馅 (餡)
xiàn
Pinyin
Definition
馅 (餡)
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- stuffing
- forcemeat
- filling
Character Decomposition
Idioms (2)
天上不会掉馅饼
- 1 there is no such thing as a free lunch (idiom)
天上掉馅饼
- 1 a meat pie falls from the sky (idiom)
- 2 to have something fall into your lap
Sample Sentences
我想起来了,去年买的是冰淇淋馅儿的吧?哎哟,那个味道太怪了。
I remember. The ones we bought last year had ice cream filling, right? Yeah, that flavor was so weird.
有三个,一种是海鲜馅的;一种是芝士蘑菇馅的;还有一种是香肠馅的。
There are three. One is seafood, the other is cheese and mushroom and the third is sausage.
粽子里面包的东西叫做“馅料”,有甜的、有咸的。
The stuff that is wrapped inside the dumplings is referred to as "xian4 liao4". This can be sweet or savoury.
在北方,“馒头”里面没有馅儿的。有馅儿的,在北方叫“包子”。
In the North, “mántou” don't have stuffing. If they have stuffing, then they are called “bāozi” in the North.
还有啊,南方人把包子也叫做馒头。菜包就叫“菜馒头”,肉包就叫“肉馒头”。没馅儿的叫“实心馒头”。我刚听到的时候觉得特别奇怪。
And then southerns like to call stuffed buns [plain] steamed buns. So a stuffed bun with vegetables in it is a "vegetable bun," and one stuffed with meat is called a "meat bun." If it has no filling it's called a "solid bun." When I first heard it I thought it was really weird.
赚中国人的钱,享受美国公民的便利!投资移民真的是富人的馅饼吗?我看说不定是陷阱!
Make money in China but enjoy the convenience of being American! But is investment immigration really to the benefit of the rich? I think it might be a trap!
真香,这馅儿是什么做的?
It's really flavorful. How do you make this stuffing?
再尝尝肚子里的馅儿。
Try some of the stuffing in the stomach.
完了!露馅儿了!
I'm finished! I've been found out!
有的,一份十个。你要什么馅儿的?
Yes. There are ten per order. What filling would you like?