中国菜
Zhōng guó cài
Pinyin

Definition

中国菜
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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 CL:盤|盘[pán],道[dào]
  5. 5 (coll.) (one's) type
  6. 6 (of one's skills etc) weak
  7. 7 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
中共
Zhōng Gòng
  1. 1 abbr. for 中國共產黨|中国共产党[Zhōng guó Gòng chǎn dǎng], Chinese Communist Party
中分
zhōng fēn
  1. 1 to part one's hair in the middle
中午
zhōng wǔ
  1. 1 noon
  2. 2 midday
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
中原
Zhōng yuán
  1. 1 Central Plain, the middle and lower regions of the Yellow river, including Henan, western Shandong, southern Shanxi and Hebei
中国人
Zhōng guó rén
  1. 1 Chinese person
中国式
Zhōng guó shì
  1. 1 Chinese style
  2. 2 à la chinoise
中场
zhōng chǎng
  1. 1 middle period of a tripartite provincial exam (in former times)
  2. 2 midfield
  3. 3 mid-court (in sports)
  4. 4 half-time
  5. 5 intermission half-way through a performance
中外
zhōng wài
  1. 1 Sino-foreign
  2. 2 Chinese-foreign
  3. 3 home and abroad
中天
zhōng tiān
  1. 1 culmination (astronomy)
中央
zhōng yāng
  1. 1 central
  2. 2 middle
  3. 3 center
  4. 4 central authorities (of a state)
中学
zhōng xué
  1. 1 middle school
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
中山
Zhōng shān
  1. 1 refers to Dr Sun Yat-sen
  2. 2 Zhongshan, prefecture-level city in Guangdong, close to Sun Yat-sen's birthplace
  3. 3 Nakayama (Japanese surname)
中年
zhōng nián
  1. 1 middle age
中庸
Zhōng yōng
  1. 1 the Doctrine of the Mean, one of the Four Books 四書|四书[Sì shū]
中式
Zhōng shì
  1. 1 Chinese style

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)
信孚中外
xìn fú zhōng wài
  1. 1 to be trusted both at home and abroad (idiom)
切中时弊
qiè zhòng shí bì
  1. 1 to hit home on the evils of the day (idiom); fig. to hit a current political target
  2. 2 to hit the nub of the matter
切中时病
qiè zhòng shí bìng
  1. 1 to hit the target where it hurts (idiom); fig. to hit home
  2. 2 to hit the nail on the head (in an argument)
切中要害
qiè zhòng yào hài
  1. 1 to hit the target and do real damage (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to hit where it hurts
  3. 3 fig. to hit home
  4. 4 an argument that hits the nail on the head
古今中外
gǔ jīn zhōng wài
  1. 1 at all times and in all places (idiom)
命中注定
mìng zhōng zhù dìng
  1. 1 decreed by fate (idiom)
  2. 2 destined
  3. 3 fated
问鼎中原
wèn dǐng Zhōng yuán
  1. 1 to plan to seize power of the whole country (idiom)
囊中取物
náng zhōng qǔ wù
  1. 1 as easy as reaching for it from a bag (idiom)
  2. 2 in the bag
  3. 3 (as good as) in one's possession
冢中枯骨
zhǒng zhōng kū gǔ
  1. 1 dried bones in burial mound (idiom); dead and buried
堕云雾中
duò yún wù zhōng
  1. 1 lit. to become lost in a fog (idiom); fig. at a complete loss
外强中干
wài qiáng zhōng gān
  1. 1 strong in appearance but weak in reality (idiom)
女大不中留
nu:3 dà bù zhōng liú
  1. 1 when a girl is of age, she must be married off (idiom)
如堕五里雾中
rú duò wǔ lǐ wù zhōng
  1. 1 as if lost in a thick fog (idiom)
  2. 2 in a fog
  3. 3 muddled
  4. 4 completely unfamiliar with sth
如日中天
rú rì zhōng tiān
  1. 1 lit. like the sun at noon (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be at the peak of one's power, career etc
妙在不言中
miào zài bù yán zhōng
  1. 1 the charm lies in what is left unsaid (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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