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Usage of the character 藜

[藜]
  • name of weed plant (fat hen, goosefoot, pigweed etc)
  • Chenopodium album
jíli
蒺藜
[蒺藜]
  • (botany) caltrop; puncture vine (Tribulus terrestris)
  • barbed object
límài
藜麦
[藜麥]
  • quinoa
tiějíli
铁蒺藜
[鐵蒺藜]
  • (military) caltrop
gēnglíhānqiǔ
羹藜唅糗
[羹藜唅糗]
  • nothing but herb soup and dry provisions to eat (idiom); to survive on a coarse diet
  • à la guerre comme à la guerre
gēnglíhánqiǔ
羹藜含糗
[羹藜含糗]
  • nothing but herb soup and dry provisions to eat (idiom); to survive on a coarse diet
  • à la guerre comme à la guerre