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You've got it all wrong.
Amino acids are the building block of protein and they are divided into two - the essential amino acid and the non-essential. Essential amino acids are those that the body cannot produce so you have to supply it through your diet. Most animal-derived protein includes all of the essential proteins, but plant-based do not have complete proteins.
Legumes such as beans are rich in lysine (an essential amino acid) but low in another one (methionine), but the opposite is true for grains, which are rich in methionine and low in lysine. So when you eat legumes with grains (rice and beans) in this example, you get an adequate supply of all the essential amino acids 😁