海味
hǎi wèi
Pinyin

Definition

海味
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hǎi wèi
  1. seafood

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

上海
Shàng hǎi
  1. 1 Shanghai municipality, central east China, abbr. to 滬|沪[Hù]
口味
kǒu wèi
  1. 1 a person's preferences
  2. 2 tastes (in food)
  3. 3 flavor
味
wèi
  1. 1 taste
  2. 2 smell
  3. 3 classifier for drugs (in TCM)
味道
wèi dao
  1. 1 flavor
  2. 2 smell
  3. 3 hint of
年味
nián wèi
  1. 1 Spring Festival atmosphere
  2. 2 festive ambiance of Chinese New Year
意味
yì wèi
  1. 1 meaning
  2. 2 implication
  3. 3 flavor
  4. 4 overtone
  5. 5 to mean
  6. 6 to imply
  7. 7 (Tw) to get a sense of
海
Hǎi
  1. 1 surname Hai
海洋
hǎi yáng
  1. 1 ocean
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
海量
hǎi liàng
  1. 1 huge volume
海鲜
hǎi xiān
  1. 1 seafood
滋味
zī wèi
  1. 1 taste
  2. 2 flavor
  3. 3 feeling
美味
měi wèi
  1. 1 delicious
  2. 2 delicious food
  3. 3 delicacy
一味
yī wèi
  1. 1 blindly
  2. 2 invariably
上海市
Shàng hǎi shì
  1. 1 Shanghai municipality in southeast China, abbr. 滬|沪
上海话
Shàng hǎi huà
  1. 1 Shanghainese
  2. 2 Shanghai dialect
下海
xià hǎi
  1. 1 to go out to sea
  2. 2 to enter the sea (to swim etc)
  3. 3 (fig.) to take the plunge (e.g. leave a secure job, or enter prostitution etc)
乏味
fá wèi
  1. 1 tedious
五味
wǔ wèi
  1. 1 the five flavors, namely: sweet 甜, sour 酸, bitter 苦, spicy hot 辣, salty 鹹|咸
  2. 2 all kinds of flavors
人山人海
rén shān rén hǎi
  1. 1 multitude
  2. 2 vast crowd
人情味
rén qíng wèi
  1. 1 human warmth
  2. 2 friendliness
  3. 3 human touch

Idioms (20)

五味俱全
wǔ wèi jù quán
  1. 1 a complete gamut of all five flavors (idiom); every flavor under the sun
五味杂陈
wǔ wèi zá chén
  1. 1 with complex feelings (idiom)
人不可貌相，海水不可斗量
rén bù kě mào xiàng , hǎi shuǐ bù kě dǒu liáng
  1. 1 you can't judge a person by appearance, just as you can't measure the sea with a pint pot (idiom)
侯门似海
hóu mén sì hǎi
  1. 1 lit. the gate of a noble house is like the sea
  2. 2 there is a wide gap between the nobility and the common people (idiom)
八仙过海，各显神通
Bā xiān guò hǎi , gè xiǎn shén tōng
  1. 1 lit. the Eight Immortals cross the sea, each showing his own special talent (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of each individual in a group) to give full play to one's unique capabilities
刀山火海
dāo shān huǒ hǎi
  1. 1 lit. mountains of daggers and seas of flames
  2. 2 fig. extreme danger (idiom)
名扬四海
míng yáng sì hǎi
  1. 1 to become known far and wide (idiom)
  2. 2 famous
味同嚼蜡
wèi tóng jiáo là
  1. 1 tastes as if one is chewing wax (idiom)
  2. 2 tasteless
  3. 3 insipid
单调乏味
dān diào fá wèi
  1. 1 monotonous
  2. 2 dull
  3. 3 tedious (idiom)
四海升平
sì hǎi shēng píng
  1. 1 lit. all four oceans are peaceful
  2. 2 worldwide peace (idiom)
四海为家
sì hǎi wéi jiā
  1. 1 to regard the four corners of the world all as home (idiom)
  2. 2 to feel at home anywhere
  3. 3 to roam about unconstrained
  4. 4 to consider the entire country, or world, to be one's own
四海皆准
sì hǎi jiē zhǔn
  1. 1 appropriate to any place and any time (idiom); universally applicable
  2. 2 a panacea
四海飘零
sì hǎi piāo líng
  1. 1 drifting aimlessly all over the place (idiom)
大海捞针
dà hǎi lāo zhēn
  1. 1 lit. to fish a needle from the sea
  2. 2 to find a needle in a haystack (idiom)
学海泛舟
xué hǎi fàn zhōu
  1. 1 sailing on the sea of learning (idiom)
学海无涯
xué hǎi wú yá
  1. 1 sea of learning, no horizon (idiom); no limits to what one still has to learn
  2. 2 ars longa, vita brevis
山珍海错
shān zhēn hǎi cuò
  1. 1 rarities from the mountain and the sea (idiom); fig. a sumptuous spread of food delicacies
山盟海誓
shān méng hǎi shì
  1. 1 to pledge undying love (idiom); oath of eternal love
  2. 2 to swear by all the Gods
山高海深
shān gāo hǎi shēn
  1. 1 high as the mountain and deep as the sea (idiom); fig. infinite bounty
恨海难填
hèn hǎi nán tián
  1. 1 sea of hatred is hard to fill (idiom); irreconcilable division

Sample Sentences

是福建菜，用料都是最顶级的山珍海味，包括鲍鱼、鱼翅，用小火慢慢熬制。传说是人间第一鲜美，连和尚都挡不住诱惑，要来品尝。
shì fújiàn cài ，yòngliào dōu shì zuì dǐngjí de shānzhēnhǎiwèi ，bāokuò bàoyú 、yúchì ，yòng xiǎohuǒ mànmàn áozhì 。chuánshuō shì rénjiān dì yī xiānměi ，lián héshang dōu dǎng bùzhù yòuhuò ，yàolái pǐncháng 。
It's a Fujian dish. The ingredients are the highest-grade delicacies, including abalone and shark fins. You use a low flame to cook it slowly. The legend says that it's the finest dish on earth. Even monks can't resist its temptations, and want to try it.
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吃海味，怎么样？
chī hǎiwèi ，zěnmeyàng ？
How about seafood?
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我昨天去吃了活鱼三吃，别再吃海味了。
wǒ zuótiān qù chī le huóyúsānchī ，bié zài chī hǎiwèi le 。
I ate at a fresh fish restaurant with three different kinds of cooking methods yesterday, I don't want seafood again.
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