菁菁
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Chinese[edit]
flower of leek | flower of leek | ||
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trad. (菁菁) | 菁 | 菁 | |
simp. #(菁菁) | 菁 | 菁 |
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
菁菁
- (literary) luxuriant; exuberant; lush
- 菁菁者莪,在彼中阿。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Jīngjīng zhě é, zài bǐ zhōng ē. [Pinyin]
- Luxuriantly grows the aster-southernwood, in the midst of that large mound.