青柠 (青檸)
qīng níng
Pinyin
Definition
青柠 (青檸)
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- lime (fruit)
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
不分青红皂白
- 1 not distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom)
- 2 not to distinguish between right and wrong
不问青红皂白
- 1 not distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom)
- 2 not to distinguish between right and wrong
名垂青史
- 1 lit. reputation will go down in history (idiom); fig. achievements will earn eternal glory
山青水灵
- 1 green mountains and vivacious waters (idiom)
- 2 lush and lively scenery
炉火纯青
- 1 lit. the stove fire has turned bright green (allusion to Daoist alchemy) (idiom)
- 2 fig. (of an art, a technique etc) brought to the point of perfection
Sample Sentences
那就要用朗姆酒做基酒。还要准备青柠、糖、苏打水、薄荷叶、碎冰。把薄荷叶、糖和青柠捣碎,加入碎冰和朗姆酒。然后倒入苏打水,也可以加一些雪碧。最后用薄荷叶和柠檬片装饰一下就好了。
Then you need to use rum as a base. You also need to prepare lime, sugar, soda water and crushed ice. Muddle the mint leaves, sugar and lime and add the crushed ice and rum. Then pour in the soda water. You can also add some sprite. Finally use some mint leaves and lemon slices to garnish and you're done.