莢 (jiá) - pod — refers to seed pods, legumes, or & also used in botanical terms for plants that

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jiá ｜ 10 strokes ｜ radical:

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莢 · jiá

pod — refers to seed pods, legumes, or husks;

also used in botanical terms for plants that produce pods.

pod — refers to seed pods, legumes, oralso used in botanical terms for plants that

Usage highlights

bean podpod fruitsoybean podpea podlocust podpod

Synonyms

Usage & contexts

Examples

  • Peas grow in pods (豆荚).
  • This tree produces long seed pods (荚果).
  • We collected locust tree pods (槐树荚).
  • Edamame are young soybean pods (毛豆荚).

Collocations

  • bean pod(豆荚)
  • pod fruit(荚果)
  • soybean pod(大豆荚)
  • pea pod(豌豆荚)
  • locust pod(皂荚)
  • pod-bearing plant(荚植物)

Idioms

  • Not a single bean remains in the pod(不遗一荚)
  • As if beans were spilling from a split pod(如豆裂荚)

Cultural background

FAQ
  • Botanically significant in Chinese agriculture for leguminous crops like soybeans and peas.
  • The character appears in names of traditional Chinese medicinal herbs that bear pods.
  • In historical texts, used metaphorically for things that encase or contain something else.

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