菜色
cài sè
Pinyin

Definition

菜色
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cài sè
  1. dish
  2. lean and hungry look (resulting from vegetarian diet)
  3. emaciated look (from malnutrition)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

彩色
cǎi sè
  1. 1 color
  2. 2 multi-colored
  3. 3 CL:種|种[zhǒng]
本色
běn sè
  1. 1 inherent qualities
  2. 2 natural qualities
  3. 3 distinctive character
  4. 4 true qualities
白色
bái sè
  1. 1 white
  2. 2 fig. reactionary
  3. 3 anti-communist
红色
hóng sè
  1. 1 red (color)
  2. 2 revolutionary
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
蓝色
lán sè
  1. 1 blue (color)
角色
jué sè
  1. 1 role
  2. 2 character in a novel
  3. 3 persona
  4. 4 also pr. [jiǎo sè]
颜色
yán sè
  1. 1 color
  2. 2 countenance
  3. 3 appearance
  4. 4 facial expression
  5. 5 pigment
  6. 6 dyestuff
黑色
hēi sè
  1. 1 black
上色
shàng sè
  1. 1 top-quality
  2. 2 top-grade
上菜
shàng cài
  1. 1 to serve food
五颜六色
wǔ yán liù sè
  1. 1 multi-colored
  2. 2 every color under the sun
以色列
Yǐ sè liè
  1. 1 Israel
做菜
zuò cài
  1. 1 to cook
  2. 2 cooking
出色
chū sè
  1. 1 remarkable
  2. 2 outstanding
咖啡色
kā fēi sè
  1. 1 coffee color
  2. 2 brown
夜色
yè sè
  1. 1 night scene
  2. 2 the dim light of night
大白菜
dà bái cài
  1. 1 bok choy
  2. 2 Chinese cabbage
  3. 3 Brassica pekinensis
  4. 4 CL:棵[kē]
天色
tiān sè
  1. 1 color of the sky
  2. 2 time of day, as indicated by the color of the sky
  3. 3 weather
好色
hào sè
  1. 1 to want sex
  2. 2 given to lust
  3. 3 lecherous
  4. 4 lascivious
  5. 5 horny

Idioms (20)

不动声色
bù dòng shēng sè
  1. 1 not a word or movement (idiom); remaining calm and collected
  2. 2 not batting an eyelid
五色缤纷
wǔ sè bīn fēn
  1. 1 all the colors in profusion (idiom); a garish display
仙姿玉色
xiān zī yù sè
  1. 1 heavenly beauty, jewel colors (idiom); unusually beautiful lady
各色各样
gè sè gè yàng
  1. 1 lit. each color and each form (idiom)
  2. 2 diverse
  3. 3 various
  4. 4 all kinds of
喜形于色
xǐ xíng yú sè
  1. 1 face light up with delight (idiom); to beam with joy
国色天香
guó sè tiān xiāng
  1. 1 national grace, divine fragrance (idiom); an outstanding beauty
大惊失色
dà jīng shī sè
  1. 1 to turn pale with fright (idiom)
天香国色
tiān xiāng guó sè
  1. 1 divine fragrance, national grace (idiom); an outstanding beauty
察言观色
chá yán guān sè
  1. 1 to weigh up sb's words and observe their facial expression (idiom)
  2. 2 to discern what sb thinks from his body language
小菜一碟
xiǎo cài yī dié
  1. 1 a small appetizer
  2. 2 a piece of cake; very easy (idiom)
巧言令色
qiǎo yán lìng sè
  1. 1 to be glib in one's speech and wear an ingratiating expression (idiom)
怒形于色
nù xíng yú sè
  1. 1 to betray anger (idiom); fury written across one's face
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)
暮色苍茫
mù sè cāng máng
  1. 1 the hazy dusk of twilight (idiom)
有声有色
yǒu shēng yǒu sè
  1. 1 having sound and color (idiom); vivid
  2. 2 dazzling
正言厉色
zhèng yán lì sè
  1. 1 solemn in word and countenance (idiom); strict and unsmiling
  2. 2 also written 正顏厲色|正颜厉色
正颜厉色
zhèng yán lì sè
  1. 1 solemn in countenance (idiom); strict and unsmiling
毫无逊色
háo wú xùn sè
  1. 1 not in the least inferior (idiom)
水天一色
shuǐ tiān yī sè
  1. 1 water and sky merge in one color (idiom)
沉湎酒色
chén miǎn jiǔ sè
  1. 1 to wallow in alcohol and sex (idiom); overindulgence in wine and women
  2. 2 an incorrigible drunkard and lecher

Sample Sentences

你怎么了？这几天总是面有菜色的样子？谁得罪你了？
nǐ zěnmele ？zhè jǐ tiān zǒngshì miàn yǒu càisè de yàngzi ？shéi dézuì nǐ le ？
What's wrong with you? You've been looking a little off-color over the last few days, no? Who has done you wrong?
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是啊，我们摄制组会到当地探访民间美食家，揭秘最有名的菜色，比如去四川找寻最地道的川菜。
shì a ，wǒmen shèzhìzǔ huì dào dāngdì tànfǎng mínjiān měishíjiā ，jiēmì zuì yǒumíng de càisè ，bǐrú qù Sìchuān zhǎoxún zuì dìdào de Chuāncài 。
Yes, our camera crew will go to the location and interview local gourmands, to reveal the secrets of the most famous cuisine, like going to Sichuan to find the most authentic Sichuanese food.
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川菜的话，口味就是麻辣鲜香，最有名的菜色就得数“水煮鱼”、“宫保鸡丁”、“麻婆豆腐”啦。湘菜也重辣，不过更油腻。
Chuāncài dehuà ，kǒuwèi jiùshì málà xiānxiāng ，zuì yǒumíng de càisè jiù děi shǔ “shuǐzhǔyú ”、“gōngbǎojīdīng ”、“mápó dòufu ”la 。xiāngcài yě zhònglà ，bùguò gèng yóunì 。
In terms of Sichuanese food, the flavor is hot and numbing and fresh and fragrant. And one must count "poached sliced fish in hot chili sauce", "Kung Pao Chicken" and "Mapo Tofu" among them. Hunanese cuisine is also very spicy, but more oily too.
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想到家乡菜就忍不住咽口水啊，再往南边到广东，粤菜就兼融中西菜色，自成一家了。粤菜的用料很广博，选料珍奇，简单的说，广东人什么都敢吃。
xiǎngdào jiāxiāng cài jiù rěnbuzhù yàn kǒushuǐ ā ，zài wǎng nánbiān dào Guǎngdōng ，yuècāi jiù jiān róng zhōng xī càisè ，zìchéngyī jiā le 。yuècāi de yòngliào hěn guǎngbó ，xuǎn liào zhēnqí ，jiǎndān de shuō ，Guǎngdōng rén shénme dōu gǎn chī 。
My mouth can't help watering thinking of local hometown dishes, a little further south to Guangdong we have Cantonese food, which is a fusion between Chinese and Western cuisine, forming a tradition of its own. Lots of ingredients are used for Cantonese food, they use a lot of odd ingredients. Simply speaking, people from Guangdong eat anything.
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