清蒸
qīng zhēng
Pinyin
Definition
清蒸
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- steamed in broth
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一清二楚
- 1 to be very clear about sth (idiom)
一清二白
- 1 perfectly clean
- 2 blameless
- 3 unimpeachable (idiom)
一清如水
- 1 lit. as clear as water (idiom)
- 2 fig. (of officials etc) honest and incorruptible
不蒸馒头争口气
- 1 not to be crushed (idiom)
- 2 to be determined to have one's revenge
两袖清风
- 1 lit. both sleeves flowing in the breeze (idiom); having clean hands
- 2 uncorrupted
- 3 unsoiled by corrupt practices
Sample Sentences
这道是清蒸鲈鱼,小心刺。
This is steamed striped bass. Be careful of the fishbones.
清蒸螃蟹
steamed crab
那好,来五只雌的,五只雄的。要清蒸的。
Great. We'll have five females and five males. We'd like them steamed.