自助餐
zì zhù cān
Pinyin
Definition
自助餐
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- buffet
- self-service meal
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
不敢自专
- 1 not daring to act for oneself (idiom)
不由自主
- 1 can't help; involuntarily (idiom)
不言自明
- 1 self-evident; needing no explanation (idiom)
不说自明
- 1 self-explanatory
- 2 self-evident (idiom)
任其自然
- 1 to let things take their course (idiom)
- 2 to leave it to nature
- 3 laissez-faire
Sample Sentences
花同样的价钱,我宁愿吃桌餐。上次去吃自助餐,冷冷清清的,每人发个盘子,排着队去拿东西,搞得像要饭的一样。
On the same budget I rather have a table meal. The last time I went lonely. Queuing up with a plate to take the food felt like begging.
你还不知道吧?现在自助餐厅都规定,剩菜太多要罚款呢,看谁还敢多取。
Don’t you know? Restaurants serving buffet have a rule that penalise customers who have too much leftovers.
自助吧、带自助餐
self service bar; buffet
还有一些环境不错的中国餐厅。这些地方的菜看起来比自助餐厅好点,至少是一盘一盘的。
There are some Chinese restaurants with a nice atmosphere. The food at these places looks better than at the buffets. At least it's served by the dish.
但是一般中式自助餐的味道都很不正宗,菜的卖相也很不好。
However, the taste of most Chinese buffets isn't authentic. The presentation of the food isn't great either.
这里最常见的就是中式自助餐。
Around here you're most likely to see Chinese buffets.
我们去吃自助餐,随便吃,随便喝。
Let's go to a buffet where you can eat and drink all you want.
好久没吃日本料理了。今天的自助餐一定要放开肚皮多吃点儿。
I haven't eaten Japanese food in a long time. At today's all you can eat restaurant we definitely have to loosen up our bellies so we can eat lots.