中餐
Zhōng cān
Pinyin
Definition
中餐
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- Chinese meal
- Chinese food
- CL:份[fèn],頓|顿[dùn]
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一矢中的
- 1 to hit the target with a single shot
- 2 to say something spot on (idiom)
一语中的
- 1 to hit the mark with a comment (idiom)
- 2 to say sth spot on
中箭落马
- 1 lit. to be struck by an arrow and fall from one's horse
- 2 to suffer a serious setback (idiom)
中西合璧
- 1 harmonious combination of Chinese and Western elements (idiom)
人中龙凤
- 1 a giant among men (idiom)
Sample Sentences
美国的中餐馆都有。
All the Chinese restaurants in America have them.
虽然我们在这里也能吃到地道的中餐，但是大部分中餐厅的口味则是入乡随俗，根据本地人的口味进行了改良。
Although we can eat authentic Chinese food here, but most Chinese restaurants have adapted to the local taste to fit in.
是吗？和咱们本地的中餐有什么不同呢？
Really? What are the differences with the Chinese food back home?
这边的西餐是很好吃，但是中餐可就一言难尽了。
The western food here is very delicious, but the Chinese food is hard to say.
还有饮食习惯，他要吃西餐，你要吃中餐，他爱喝冰的，你要喝热的，怎么解决？
There's also the food you're used to eating. He eats Western food and you eat Chinese food; he loves to drink cold things and you drink hot things. How can you resolve this?
你不要把这两个混为一谈。人类吃那些动物已经有成百上千年的历史了，早就习惯了，不一样。人不能为了满足自己的味蕾，什么都吃。好多人就喜欢吃野味，把可爱的动物，还有珍稀动物都变成盘中餐了。我们什么时候能够用和平共存的观念对待动物呢？
Don't mix these two things together. Humans have eaten those kinds of animals for thousands of years. We got used to it very early on. But dogs are different. People can't eat everything, just to satisfy our taste buds. A lot of people like to eat game animals. They turn cute and even protected animals into a meal! When will people be able to treat animals in the spirit of respect and mutual coexistence?
今天晚上我想到餐厅去吃中餐。谁跟我去？
Tonight I’d like to go to a restaurant to eat Chinese food. Who will go with me?
多着呢，比如说现在有很多商店在促销的时候，会让扮演圣诞老人的职员穿上中式传统的对襟红袍，老字号的中餐馆会推出中式的“圣诞大餐”，很多圣诞歌曲都被翻唱成了中文，总之就是要把圣诞节改造得有中国特色���
就像中国料理传到西方以后，为了适应西方人的口味，许多当地的中餐馆都改变了食物的味道一样，圣诞节传入中国以后，也被改造成了适应中国人需要的节日。在中国过圣诞节的主要是年轻人，他们觉得圣诞节的气氛非常浪漫，所以常常在这一天和恋人约会，于是圣诞节就变成了第二个情人节。