菠菜
bō cài
Pinyin
Definition
菠菜
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- spinach
- CL:棵[kē]
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 green vegetables
- 2 Chinese cabbage
- 1 to serve food
Idioms (7)
小菜一碟
- 1 a small appetizer
- 2 a piece of cake; very easy (idiom)
捡到篮里就是菜
- 1 all is grist that comes to the mill (idiom)
看人下菜碟儿
- 1 (dialect) to treat sb according to their social status, relationship with them etc (idiom)
- 2 not to treat everyone equally favorably
看菜吃饭
- 1 to eat depending on the dish (idiom); fig. to act according to actual circumstances
- 2 to live within one's means
看菜吃饭,量体裁衣
- 1 eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body (idiom); to fit the appetite to the dishes and the dress to the figure
- 2 to act according to actual circumstances
- 3 to live within one's means
Sample Sentences
那就菠菜,一斤四块。
Then it's spinach, RMB4 for half a kilogram.
好,我就要那根萝卜。再帮我秤一斤菠菜,贵是贵,不吃青菜也不行。
OK, then I want that radish. Get me a half kilogram of spinach too. It may be expensive but I have to have some green vegetables.
要补充能量,就吃点菠菜吧。
If one needs additional energy, then just eat some spinach.