreberi), an edible water plant

What does 莼菜 mean?

莼菜 (chún cài) has the following dictionary meaning.

1water shield (Brasenia schreberi), an edible water plant

Character breakdown

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莼chúnvariant of 蓴|莼[chun2]菜càivegetable; greens (CL:棵[ke1]) · dish (of food) (CL:樣|样[yang4],道[dao4],盤|盘[pan2])

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莼菜

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