打酱油 打醬油 dǎ jiàng yóu to buy soy sauce / it's none of my business ("I’m just here to buy some soy sauce") 豆油 dòu yóu soy bean oil / (dialect) soy sauce 海鲜酱 海鮮醬 hǎi xiān jiàng hoisin sauce (barbecue sauce) / seafood sauce 亮光 liàng guāng light / beam of light / gleam of light / light reflected from an object syn 顶灯 頂燈 dǐng dēng dome light (of a taxi etc) / ceiling light (in a room) / interior light (of a car) / light on the top of a mast etc 清浆 清漿 qīng jiāng unsweetened soy milk / plain soy milk 酱油 醬油 jiàng yóu soy sauce 红烧 紅燒 hóng shāo to braise in soy sauce until reddish-brown 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 豉油 chǐ yóu soy sauce (chiefly in Cantonese and Hakka areas) 炝 熗 qiàng to briefly boil (a vegetable etc), then dress with soy sauce, oil, vinegar etc / to briefly stir-fry (meat, chopped spring onions etc), then add to other ingredients and cook further syn 油盐酱醋 油鹽醬醋 yóu yán jiàng cù (lit.) oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar / (fig.) the trivia of everyday life syn 拌面 拌麵 bàn miàn noodles served with soy sauce, sesame butter etc 双抽 雙抽 shuāng chōu black soy sauce 龟甲万 龜甲萬 guī jiǎ wàn Kikkoman, Japanese brand of soy sauce, food seasonings etc 老抽 lǎo chōu dark soy sauce 卤蛋 滷蛋 lǔ dàn peeled boiled egg, stewed in soy sauce and other flavorings 铁蛋 鐵蛋 tiě dàn iron egg, a Taiwanese snack made by stewing eggs in soy sauce and air-drying them each day for a week 傻瓜干面 傻瓜乾麵 shǎ guā gān miàn boiled noodles served without broth, topped with just a sprinkle of oil and some chopped spring onions, to which customers add vinegar, soy sauce or chili oil according to their taste 柴米油盐酱醋茶 柴米油鹽醬醋茶 chái - mǐ - yóu - yán - jiàng - cù - chá lit. firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and tea / fig. life's daily necessities 油盐酱醋 油鹽醬醋 yóu - yán - jiàng - cù lit. oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar (idiom) / fig. life's daily necessities syn 肉燥 ròu zào (Tw) minced pork stewed with soy sauce and spices (served with rice or noodles, or as a filling in buns etc) / Taiwan pr. [rou4 sao4] 酱油膏 醬油膏 jiàng yóu gāo thickened soy sauce 酿制 釀製 niàng zhì to brew (beer, soy sauce etc) / to make (wine, vinegar etc) / to distill (spirits) syn 蘸酱 蘸醬 zhàn jiàng dipping sauce / to dip in sauce 辣汁 là zhī hot sauce / chili sauce XO酱 XO醬 X O jiàng XO sauce, a spicy seafood sauce invented in Hong Kong in the 1980s 银光 銀光 yín guāng silvery light / bright white light / shining white light 背光 bèi guāng to be in a poor light / to do sth with one's back to the light / to stand in one's own light syn 亮灯 亮燈 liàng dēng to turn on a light / (of a light) to light up 光线 光線 guāng xiàn light ray / CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4] / light / illumination / lighting (for a photograph) syn 灵光 靈光 líng guāng divine light (around the Buddha) / a halo / a miraculous column of light / (slang) jolly good! syn 光柱 guāng zhù light beam / light pillar (atmospheric optics) syn 柳暗花明 liǔ àn huā míng lit. the willow trees make the shade, the flowers give the light (idiom) / at one's darkest hour, a glimmer of hope / light at the end of the tunnel 闯红灯 闖紅燈 chuǎng hóng dēng to run a red light / failing to stop at a red traffic light / (slang) to have sex with a girl while she is menstruating 轻骑 輕騎 qīng qí light cavalry / light motorcycle / moped syn 可见光 可見光 kě jiàn guāng visible light / light in optical spectrum 灯头 燈頭 dēng tóu electric light socket / burner (component of a kerosene lamp) / light (as a countable item, e.g. number of lights fitted in a house) 萤火 螢火 yíng huǒ light of firefly / fairy light 反射光 fǎn shè guāng to reflect light / reflection / reflected light 轻水 輕水 qīng shuǐ light water (as opposed to heavy water) / see light water reactor 輕水反應堆|轻水反应堆 灯号 燈號 dēng hào flashing light / indicator light 偏振光 piān zhèn guāng polarization of light / polarized light syn 航标灯 航標燈 háng biāo dēng lighted buoy / channel marking light / signal light 缥 縹 piǎo (literary) light blue / (literary) light blue silk fabric 光感应 光感應 guāng gǎn yìng optical response / reaction to light / light sensitive / photoinduction 余光 餘光 yú guāng (out of) the corner of one's eyes / peripheral