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薏苡 (ji3 ji5) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

薏苡 (ji3 ji5, yì yǐ) — Job's tears (Coix lacryma-jobi); adlay millet; Chinese pearl barley

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Usage

Level

beyond HSK

Related words

• 薏 (ji3) — Job's tear plant (Coix lacryma); erroneously called Chinese pearl barley; lotus…
• 薏仁 (ji3 jan4) — grains of Job's tears plant 薏苡[yi4 yi3]
• 薏米 (ji3 mai5) — grains of Job's tears plant 薏苡[yi4 yi3]
• 二世祖 (ji6 sai3 zou2) — (noun) a trust fund baby
• 二五仔 (ji6 ng5 zai2) — (noun) a traitor; a snitch; an informant; a mole; betrayer
• 二仔底 (ji6 zi2 dai2) — someone who is shameless and clingy; one who is incapable, not prepared

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