家伙 jiā huo household dish, implement or furniture / domestic animal / (coll.) guy / chap / weapon syn 盘子 盤子 pán zi tray / plate / dish / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 小菜 xiǎo cài appetizer / small side dish / easy job / piece of cake / see also 小菜一碟[xiao3 cai4 yi1 die2] syn 碟子 dié zi saucer / small dish / CL:盤|盘[pan2] syn 衣架 yī jià clothes hanger / clothes rack 绞尽脑汁 絞盡腦汁 jiǎo jìn nǎo zhī to rack one's brains syn 芙蓉 fú róng cotton rose hibiscus (Hibiscus mutabilis) / lotus / foo yung (Chinese dish similar to an omelet) syn 费尽心机 費盡心機 fèi jìn xīn jī to rack one's brains for schemes (idiom) / to beat one's brains out syn 冷面 冷麵 lěng miàn naengmyeon (Korean dish based on cold noodles in soup) 菜肴 菜餚 cài yáo vegetable and meat dishes / dish syn 吃法 chī fǎ way of eating / how something is eaten / how a dish is prepared / the way a dish is to be cooked 劳心 勞心 láo xīn to work with one's brains / to rack one's brains / to worry syn 菜色 cài sè dish / lean and hungry look (resulting from vegetarian diet) / emaciated look (from malnutrition) 素菜 sù cài vegetable dish syn 炒菜 chǎo cài to stir-fry / to do the cooking / stir-fried dish 锅盖 鍋蓋 guō gài saucepan lid / (satellite) dish 挖空心思 wā kōng xīn si to dig for thoughts (idiom) / to search everything for an answer / to rack one's brains syn 行李架 xíng li jià luggage rack 殚精竭虑 殫精竭慮 dān jīng jié lǜ to exhaust one's thoughts and ingenuity (idiom) / to think sth through thoroughly / to rack one's brains / to leave no stone unturned 冷菜 lěng cài cold dish / cold food 苦思冥想 kǔ sī míng xiǎng to consider from all angles (idiom) / to think hard / to rack one's brains syn 荤菜 葷菜 hūn cài non-vegetarian dish (including meat, fish, garlic, onion etc) syn 网架 網架 wǎng jià rack 齿条 齒條 chǐ tiáo rack (and pinion) 凉粉 涼粉 liáng fěn liangfen (Chinese dish) / grass jelly (Chinese dish) 菜式 cài shì dish (food prepared according to a specific recipe) 餐点 餐點 cān diǎn food / dish / meal 热炒 熱炒 rè chǎo stir-fried dish (Tw) 板面 板麵 bǎn miàn pan mee, aka banmian, a Hakka noodle soup dish, popular in Malaysia 小太阳 小太陽 xiǎo tài yáng parabolic heater / heat dish 冥思苦想 míng sī kǔ xiǎng to consider from all angles (idiom) / to think hard / to rack one's brains syn 比翼双飞 比翼雙飛 bǐ yì shuāng fēi lit. a pair of birds flying close together (idiom) / fig. two hearts beating as one / name of a sweet and sour chicken wing dish syn 招牌菜 zhāo pái cài signature dish / a restaurant’s most famous dish 涮羊肉 shuàn yáng ròu Mongolian hot pot / instant-boiled mutton (dish) 凉皮 涼皮 liáng pí liangpi (noodle-like dish) 鱼肚 魚肚 yú dǔ fish maw / a food dish made from the swim bladder of fish 空口 kōng kǒu incomplete meal of a single dish / meat or vegetable dish without rice or wine / rice without meat or vegetables 热干面 熱乾面 rè gān miàn noodles served hot, with toppings including sesame paste and soy sauce – popular in Wuhan as a breakfast dish or late-night snack 晾衣架 liàng yī jià clothes drying rack 笔架 筆架 bǐ jià pen rack / pen-holder 菜蔬 cài shū greens / vegetables / vegetable side dish syn 卤菜 滷菜 lǔ cài pot-stewed dish 腊八粥 臘八粥 là bā zhōu Laba congee, ceremonial rice porridge dish eaten on the 8th day of the 12th month in the Chinese calendar 关东煮 關東煮 guān dōng zhǔ oden, Japanese dish made with boiled eggs, processed fish cakes, daikon radish, tofu etc in a kelp-based broth 架 jià to support / frame / rack / framework / classifier for planes, large vehicles, radios etc syn 菜 cài vegetable / greens (CL:棵[ke1]) / dish (of food) (CL:樣|样[yang4],道[dao4],盤|盘[pan2]) / (of one's skills etc) weak / poor / (coll.) (one's) type syn 盘 盤 pán tray / plate / dish / (finance) (bound form) market prices / (computing) (bound form) disk / to coil (a rope, pigtail etc) / to check / to examine / to investigate / to transfer / to sell (property) / to shift / to move (sth big and heavy) / classifier for things resembling a plate or dish / classifier for coils / classifier for games or matches (chess, table tennis etc) syn 碟 dié dish / plate syn 阁 閣 gé pavilion (usu. two-storied) / cabinet (politics) / boudoir / woman's chamber / rack / shelf syn 梗 gěng branch / stem / stalk / CL:根[gen1] / to block / to hinder / (neologism that evolved from 哏[gen2], initially in Taiwan, during the first decade of the 21st century) memorable creative idea (joke, catchphrase, meme, neologism, witty