红豆 (紅豆)
hóng dòu
Pinyin
Definition
红豆 (紅豆)
-
- azuki bean
- red bean
Character Decomposition
Idioms (6)
刀子嘴,豆腐心
- 1 to have a sharp tongue but a soft heart (idiom)
心急吃不了热豆腐
- 1 hasty men don't get to eat hot tofu (idiom)
- 2 one just has to be patient
- 3 haste will ruin everything
煮豆燃萁
- 1 burning beanstalks to cook the beans (idiom); to cause internecine strife
种瓜得瓜,种豆得豆
- 1 lit. Sow melon and you get melon, sow beans and you get beans (idiom); fig. As you sow, so shall you reap.
- 2 One must live with the consequences of one's actions.
- 3 You've made your bed, now must lie on it.
豆寇年华
- 1 used erroneously for 豆蔻年華|豆蔻年华, a girl's teenage years (idiom); maidenhood
- 2 a budding beauty
Sample Sentences
红豆冰来了!哎,牛肉面呢?
Here are the sweet iced red bean drinks. Ah, what about the beef noodles?
好。那你去排队买红豆冰。
OK. You get in line for some sweet iced red bean drinks.