八宝粥 (八寶粥)
bā bǎo zhōu
Pinyin
Definition
八宝粥 (八寶粥)
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- rice congee made with red beans, lotus seeds, longan, red dates, nuts etc
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥
- 1 lit. a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of congee (idiom)
- 2 fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
七手八脚
- 1 (idiom) with everyone lending a hand (eagerly but somewhat chaotically)
七扭八歪
- 1 misshapen
- 2 crooked
- 3 uneven (idiom)
七零八落
- 1 (idiom) everything broken and in disorder
乱七八糟
- 1 everything in disorder (idiom); in a hideous mess
- 2 at sixes and sevens