绿豆 (綠豆)
lu:4 dòu
Pinyin
Definition
绿豆 (綠豆)
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- mung 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
没想到钻石那么贵!几万块钱只能买绿豆那么点儿大的。
I had no idea diamonds were so expensive! Tens of thousands of RMB and you only get one as big as a green bean.