小菜
xiǎo cài
Pinyin

Definition

小菜
 - 
xiǎo cài
  1. appetizer
  2. small side dish
  3. easy job
  4. piece of cake
  5. see also 小菜一碟[xiǎo cài yī dié]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

小
xiǎo
  1. 1 small
  2. 2 tiny
  3. 3 few
  4. 4 young
小小
xiǎo xiǎo
  1. 1 very small
  2. 2 very few
  3. 3 very minor
小时
xiǎo shí
  1. 1 hour
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
做菜
zuò cài
  1. 1 to cook
  2. 2 cooking
大大小小
dà dà xiǎo xiǎo
  1. 1 large and small
  2. 2 of all sizes

Idioms (20)

上有老下有小
shàng yǒu lǎo xià yǒu xiǎo
  1. 1 lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children
  3. 3 sandwich generation
不拘小节
bù jū xiǎo jié
  1. 1 to not bother about trifles (idiom)
以小人之心，度君子之腹
yǐ xiǎo rén zhī xīn , duó jūn zǐ zhī fù
  1. 1 to gauge the heart of a gentleman with one's own mean measure (idiom)
以小挤大
yǐ xiǎo jǐ dà
  1. 1 minor projects eclipse major ones (idiom)
升斗小民
shēng dǒu xiǎo mín
  1. 1 poor people (idiom)
  2. 2 those who live from hand to mouth

Sample Sentences

有可能，我觉得他们的小菜有点不新鲜。我吃的时候就觉得他们的凉拌黄瓜味道有点奇怪。/
yǒu kěnéng ，wǒ juéde tāmen de xiǎocài yǒudiǎn bù xīnxiān 。wǒ chī de shíhou jiù juéde tāmen de liángbàn huángguā wèidao yǒudiǎn qíguài 。/
It's possible, I think their side dishes were not fresh. When I ate them, I felt that their cucumber salad tasted a bit weird.
Go to Lesson 
昨天半夜我和朋友出去吃宵夜，我吃了一碗牛肉面，我们还点了一些小菜，喝了一些啤酒。
zuótiān bànyè wǒ hé péngyou chūqù chī xiāoyè ，wǒ chī le yī wǎn niúròumiàn ，wǒmen hái diǎn le yīxiē xiǎocài ，hē le yīxiē píjiǔ 。
Last night at midnight, I went out to eat a snack with friends, I ate a bowl of beef noodles. We also ordered some side dishes and drank some beer.
Go to Lesson 
千万不要再送我小菜，我们没那么长的命等你的小菜！
qiānwàn bú yào zài sòng wǒ xiǎocài ，wǒmen méi nàme cháng de mìng děng nǐ de xiǎocài ！
Whatever you do don't throw in any side dishes, we won't live long enough to see them.
Go to Lesson 
欸！客人，你们不能这样啊！要不，我送你们几个小菜？
èi ！kèrén ，nǐmen bùnéng zhèyàng ā ！yàobu ，wǒ sòng nǐmen jǐ ge xiǎocài ？
Hey! You! You can't do this! What about if I throw in a few side dishes?
Go to Lesson 
嗯！这些高新技术的应用都是跟我们的生活息息相关的。等到科学家们找到细胞衰老的原因，说不定我们就能活到两百岁了。还有，现在各种癌症发病率这么高，以后或许可以克隆人体器官，治疗癌症就是小菜一碟了。
ng4 ！zhèxiē gāoxīn jìshù de yìngyòng dōu shì gēn wǒmen de shēnghuó xīxīxiāngguān de 。děngdào kēxuéjiā men zhǎodào xìbāo shuāilǎo de yuányīn ，shuōbudìng wǒmen jiù néng huódào liǎngbǎi suì le 。háiyǒu ，xiànzài gèzhǒng áizhèng fābìnglǜ zhème gāo ，yǐhòu huòxǔ kěyǐ kèlóng réntǐ qìguān ，zhìliáo áizhèng jiùshì xiǎocàiyīdié le 。
Yes! All the functions of this advanced technology are all closely linked to our daily lives. Whenever scientists find the reason why cells age, we might be able to live until the age of two hundred. And with the cancer rate so high, in the future they will be able to clone human organs, making curing cancer as easy as pie.
Go to Lesson 
这招妙！我们放窃听器，那还不是小菜一碟。
zhè zhāo miào ！wǒmen fàng qiètīngqì ，nà hái bú shì xiǎocàiyīdié 。
Go to Lesson