秋菜
qiū cài
Pinyin

Definition

秋菜
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qiū cài
  1. autumn vegetables

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

秋
Qiū
  1. 1 surname Qiu
菜
cài
  1. 1 dish (type of food)
  2. 2 vegetable
  3. 3 cuisine
  4. 4 CL:盤|盘[pán],道[dào]
  5. 5 (coll.) (one's) type
  6. 6 (of one's skills etc) weak
  7. 7 poor
菜刀
cài dāo
  1. 1 vegetable knife
  2. 2 kitchen knife
  3. 3 cleaver
  4. 4 CL:把[bǎ]
蔬菜
shū cài
  1. 1 vegetables
  2. 2 CL:種|种[zhǒng]
青菜
qīng cài
  1. 1 green vegetables
  2. 2 Chinese cabbage
上菜
shàng cài
  1. 1 to serve food
中秋
Zhōng qiū
  1. 1 the Mid-autumn festival, the traditional moon-viewing festival on the 15th of the 8th lunar month
中秋节
Zhōng qiū jié
  1. 1 the Mid-Autumn Festival on 15th of 8th lunar month
主菜
zhǔ cài
  1. 1 main course
做菜
zuò cài
  1. 1 to cook
  2. 2 cooking
剩菜
shèng cài
  1. 1 leftovers (food)
卷心菜
juǎn xīn cài
  1. 1 cabbage
  2. 2 CL:棵[kē]
大白菜
dà bái cài
  1. 1 bok choy
  2. 2 Chinese cabbage
  3. 3 Brassica pekinensis
  4. 4 CL:棵[kē]
家常菜
jiā cháng cài
  1. 1 home cooking
小菜
xiǎo cài
  1. 1 appetizer
  2. 2 small side dish
  3. 3 easy job
  4. 4 piece of cake
  5. 5 see also 小菜一碟[xiǎo cài yī dié]
小菜一碟
xiǎo cài yī dié
  1. 1 a small appetizer
  2. 2 a piece of cake; very easy (idiom)
川菜
Chuān cài
  1. 1 Sichuan or Szechuan cuisine
春夏秋冬
chūn xià qiū dōng
  1. 1 the four seasons
  2. 2 spring, summer, autumn and winter
春秋
Chūn qiū
  1. 1 Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC)
  2. 2 Spring and Autumn Annals, chronicle of Lu State (722-481 BC)
椰菜
yē cài
  1. 1 cabbage
  2. 2 broccoli
  3. 3 cauliflower

Idioms (20)

一日三秋
yī rì sān qiū
  1. 1 a single day apart seems like three seasons (idiom)
一日不见，如隔三秋
yī rì bù jiàn , rú gé sān qiū
  1. 1 one day apart seems like three years (idiom)
一叶知秋
yī yè zhī qiū
  1. 1 lit. the falling of one leaf heralds the coming of autumn (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. a small sign can indicate a great trend
  3. 3 a straw in the wind
一雨成秋
yī yǔ chéng qiū
  1. 1 a sudden shower towards the end of summer brings an abrupt arrival of autumn (idiom)
冰壶秋月
bīng hú qiū yuè
  1. 1 jade ice jug and autumn moon (idiom, from poem by Song writer Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡); fig. spotless white and pure
  2. 2 flawless person
各有千秋
gè yǒu qiān qiū
  1. 1 each has its own merits (idiom)
小菜一碟
xiǎo cài yī dié
  1. 1 a small appetizer
  2. 2 a piece of cake; very easy (idiom)
捡到篮里就是菜
jiǎn dào lán lǐ jiù shì cài
  1. 1 all is grist that comes to the mill (idiom)
明察秋毫
míng chá qiū háo
  1. 1 lit. seeing clearly the downy feathers of autumn (idiom, from Mencius)
  2. 2 fig. perceptive of even the finest detail
春生，夏长，秋收，冬藏
chūn shēng , xià zhǎng , qiū shōu , dōng cáng
  1. 1 sow in spring, develop in summer, harvest in autumn, store in winter (idiom)
春秋大梦
chūn qiū dà mèng
  1. 1 grand dreams
  2. 2 unrealistic ideas (idiom)
暗送秋波
àn sòng qiū bō
  1. 1 to cast flirtatious glances at sb (idiom)
看人下菜碟儿
kàn rén xià cài dié r5
  1. 1 (dialect) to treat sb according to their social status, relationship with them etc (idiom)
  2. 2 not to treat everyone equally favorably
看菜吃饭
kān cài chī fàn
  1. 1 to eat depending on the dish (idiom); fig. to act according to actual circumstances
  2. 2 to live within one's means
看菜吃饭，量体裁衣
kān cài chī fàn , liáng tǐ cái yī
  1. 1 eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body (idiom); to fit the appetite to the dishes and the dress to the figure
  2. 2 to act according to actual circumstances
  3. 3 to live within one's means
秋后算帐
qiū hòu suàn zhàng
  1. 1 lit. settling accounts after the autumn harvest (idiom); to wait until the time is ripe to settle accounts
  2. 2 to bide time for revenge
秋后算账
qiū hòu suàn zhàng
  1. 1 lit. to settle accounts after autumn
  2. 2 settle scores at an opportune moment (idiom)
秋毫无犯
qiū háo wú fàn
  1. 1 (idiom) (of soldiers) highly disciplined, not committing the slightest offence against civilians
秋荼密网
qiū tú mì wǎng
  1. 1 flowering autumn grass, fine net (idiom); fig. abundant and exacting punishments prescribed by law
秋菊傲霜
qiū jú ào shuāng
  1. 1 the autumn chrysanthemum braves the frost (idiom)

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