拍黄瓜 (拍黃瓜)
pāi huáng guā
Pinyin

Definition

拍黄瓜 (拍黃瓜)
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pāi huáng guā
  1. smashed cucumber salad

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

pāi
  1. 1 to pat
  2. 2 to clap
  3. 3 to slap
  4. 4 to swat
  5. 5 to take (a photo)
  6. 6 to shoot (a film)
  7. 7 racket (sports)
  8. 8 beat (music)
tōu pāi
  1. 1 to take a picture of a person without permission or without their knowledge
shǎ guā
  1. 1 idiot
  2. 2 fool
dōng guā
  1. 1 wax gourd (Cucurbitaceae, Benincasa hispida)
  2. 2 white gourd
  3. 3 white hairy melon
  4. 4 Chinese squash
nán guā
  1. 1 pumpkin

Idioms (14)

一拍两散
yī pāi liǎng sàn
  1. 1 (of marriage or business partners) to break up (idiom)
  2. 2 to separate
一拍即合
yī pāi jí hé
  1. 1 lit. to be together from the first beat (idiom)
  2. 2 to hit it off
  3. 3 to click together
  4. 4 to chime in easily
强扭的瓜不甜
qiǎng niǔ de guā bù tián
  1. 1 lit. if you have to use force to break a melon off the vine, it won't taste sweet (because it's only when the melon is ripe that it can be removed with just a slight twist) (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. if sth is not meant to be, it's no use trying to force it to happen
拍案叫绝
pāi àn jiào jué
  1. 1 lit. slap the table and shout with praise (idiom); fig. wonderful!
  2. 2 amazing!
  3. 3 great!
拍案而起
pāi àn ér qǐ
  1. 1 lit. to slap the table and stand up (idiom); fig. at the end of one's tether
  2. 2 unable to take it any more