白莧紫茄

white amaranth, purple eggplant (idiom); common foodstuff, unpretentious lifestyle

white / snowy / pure / bright / empty / blank / plain / clear / to make clear / in vain / gratuitous / free of charge / reactionary / anti-communist / funeral / to stare coldly / to write wrong character / to state / to explain / vernacular / spoken lines in opera

white amaranth (Amaranthus albus) / sprouts and tender leaves of Chinese spinach (Amaranthus spp.) used as food

amaranth (genus Amaranthus) / Joseph's coat (Amaranthus tricolor) / Chinese spinach (Amaranth mangostanus)

purple / violet

phonetic character used in loanwords for the sound "jia", although 夾|夹[jia2] is more common

eggplant