小菜一碟
xiǎo cài yī dié
Pinyin

Definition

小菜一碟
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xiǎo cài yī dié
  1. a small appetizer
  2. a piece of cake; very easy (idiom)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

一
yī
  1. 1 one
  2. 2 1
  3. 3 single
  4. 4 a (article)
  5. 5 as soon as
  6. 6 entire
  7. 7 whole
  8. 8 all
  9. 9 throughout
  10. 10 "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
  11. 11 also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
一下
yī xià
  1. 1 (used after a verb) give it a go
  2. 2 to do (sth for a bit to give it a try)
  3. 3 one time
  4. 4 once
  5. 5 in a while
  6. 6 all of a sudden
  7. 7 all at once
一样
yī yàng
  1. 1 same
  2. 2 like
  3. 3 equal to
  4. 4 the same as
  5. 5 just like
一起
yī qǐ
  1. 1 in the same place
  2. 2 together
  3. 3 with
  4. 4 altogether (in total)
小
xiǎo
  1. 1 small
  2. 2 tiny
  3. 3 few
  4. 4 young

Idioms (20)

一不做，二不休
yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū
  1. 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
  2. 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
  3. 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一丘之貉
yī qiū zhī hé
  1. 1 jackals of the same tribe (idiom); fig. They are all just as bad as each other.
一之为甚
yī zhī wéi shèn
  1. 1 once is more than enough (idiom)
一干二净
yī gān èr jìng
  1. 1 thoroughly (idiom)
  2. 2 completely
  3. 3 one and all
  4. 4 very clean
一五一十
yī wǔ yī shí
  1. 1 lit. count by fives and tens (idiom); to narrate systematically and in full detail

Sample Sentences

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.
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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 。
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