黄豆 (黃豆)
huáng dòu
Pinyin

Definition

黄豆 (黃豆)
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huáng dòu
  1. soybean

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

土豆
tǔ dòu
  1. 1 potato
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
  3. 3 (Tw) peanut
  4. 4 classifier: 颗 kē
红豆
hóng dòu
  1. 1 azuki bean
  2. 2 red bean
豆浆
dòu jiāng
  1. 1 soy milk
豆瓣
Dòu bàn
  1. 1 Douban, PRC social networking website
豆腐
dòu fu
  1. 1 tofu
  2. 2 bean curd

Idioms (6)

刀子嘴，豆腐心
dāo zi zuǐ , dòu fu xīn
  1. 1 to have a sharp tongue but a soft heart (idiom)
心急吃不了热豆腐
xīn jí chī bu liǎo rè dòu fu
  1. 1 hasty men don't get to eat hot tofu (idiom)
  2. 2 one just has to be patient
  3. 3 haste will ruin everything
煮豆燃萁
zhǔ dòu rán qí
  1. 1 burning beanstalks to cook the beans (idiom); to cause internecine strife
种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆
zhòng guā dé guā , zhòng dòu dé dòu
  1. 1 lit. Sow melon and you get melon, sow beans and you get beans (idiom); fig. As you sow, so shall you reap.
  2. 2 One must live with the consequences of one's actions.
  3. 3 You've made your bed, now must lie on it.
豆寇年华
dòu kòu nián huá
  1. 1 used erroneously for 豆蔻年華|豆蔻年华, a girl's teenage years (idiom); maidenhood
  2. 2 a budding beauty

Sample Sentences

好！嗯，荤素都有，挺丰富的。怎么没有黄豆芽啊？
hǎo ！ng4 ，hūn sù dōu yǒu ，tǐng fēngfù de 。zěnme méiyǒu huángdòuyá ā ？
Okay! Hmm, you've got both meat and vegetables. It's quite a lot. Why don't you have soybean sprouts?
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黄豆芽不好吃！
huángdòuyá bù hǎochī ！
Soybean sprouts are gross!
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唉，你们这些年轻人啊书读得多，风俗却一点都不懂。黄豆芽是“如意菜”，吃了一年都会如意。
ài ，nǐmen zhèxiē niánqing rén ā shū dú de duō ，fēngsú què yīdiǎn dōu bù dǒng 。huángdòuyá shì “rúyì cài ”，chī le yī nián dōu huì rúyì 。
Oh, you young people have studied a lot, but you don't understand anything about tradition. Soybean sprouts are the “dish of good fortune”. If you eat them, then you'll have good fortune for the year.
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