lau4蔞蒌
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Yalelàuh
Definition
Mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris).
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How it's used
Commonly associated with traditional herbal medicine and specific festive foods like tea cakes. It is rarely referred to by its formal name in casual settings, often just called 艾草. The term is deeply rooted in cultural practices involving cleansing rituals or dietary health.
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zaat3紮jatExamples
Is this mugwort used for making tea cakes?
My family says bathing in water boiled with mugwort is very comfortable.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
