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Character Decomposition
菜=艹+采
Etymology
plant
Meanings
vegetable; greens
dish (of food)
(of one's skills etc) weak; poor
(coll.) (one's) type
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Words with 菜 363 total
dried vegetable干菜gān càiviolet (botany)堇菜jǐn càinon-vegetarian dish (including meat, fish, garlic, onion etc)荤菜hūn càiHouttuynia cordata蕺菜jí càimussels (as food)壳菜qiào càigarlic chives (Allium tuberosum), aka Chinese chives · (coll.) naive or easily exploited people (esp. small investors or consumers), likened to chives that can be repeatedly harvested for profit韭菜jiǔ càipreserved dried cabbage or mustard greens冬菜dōng càileaf mustard (Brassica juncea) · also pr.芥菜jiè cài
Idioms with 菜 16 total
(lit.) to eat depending on the dish (idiom) · (fig.) to act according to actual circumstances看菜吃饭kàn cài chī fànlit. to eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body (idiom) · fig. to act according to actual circumstances看菜吃饭，量体裁衣kàn cài chī fàn , liàng tǐ cái yī(dialect) to treat sb according to their social status, relationship with them etc (idiom) · not to treat everyone equally favorably看人下菜碟儿kàn rén xià cài dié rto look famished面有菜色miàn yǒu cài sè