| 韭 |
jiǔ cài | garlic chives (Allium tuberosum), aka Chinese chives / (fig.) retail investors who lose their money to more experienced operators (i.e. they are "harvested" like garlic chives) |
| 韭 |
jiǔ | leek |
| 韭 |
jiǔ | variant of 韭 |
| 菜 |
cài | vegetable; greens (CL:棵) / dish (of food) (CL:样,道,盘) / (of one's skills etc) weak; poor / (coll.) (one's) type |