铁苋菜

鐵莧菜
tiěxiàncài
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 copperleaf (Acalypha australis); Asian copperleaf, a medicinal herb

Examples

HSK 6
Tiěxiàncài shì chángjiàn de tiánjiān zácǎo.
Asian copperleaf is a common weed in fields.
HSK 7-9
Zhōngyī rènwéi tiěxiàncài néng qīngrè zhǐ lì.
Traditional Chinese medicine holds that Asian copperleaf can clear heat and stop dysentery.

Tips

culture
Used in traditional Chinese medicine under the name 铁苋 or 海蚌含珠 ("clam holding a pearl," for its shell-shaped bracts cupping the seeds). Applied mainly for diarrhea, dysentery and bleeding.

Stroke Order

tiě
xiàn
cài