Describes a person's thin and frail body.

Pronunciation: dòu yá cài

Basic explanation: bean sprouts. Generally refers to soybean sprouts and mung bean sprouts. ?

Source: Ming Dynasty Chen Yi's "Ode to Bean Sprouts": "The master laughed when he heard it and said: Are you selling bean sprouts in a place that is not in the market?" Volume 26 of Xu Guangqi's "Agricultural Policy Complete Book" in Ming Dynasty: "Bean sprouts: Pick the beans and soak them in water for two nights. When they are swollen, wash them with new water and control them to dry. Spread wet reed mats on the ground, mix beans on top, cover them with wet grass, and the sprouts will grow on their own. Soybean sprouts Same as this." Also known as "bean-toothed vegetable". Qing Dynasty? Liu Xianting's "Guangyang Miscellaneous Notes" Volume 1: "There is also sea bean vegetables, which are shaped like bean sprouts and have heads like mud snails. They are eaten raw with vinegar."