奶昔
nǎi xī
Pinyin
Definition
奶昔
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- milkshake (Note: 昔[xī] is loaned from English "shake" via Cantonese 昔, pr. sik1)
Character Decomposition
Idioms (3)
今非昔比
- 1 things are very different now (idiom)
- 2 times have changed
有奶便是娘
- 1 lit. whoever provides milk is your mother (idiom)
- 2 fig. to follow whoever is feeding you
- 3 to put one's loyalties where one's interests lie
求爷爷告奶奶
- 1 lit. to beg grandpa and call on grandma (idiom)
- 2 fig. to go about begging for help
Sample Sentences
那去喝奶昔吧!
Then let’s go have a milkshake.