皮蛋
pí dàn
Pinyin

Definition

皮蛋
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pí dàn
  1. thousand-year old eggs
  2. preserved eggs

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

彩蛋
cǎi dàn
  1. 1 painted eggshell
  2. 2 Easter egg
  3. 3 (media) Easter egg (hidden feature in software or a movie etc)
  4. 4 post-credits scene
混蛋
hún dàn
  1. 1 scoundrel
  2. 2 bastard
  3. 3 hoodlum
  4. 4 wretch
皮
Pí
  1. 1 surname Pi
皮肤
pí fū
  1. 1 skin
  2. 2 classifier: 层 céng
  3. 3 classifier: 块 kuài
笨蛋
bèn dàn
  1. 1 fool
  2. 2 idiot

Idioms (20)

三个臭皮匠，合成一个诸葛亮
sān gè chòu pí jiang , hé chéng yī gè Zhū gě Liàng
  1. 1 lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom
三个臭皮匠，赛过一个诸葛亮
sān gè chòu pí jiang , sài guò yī gè Zhū gě Liàng
  1. 1 lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom
  2. 2 wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual
三个臭皮匠，赛过诸葛亮
sān gè chòu pí jiang , sài guò Zhū gě Liàng
  1. 1 lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom
  2. 2 wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual
三个臭皮匠，顶个诸葛亮
sān gè chòu pí jiang , dǐng gè Zhū gě Liàng
  1. 1 lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom
  2. 2 wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual
人心隔肚皮
rén xīn gé dù pí
  1. 1 there is no knowing what is in a man's heart (idiom)

Sample Sentences

我喜欢吃皮蛋，但是我的朋友不喜欢吃皮蛋。
wǒ xǐhuan chī pídàn ，dànshì wǒ de péngyou bù xǐhuan chī pídàn 。
I like to eat thousand-year-old egg, but my friends don't like them.
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你吃过皮蛋吗？
nǐ chī guò pídàn ma ？
Have you tried the hundred-year-old egg before?
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中国菜不全都是好吃的，大部分的菜都好吃，只有一种不好吃，那就是皮蛋。
Zhōngguó cài bù quándōu shì hǎochī de ，dàbùfen de cài dōu hǎochī ，zhǐ yǒu yīzhǒng bù hǎochī ，nà jiùshì pídàn 。
Not all Chinese dishes are tasty. Most of the dishes are delicious. There's only one kind that's not tasty, and that's century eggs.
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