remark etc) / prominent feature of a creative work (punchline of a joke, trope in a drama, special ingredient in a dish, riff in a pop song etc) syn 培养皿 培養皿 péi yǎng mǐn Petri dish 拿手菜 ná shǒu cài specialty (dish) 皿 mǐn (bound form) dish / vessel / shallow container / radical no. 108 鲊 鮓 zhǎ salted fish / dish made with ground vegetables, flour and other condiments 劳心苦思 勞心苦思 láo xīn kǔ sī to rack one's brains / to think hard 搜索枯肠 搜索枯腸 sōu suǒ kū cháng to rack one's brains (for apt wording etc) (idiom) syn 殚精极虑 殫精極慮 dān jīng jí lǜ to exhaust one's thoughts and ingenuity (idiom) / to think sth through thoroughly / to rack one's brains / to leave no stone unturned 看菜吃饭 看菜吃飯 kān cài chī fàn to eat depending on the dish (idiom) / fig. to act according to actual circumstances / to live within one's means 燃料储存架 燃料儲存架 rán liào chǔ cún jià fuel storage rack / storage rack 一品锅 一品鍋 yī pǐn guō dish containing a variety of meats and vegetables arranged in a broth in a clay pot / chafing dish syn 试杯 試杯 shì bēi Petri dish / test dish / trial slide 下饭 下飯 xià fàn to eat one's rice with an accompanying dish (to make the rice more palatable) / (of a dish) to go well with rice syn 炉架 爐架 lú jià stove stand / grate (supporting a pot over the stove) / grate (in a fireplace) / oven rack 费尽心思 費盡心思 fèi jìn xīn si to rack one's brains (idiom) / to take great pains to think sth through 齿条千斤顶 齒條千斤頂 chǐ tiáo qiān jīn dǐng rack and pinion jack 齿条齿轮 齒條齒輪 chǐ tiáo chǐ lún rack and pinion 自行车架 自行車架 zì xíng chē jià bike rack / bicycle frame 齿条-齿轮装置 齒條-齒輪裝置 rack-and-pinion device 绞脑汁 絞腦汁 jiǎo nǎo zhī to rack one's brains 车顶架 車頂架 chē dǐng jià roof rack 苦思冥想 kǔ sī - míng xiǎng (idiom) to think deeply / to rack one's brains syn 齿轮齿条 齒輪齒條 chǐ lún - chǐ tiáo (mechanical engineering) rack and pinion 抓饭 抓飯 zhuā fàn pilaf (rice dish popular in many parts of the world, including Xinjiang) 楪 dié small dish / window 干煸土豆丝 乾煸土豆絲 gān biān tǔ dòu sī dry-fried potato slices (Chinese dish) 佛跳墙 佛跳牆 fó tiào qiáng lit. Buddha jumps over the wall, name for a Chinese dish that uses many non-vegetarian ingredients 冷盆 lěng pén cold dish / appetizer 地三鲜 地三鮮 dì sān xiān dish consisting of stir-fried potato, eggplant and green pepper 干扁豆角 gān biǎn dòu jiǎo green beans in sauce, popular Beijing dish 彼得里皿 bǐ dé lǐ mǐn Petri dish 折箩 折籮 zhē luó mixed dish of the food left over from a banquet 擦碗布 cā wǎn bù dish cloth / tea towel 新疆小盘鸡 新疆小盤雞 xīn jiāng xiǎo pán jī Xinjiang small-plate chicken (typical dish from North-West China) 东坡肘子 東坡肘子 dōng pō zhǒu zi Dongpo pork shoulder, traditional dish said to have been created by Northern Song dynasty writer Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡 涮锅子 涮鍋子 shuàn guō zi hot pot / a dish where thinly sliced meat and vegetables are boiled briefly in a broth and then served with dipping sauces 烧味 燒味 shāo wèi siu mei / spit-roasted meat dish in Cantonese cuisine 盘飧 盤飧 pán sūn dishes / the food in a dish 盘餐 盤餐 pán cān side dish 看菜吃饭，量体裁衣 看菜吃飯，量體裁衣 kān cài chī fàn , liáng tǐ cái yī eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body (idiom) / to fit the appetite to the dishes and the dress to the figure / to act according to actual circumstances / to live within one's means 紫菜包饭 紫菜包飯 zǐ cài bāo fàn gimbap, aka kimbap (Korean dish made by rolling up steamed rice and other ingredients in a sheet of nori) 蛋包饭 蛋包飯 dàn bāo fàn omurice, Japanese dish consisting of an omelet wrapped around fried rice and often topped with ketchup 西红柿炒鸡蛋 西紅柿炒雞蛋 xī hóng shì chǎo jī dàn scrambled chicken egg with fresh tomato (well known Mandarin dish) 金盘玉食 金盤玉食 jīn pán yù shí lit. gold dish, jade food / epicurean food 餸 sòng side dish / groceries (Cantonese) 香羊肚 xiāng yáng dù haggis (a Scottish dish) 素面 素麵 sù miàn vegetable noodle dish 蛋饼 蛋餅 dàn bǐng egg pancake (thin pancake rolled up with omelet inside, popular in Taiwan as a breakfast dish) 夫妻肺片 fū qī fèi piàn popular Sichuan cold dish made of thinly sliced beef and beef offal 蚂蚁上树 螞蟻上樹 mǎ yǐ shàng shù "ants climbing a tree", a Sichuan dish made with cellophane noodles 粉絲|粉丝[fen3 si1] and ground meat (so called because the particles of meat clinging to the noodles look like ants on the twigs of a tree) / (sex position) man standing, woman clinging to his upper body / (erotic massage) full-body licking 