薏苡

yìyǐ

noun #78,625

Meanings

1 Job's tears (Coix lacryma-jobi)
2 adlay

Characters

Examples

HSK 7-9

薏苡的种子叫薏米，可以煮粥。

Yìyǐ de zhǒngzi jiào yìmǐ, kěyǐ zhǔ zhōu.

The seeds of Job's tears are called yimi and can be cooked into porridge.

HSK 7-9

马援从交趾运回一车薏苡，后来有人诬告那是珍珠。

Mǎ Yuán cóng Jiāozhǐ yùnhuí yì chē yìyǐ, hòulái yǒurén wūgào nà shì zhēnzhū.

Ma Yuan brought a cartload of Job's tears back from Jiaozhi; later someone falsely claimed it was pearls.

Tips

history

The story of Ma Yuan, a general of the Eastern Han, gave the idiom 薏苡明珠, 'Job's tears taken for pearls', for being slandered without cause. The grain itself is now usually called 薏米 or 薏仁.

Stroke Order

薏 yì

苡 yǐ