西兰花 (西蘭花)
xī lán huā
Pinyin

Definition

西兰花 (西蘭花)
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xī lán huā
  1. broccoli

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

东西
dōng xī
  1. 1 east and west
桃花
táo huā
  1. 1 peach blossom
  2. 2 (fig.) love affair
桃花运
táo huā yùn
  1. 1 luck with the ladies
  2. 2 a romance
  3. 3 good luck
烟花
yān huā
  1. 1 fireworks
  2. 2 prostitute (esp. in Yuan theater)
花
Huā
  1. 1 surname Hua

Idioms (20)

中西合璧
Zhōng Xī hé bì
  1. 1 harmonious combination of Chinese and Western elements (idiom)
借花献佛
jiè huā xiàn Fó
  1. 1 lit. presenting the Buddha with borrowed flowers (idiom); fig. to win favor or influence using sb else's property
  2. 2 plagiarism
各奔东西
gè bèn dōng xī
  1. 1 to go separate ways (idiom)
  2. 2 to part ways with sb
  3. 3 Taiwan pr. [gè bēn dōng xī]
名花有主
míng huā yǒu zhǔ
  1. 1 the girl is already taken (idiom)
喝西北风
hē xī běi fēng
  1. 1 lit. drink the northwest wind (idiom); cold and hungry

Sample Sentences

行了，冷盆就这么多。热菜么，给我一份糖醋松子桂鱼，六只大闸蟹，再来一个糖醋小排，黑椒牛柳，还有上汤西兰花。好，就这样。你们这儿有什么好的葡萄酒。
xíng le ，lěngpén jiù zhème duō 。rècài ma ，gěi wǒ yī fèn tángcù sōngzǐ guìyú ，liù zhī dàzháxiè ，zài lái yī ge tángcù xiǎopái ，hēijiāo niúliǔ ，háiyǒu shàngtāng xīlánhuā 。hǎo ，jiù zhèyàng 。nǐmen zhèr yǒu shénme hǎo de pútaojiǔ 。
All right, that’s enough appetizers. Hmm, for hot dishes, give me an order of fried sweet and sour mandarin fish with pine nuts, six hairy crabs, an order of sweet and sour baby ribs, a black pepper beef strips, and broccoli in soup. OK, that’s all. What good wines do you have?
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我也不知道，反正在美国流行的中国菜都是我在中国没见过的。什么陈皮牛啦、左将军鸡啦、蟹角啦……哦，对了，还有他们最爱的西兰花，什么菜里都要搁点儿西兰花，什么西兰花炒牛肉啦、西兰花炒鸡肉啦……
wǒ yě bù zhīdào ，fǎnzhèng zài Měiguó liúxíng de zhōngguó cài dōu shì wǒ zài Zhōngguó méi jiàn guo de 。shénme chénpíniú la 、Zuǒjiāngjūnjī la 、xièjiǎo la ……ò ，duìle ，háiyǒu tāmen zuìài de xīlánhuā ，shénme cài lǐ dōuyào gē diǎnr xīlánhuā ，shénme xīlánhuā chǎo niúròu la 、xīlánhuā chǎo jīròu la ……
I don't know. Anyway, popular American Chinese food is all stuff I've never seen in China. Stuff like Orange Chicken, General Tso's Chicken and Crab Rangoons. Oh, that's right, they also love broccoli. They put a bit of broccoli in every dish. Stuff like Beef with Broccoli, Chicken with Broccoli.
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