vision / residual light / light of the setting sun 轻型侦察直升机 qīng xíng zhēn chá zhí shēng jī light reconnaissance helicopter / light observation helicopter 轻型油罐车 輕型油罐車 light fuel trailer / light refuelling trailer 小武器和轻武器区域中心 小武器和輕武器區域中心 Regional Centre on Small Arms and Light Weapons in the Great Lakes Region, the Horn of Africa and Bordering States / Regional Centre on Small Arms and Light Weapons / Regional Centre on Small Arms 小武器区域中心 小武器區域中心 Regional Centre on Small Arms and Light Weapons in the Great Lakes Region, the Horn of Africa and Bordering States / Regional Centre on Small Arms and Light Weapons / Regional Centre on Small Arms 轻型渡河设备 輕型渡河設備 qīng xíng dù hé shè bèi light river-crossing equipment / light spanning equipment 牙科固化灯 牙科固化燈 dental curing light / ultraviolet curing light 欧安组织关于小武器和轻武器问题的文件 歐安組織關於小武器和輕武器問題的文件 Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Document on Small Arms and Light Weapons / OSCE Document on Small Arms and Light Weapons 投映 tóu yìng (of a light source) to cast one's light on / to project (an image) 豆浆 豆漿 dòu jiāng soy milk syn 豆奶 dòu nǎi soy milk 毛豆 máo dòu immature green soy beans, either still in the pod (edamame) or removed from the pod syn 豆汁 dòu zhī douzhi, fermented drink made from ground mung beans / soy milk syn 豆渣 dòu zhā okara (i.e. soy pulp, a by-product of making soymilk or tofu) 油料作物 yóu liào zuò wù oil crop (rape, peanut, soy, sesame etc) / oil-bearing crop 曲 qū fermentation starter / leaven (molds, yeasts or bacteria used in fermenting soy products or brewing etc) / Taiwan pr. [qu2] syn 酱 醬 jiàng thick paste of fermented soybean / marinated in soy paste / paste / jam syn 豆腐渣 dòu fu zhā okara (i.e. soy pulp, a by-product of making soymilk or tofu) 小麦大豆溷合食品 小麥大豆混合食品 wheat soya blend / wheat soy blend 柴米油盐酱醋茶 柴米油鹽醬醋茶 chái mǐ yóu yán jiàng cù chá lit. firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy, vinegar, and tea / fig. life's daily necessities 豆瓣 dòu bàn cotyledon of a bean or pea (i.e. either of the halves of a bean or pea) / thick bean sauce (abbr. for 豆瓣醬|豆瓣酱[dou4ban4jiang4]) syn 凉拌 涼拌 liáng bàn to dress cold food with sauce / (slang) there's not much you can do about it (wordplay using 拌[ban4] instead of its homophone 辦|办[ban4]) 滑溜 huá liū to sauté in sticky sauce syn 番茄酱 番茄醬 fān qié jiàng ketchup / tomato sauce 肉酱 肉醬 ròu jiàng minced meat sauce / (fig.) mincemeat / a person cut to pieces 豆豉 dòu chǐ black bean / black bean sauce 辣椒酱 辣椒醬 là jiāo jiàng red pepper paste / chili sauce 蚝油 蠔油 háo yóu oyster sauce 炸酱面 炸醬麵 zhá jiàng miàn zhajiang mian, thick wheat noodles served with ground pork simmered in salty fermented soybean paste (or other sauce) 豆瓣酱 豆瓣醬 dòu bàn jiàng sticky chili bean sauce / doubanjiang 调味汁 調味汁 tiáo wèi zhī dressing / sauce 奶汁 nǎi zhī milk from a woman's breast / milk (used in the names of dishes to indicate white sauce) 口水鸡 口水雞 kǒu shuǐ jī steamed chicken with chili sauce 烹 pēng to boil / to brew (tea) / to cook by briefly stir-frying and then mixing in sauce / (old) to boil to death (judicial punishment in ancient times) syn 蘸 zhàn to dip in (ink, sauce etc) syn 喧宾夺主 喧賓奪主 xuān bīn duó zhǔ lit. the voice of the guest overwhelms that of the host (idiom) / fig. a minor player upstages the main attraction / minor details obscure the main point / the sauce is better than the fish syn 沙爹 shā diē satay (sauce) 担担面 擔擔麵 dàn dàn miàn Sichuan noodles with a spicy and numbing sauce 麻婆豆腐 má pó dòu fǔ mapo tofu / stir-fried beancurd in chili sauce 虾油 蝦油 xiā yóu prawn sauce 喼汁 jié zhī Worcestershire sauce 干扁豆角 gān biǎn dòu jiǎo green beans in sauce, popular Beijing dish 底汁 dǐ zhī stock (cooking) / base (of sauce or gravy) 扒糕 pá gāo buckwheat pudding (snack of buckwheat noodles with sauce) 沙爹酱 沙爹醬 shā diē jiàng satay sauce 沙茶 shā chá satay (spicy peanut sauce), also spelled sate 烤肉酱 烤肉醬 kǎo ròu jiàng barbecue sauce 烧烤酱 燒烤醬 shāo kǎo jiàng barbecue sauce 蒜蓉油菜 suàn róng yóu cài Chinese vegetable in garlic sauce 蒜蓉豆角 蒜蓉荳角 suàn róng dòu jiǎo green beans in garlic sauce 苹果酱 蘋果醬 píng guǒ jiàng apple sauce / apple jam 豆豉酱 豆豉醬 dòu chǐ jiàng black bean sauce 豪油 háo yóu oyster sauce / correct spelling 蠔油|蚝油 