水饺 (水餃)
shuǐ jiǎo
Pinyin
Definition
水饺 (水餃)
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- boiled dumpling
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一清如水
- 1 lit. as clear as water (idiom)
- 2 fig. (of officials etc) honest and incorruptible
一碗水端平
- 1 lit. to hold a bowl of water level (idiom)
- 2 fig. to be impartial
一点水一个泡
- 1 honest and trustworthy (idiom)
三个和尚没水喝
- 1 lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom)
- 2 fig. everybody's business is nobody's business
- 3 (If there is one monk, he will fetch water for himself. If there are two, they will fetch water together. But if there are three or more, none will take it upon himself to fetch water.)
不显山不露水
- 1 lit. to not show the mountain and to not reveal the water (idiom); fig. to hide the key facts
Sample Sentences
老板,我想点水饺。
Boss, I would like to order dumplings.
水饺跟牛肉面都很好吃。
Dumplings and beef noodles are both delicious.
你吃得真快!一下子就把三十粒水饺吃完了。
You're really gulping down your food! You ate 30 dumplings all at once.
怎么煮水饺?
How do you make dumplings?
用一个汤锅煮水,水煮开了以后,把水饺放进去煮。
Use a soup pot to heat water. Once the water has reached a rolling boil, place the dumplings inside the pot to cook.