黄瓜 (黃瓜)
huáng guā
Pinyin
Definition
黄瓜 (黃瓜)
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- cucumber
- CL:條|条[tiáo]
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 idiot
- 2 fool
- 1 papaya (Carica papaya)
- 2 genus Chaenomeles of shrubs in the family Rosaceae
- 3 Chinese flowering quince (Chaenomeles speciosa)
- 1 wax gourd (Cucurbitaceae, Benincasa hispida)
- 2 white gourd
- 3 white hairy melon
- 4 Chinese squash
Idioms (8)
强扭的瓜不甜
- 1 lit. if you have to use force to break a melon off the vine, it won't taste sweet (because it's only when the melon is ripe that it can be removed with just a slight twist) (idiom)
- 2 fig. if sth is not meant to be, it's no use trying to force it to happen
捡了芝麻丢了西瓜
- 1 to let go of the big prize while grabbing at trifles (idiom)
滚瓜烂熟
- 1 lit. ripe as a melon that rolls from its vine (idiom); fig. to know fluently
- 2 to know sth inside out
- 3 to know sth by heart
王婆卖瓜,自卖自夸
- 1 every potter praises his own pot (idiom)
- 2 all one's geese are swans
瓜熟蒂落
- 1 when the melon is ripe, it falls (idiom); problems sort themselves out in the fullness of time
Sample Sentences
什么是生机饮食的精华,就是要您吃到完整的营养,看这边,胡萝卜,维生素满满;生菜,纤维素一百;苹果,铁质最多,让你做钢铁侠;葡萄,富含OPC,地表最强抗氧化素;最后,小黄瓜,他的青翠,你的青春!
What is vital essence, I hear you ask. It means when you get complete nutrition. Look here, carrots, full of vitamins; leafy greens, max fiber; apples, with so much iron that you'll turn into Iron Man; grapes, full of OPC and the most anti-oxidants you can find on earth; finally, cucumber, its fresh green reflects your youth.
有可能,我觉得他们的小菜有点不新鲜。我吃的时候就觉得他们的凉拌黄瓜味道有点奇怪。/
It's possible, I think their side dishes were not fresh. When I ate them, I felt that their cucumber salad tasted a bit weird.
黄瓜和番茄。
Cucumber and tomato.
三明治里不应该放黄瓜。
You shouldn't put cucumber in a sandwich.
哎呀,怎么能放黄瓜呢?
Yikes, how could you put cucumber in?
其中黄瓜和西红柿的涨幅最高。黄瓜从每公斤三块五涨到五块六,西红柿从每公斤四块二涨到七块五。
Among these, cucumbers and tomatoes experienced the largest percentage of increase. Cucumbers went from 3.5 kuai per kilo to 5.6. Tomatoes rose from 4.2 to 6.5.
猪肉里有瘦肉精,牛肉是涂了牛肉膏的假牛肉,羊肉串是老鼠肉做的,黄瓜涂了避孕药,生病吃个胶囊都是臭皮鞋做的。这年头还有能吃的东西吗,饿死算了。
The pork has lean muscle growth hormones. The beef is fake meat covered with beef flavoring. The lamb skewers are made from rat meat. The cucumbers are covered with chemicals that can harm pregnant women. Gel capsules made for medicine are made from stinky leather shoes. These days is there anything that you can eat? Or should we just call it quits and starve to death?
我不吃西红柿。黄瓜和洋葱可以。
I don't eat tomatoes. Cucumbers and onions are okay.
黄瓜、西红柿、洋葱。吃吗?
Cucumbers, tomatoes, onions. Do you eat them?
有的蔬菜,比如说像黄瓜,太老了,就是过了它成熟的时候。
If some vegetables get too old, like cucumbers, it means they're overripe.