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菜色
càisè
1. dish
2. lean and hungry look (resulting from vegetarian diet)
3. emaciated look (from malnutrition)
Common • Top 17%

Character Breakdown

菜
cài
vegetables; order, dish; food
HSK 1 11 丶
色
sè
color, tint, hue, shade; beauty, form; sex
HSK 2 6 丶

Compound Words (1)

面有菜色
miànyǒucàisè
to look famished

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Word Frequency Rank
14,512 of 84,292