野菜 (yě cài) — edible wild herbs, wild greens

Definition

Examples

• 春天的时候，人们喜欢去山里采野菜。
  Chūn tiān de shí hou, rén men xǐ huan qù shān lǐ cǎi yě cài.
  In spring, people like to go to the mountains to pick wild greens.
• 这道菜是用新鲜的野菜做的，非常健康。
  Zhè dào cài shì yòng xīn xiān de yě cài zuò de, fēi cháng jiàn kāng.
  This dish is made with fresh wild herbs; it's very healthy.
• 奶奶从小就吃野菜，她说那是小时候的味道。
  Nǎi nai cóng xiǎo jiù chī yě cài, tā shuō nà shì xiǎo shí hou de wèi dào.
  Grandma has eaten wild greens since she was a child; she says that's the taste of her childhood.

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