家常菜
jiā cháng cài
Pinyin

Definition

家常菜
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jiā cháng cài
  1. home cooking

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

jiā
  1. 1 see also: 家伙 jiā huo
huí jiā
  1. 1 to return home
dà jiā
  1. 1 everyone
  2. 2 influential family
  3. 3 great expert
wán jiā
  1. 1 player (of a game)
  2. 2 enthusiast (audio, model planes etc)
fēi cháng
  1. 1 very
  2. 2 very much
  3. 3 unusual
  4. 4 extraordinary

Idioms (20)

一反常态
yī fǎn cháng tài
  1. 1 complete change from the normal state (idiom); quite uncharacteristic
  2. 2 entirely outside the norm
  3. 3 out of character
三纲五常
sān gāng wǔ cháng
  1. 1 three principles and five virtues (idiom)
  2. 2 the three rules (ruler guides subject, father guides son and husband guides wife) and five constant virtues of Confucianism (benevolence 仁, righteousness 義|义, propriety 禮|礼, wisdom 智 and fidelity 信)
不是一家人不进一家门
bù shì yī jiā rén bù jìn yī jiā mén
  1. 1 people who don't belong together, don't get to live together (idiom)
  2. 2 marriages are predestined
  3. 3 people marry because they share common traits
不是冤家不聚头
bù shì yuān jiā bù jù tóu
  1. 1 destiny will make enemies meet (idiom)
  2. 2 (often said about lovers who have a disagreement)
不当家不知柴米贵
bù dāng jiā bù zhī chái mǐ guì
  1. 1 a person who doesn't manage a household would not be aware how expensive it is (idiom)

Sample Sentences

中国幅员辽阔,每个地方都有自己的家乡菜,但如今,各地家乡菜都成了我们的家常菜,比如川菜粤菜。
Zhōngguó fúyuán liáokuò ,měige dìfang dōu yǒu zìjǐ de jiāxiāng cài ,dàn rújīn ,gèdì jiāxiāng cài dōu chéng le wǒmen de jiāchángcài ,bǐrú Chuāncài yuècāi 。
China is such a vast place, every place has its own local dishes, but nowadays, local dishes from everywhere have become regular dishes in our homes, like Sichuanese dishes and Cantonese food.
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就几个家常菜。随便吃吧!
jiù jǐ ge jiāchángcài 。suíbiàn chī ba !
Just a few home-style dishes. Dig in!
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