鸳鸯锅 (鴛鴦鍋)
yuān yang guō
Pinyin
Definition
鸳鸯锅 (鴛鴦鍋)
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- "mandarin ducks" pot (hot pot with a divider, containing spicy soup on one side, mild soup on the other)
Character Decomposition
Idioms (8)
一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥
- 1 lit. a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of congee (idiom)
- 2 fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅汤
- 1 lit. a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of soup (idiom)
- 2 fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
不到火候不揭锅
- 1 don't act until the time is ripe (idiom)
吃大锅饭
- 1 lit. to eat from the common pot (idiom)
- 2 fig. to be rewarded the same, regardless of performance
吃着碗里,看着锅里
- 1 lit. eyeing what's in the pot as one eats from one's bowl (idiom)
- 2 not content with what one already has
- 3 (of men, typically) to have the wandering eye
Sample Sentences
好!鸳鸯锅总是辣的一边先开。
Okay! With the dual-broth hot pot, it's always the spicy side that boils first.