美味
měi wèi
Pinyin

Definition

美味
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měi wèi
  1. delicious
  2. delicious food
  3. delicacy

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

味道
wèi dao
  1. 1 flavor
  2. 2 smell
  3. 3 hint of
完美
wán měi
  1. 1 perfect
  2. 2 perfection
  3. 3 perfectly
精美
jīng měi
  1. 1 delicate
  2. 2 fine
  3. 3 refinement
美
Měi
  1. 1 the Americas
  2. 2 abbr. for 美洲[Měi zhōu]
  3. 3 USA
  4. 4 abbr. for 美國|美国[Měi guó]
美人
měi rén
  1. 1 beauty
  2. 2 belle

Idioms (20)

五味俱全
wǔ wèi jù quán
  1. 1 a complete gamut of all five flavors (idiom); every flavor under the sun
五味杂陈
wǔ wèi zá chén
  1. 1 with complex feelings (idiom)
价廉物美
jià lián wù měi
  1. 1 inexpensive and of good quality (idiom)
两全其美
liǎng quán qí měi
  1. 1 to satisfy rival demands (idiom)
  2. 2 to get the best of both worlds
  3. 3 to have it both ways
  4. 4 to have one's cake and eat it too
十全十美
shí quán shí měi
  1. 1 complete and beautiful
  2. 2 to be perfect (idiom)

Sample Sentences

也少不了想要美味又低脂的美食，快来看看这个吧的硬邦邦的推销，或者类似生活就是要兴致勃勃的探索如何取悦自己的软广
yě shǎobuliǎo xiǎngyào měiwèi yòu dīzhī de měishí ，kuài lái kànkan zhège ba de yìngbāngbāngde tuīxiāo ，huòzhě lèisì shēnghuó jiùshì yào xìngzhìbóbó de tànsuǒ rúhé qǔyuè zìjǐ de ruǎnguǎng
There are irresistible hard-core sales promotions such as, "If you want delicious and low-fat food, come take a look at this," as well as soft-sell ads like, "Life is about eagerly exploring how to please yourself."
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没错，再说了，炸鸡虽好，但毕竟也就是垃圾食品，多吃无益。要说既营养又美味还有情调的组合，在秋天那必须是大闸蟹配黄酒的呀！
méicuò ，zàishuō le ，zhájī suī hǎo ，dàn bìjìng yějiùshì lājī shípǐn ，duō chī wúyì 。yào shuō jì yíngyǎng yòu měiwèi háiyǒu qíngdiào de zǔhé ，zài qiūtiān nà bìxū shì dàzháxiè pèi huángjiǔ de ya ！
That's right. And also, although fried chicken is good, given it's junk food, it's not good to eat too much of it. If you want to talk about a combination that's nutritious, tasty and also has a sense of atmosphere, then it's eating Chinese mitten crabs while drinking huangjiu!
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原来如此，那对“吃货”来说，秋天不吃大闸蟹就枉为“吃货”了；吃大闸蟹不配黄酒就对不起这人间极品美味啦。
yuánláirúcǐ ，nà duì “chīhuò ”láishuō ，qiūtiān bù chī dàzháxiè jiù wǎng wèi “chīhuò ”le ；chī dàzháxiè bù pèi huángjiǔ jiù duìbuqǐ zhè rénjiān jípǐn měiwèi la 。
I see. No foodie worth the name would fail to eat Chinese mitten crabs in Autumn. Eating Chinese mitten crabs without huangjiu is an insult to this extremely high quality delicacy.
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意大利面的配料只是配角，真正美味的意大利面只要加酱就非常好吃了。
Yìdàlìmiàn de pèiliào zhǐshì pèijué ，zhēnzhèng měiwèi de Yìdàlìmiàn zhǐyào jiā jiàng jiù fēicháng hǎochī le 。
The ingredients of the pasta are just an accompaniment, really tasty pasta dishes just need sauce added to make them taste really nice.
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刚做好的三杯鸡又香又迷人，在白饭上淋上酱汁，把鸡肉、和白饭一起送入口中，真是无比的美味。
gāng zuò hǎo de sān bēi jī yòu xiāng yòu mírén ，zài bái fàn shàng lín shàng jiàngzhī ，bǎ jīròu 、hé bái fàn yīqǐ sòng rù kǒu zhōng ，zhēn shì wúbǐ de měiwèi 。
The Three-cup Chicken we've just made is fragrant and delicious, pour some of the sauce on white rice, then put a piece of chicken and rice into your mouth together, it really is incomparably delicious.
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2.知道刚才的美味佳肴居然是用昆虫做出来的，他不由得一阵恶心。
.zhīdào gāngcái de měiwèi jiāyáo jūrán shì yòng kūnchóng zuò chūlái de ，tā bùyóude yīzhèn ěxīn 。
Knowing that the delicious food was actually made from insects, he could not help but feel sick.
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我也觉得频率有点高，但是比起其他英国菜，英式下午茶实在是相当美味。
wǒ yě juéde pínlǜ yǒudiǎnr gāo ，dànshì bǐqǐ qítā Yīngguó cài ，yīngshì xiàwǔchá shízàishì xiāngdāng měiwèi 。
I think I did go a little too regularly. But compared to other UK cuisine, English afternoon tea is really quite tasty.
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我看牠没有要咬你的打算，就想说不用特别提了，大概是你不够美味吧。
wǒ kàn tā méiyǒu yào yǎo nǐ de dǎsuàn ，jiù xiǎng shuō bùyòng tèbié tí le ，dàgài shì nǐ bù gòu měiwèi ba 。
I saw that he wasn't planning on biting you, so thought I didn't need to bring it up, you must not be tasty enough.
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夏天的一个早晨，小裁缝像往常一样在无聊地做衣服。桌子上放着他吃剩下的半片面包，面包上涂着美味的果酱。
xiàtiān de yī gè zǎochén ，xiǎo cáifeng xiàng wǎngcháng yīyàng zài wúliáo de zuò yīfu 。zhuōzi shàng fàng zhe tā chī shèngxià de bàn piàn miànbāo ，miànbāo shàng tú zhe měiwèi de guǒjiàng 。
One summer morning, a little tailor is, as usual, listlessly making clothes. On the table sits the half-eaten remains of a slice of bread; on the bread is spread some delicious jam.
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比一百种食物还要美味。
bǐ yībǎi zhǒng shíwù hái yào měiwèi 。
Tastier than 100 other types of food.
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