中国菜 (中國菜)
Zhōng guó cài
Pinyin

Definition

中国菜 (中國菜)
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Zhōng guó cài
  1. Chinese cuisine

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

中
Zhōng
  1. 1 China
  2. 2 Chinese
  3. 3 surname Zhong
中国
Zhōng guó
  1. 1 China
菜
cài
  1. 1 dish (type of food)
  2. 2 vegetable
  3. 3 cuisine
  4. 4 classifier: 盘 pán
  5. 5 classifier: 道 dào
  6. 6 (coll.) (one's) type
  7. 7 (of one's skills etc) weak
  8. 8 poor
上菜
shàng cài
  1. 1 to serve food
中介
zhōng jiè
  1. 1 to act as intermediary
  2. 2 to link
  3. 3 intermediate
  4. 4 inter-
  5. 5 agency
  6. 6 agent

Idioms (20)

一矢中的
yī shǐ zhòng dì
  1. 1 to hit the target with a single shot
  2. 2 to say something spot on (idiom)
一语中的
yī yǔ zhòng dì
  1. 1 to hit the mark with a comment (idiom)
  2. 2 to say sth spot on
中箭落马
zhòng jiàn luò mǎ
  1. 1 lit. to be struck by an arrow and fall from one's horse
  2. 2 to suffer a serious setback (idiom)
中西合璧
Zhōng Xī hé bì
  1. 1 harmonious combination of Chinese and Western elements (idiom)
人中龙凤
rén zhōng lóng fèng
  1. 1 a giant among men (idiom)

Sample Sentences

我很喜欢中国菜，特别是川菜。
wǒ hěn xǐhuan Zhōngguó cài ，tèbié shì Chuāncài 。
I really like Chinese food, especially Sichuan food.
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我也不知道，反正在美国流行的中国菜都是我在中国没见过的。什么陈皮牛啦、左将军鸡啦、蟹角啦……哦，对了，还有他们最爱的西兰花，什么菜里都要搁点儿西兰花，什么西兰花炒牛肉啦、西兰花炒鸡肉啦……
wǒ yě bù zhīdào ，fǎnzhèng zài Měiguó liúxíng de zhōngguó cài dōu shì wǒ zài Zhōngguó méi jiàn guo de 。shénme chénpíniú la 、Zuǒjiāngjūnjī la 、xièjiǎo la ……ò ，duìle ，háiyǒu tāmen zuìài de xīlánhuā ，shénme cài lǐ dōuyào gē diǎnr xīlánhuā ，shénme xīlánhuā chǎo niúròu la 、xīlánhuā chǎo jīròu la ……
I don't know. Anyway, popular American Chinese food is all stuff I've never seen in China. Stuff like Orange Chicken, General Tso's Chicken and Crab Rangoons. Oh, that's right, they also love broccoli. They put a bit of broccoli in every dish. Stuff like Beef with Broccoli, Chicken with Broccoli.
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这两天都清一色的西餐，我都吃腻了，有点想念家乡的口味了。要不我们试试这里的中国菜吧。这附近有什么中国餐馆吗？
zhèliǎngtiān dōu qīngyīsè de xīcān ，wǒ dōu chī nì le ，yǒudiǎnr xiǎngniàn jiāxiāng de kǒuwèi le 。yàobu wǒmen shìshi zhèlǐ de zhōngguó cài ba 。zhè fùjìn yǒu shénme Zhōngguó cānguǎn ma ？
These past two days have been nothing but Western food and I'm getting tired of it. I miss the tastes of home. How about we try some Chinese food. Are there any Chinese restaurants in the area?
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啊哟，我连听都没听说过。他们怎么会以为这些是中国菜啊？
āyō ，wǒ lián tīng dōu méi tīngshuō guo 。tāmen zěnme huì yǐwéi zhèxiē shì zhōngguó cài a ？
Jeez, I've never even heard of those. How could they think that this is Chinese food?
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那我怎么办啊？我想吃中国菜呀，我饿死了呀。
nà wǒ zěnme bàn a ？wǒ xiǎng chī Zhōngguó cài ya ，wǒ è sǐ le ya 。
Then what am I supposed to do? I want to eat Chinese food. I'm starving!
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我不太习惯于中国菜。
wǒ bùtài xíguàn yú zhōngguó cài 。
I'm not really used to Chinese food.
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