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"ritual dishes" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
祭器 jì qì ritual dishes / sacrificial vessels
Chinese Pinyin Translation
点菜 點菜 diǎn cài to order dishes (in a restaurant)
菜肴 菜餚 cài yáo vegetable and meat dishes / dish syn
法事 fǎ shì religious ceremony / ritual syn
名菜 míng cài famous dishes / specialty dishes
观礼 觀禮 guān lǐ to attend a ritual syn
持重 chí zhòng prudent / cautious / to be in charge of ritual ceremonies / to hold an important office syn
拜天地 bài tiān dì to worship heaven and earth / ritual kneeling by bride and groom in a old-fashioned wedding ceremony / also called 拜堂 syn
洗碗 xǐ wǎn to wash the dishes
饕餮 tāo tiè ferocious mythological animal, the fifth son of the dragon king / zoomorphic mask motif, found on Shang and Zhou ritual bronzes / gluttonous / sumptuous (banquet) syn
纸钱 紙錢 zhǐ qián ritual money made of paper burnt for the Gods or the dead
拜堂 bài táng ritual kneeling to heaven and earth by bride and groom in a old-fashioned wedding ceremony / same as 拜天地
奶汁 nǎi zhī milk from a woman's breast / milk (used in the names of dishes to indicate white sauce)
守 shǒu to guard / to defend / to keep watch / to abide by the law / to observe (rules or ritual) / nearby / adjoining syn
居丧 居喪 jū sàng to observe the ritual mourning
杯盘狼藉 杯盤狼藉 bēi pán láng jí cups and dishes in complete disorder (idiom) / after a riotous drinking party syn
祓 fú to cleanse / to remove evil / ritual for seeking good fortune and avoiding disaster
餚 yáo variant of 殽|肴, meat dishes / mixed viands
祃 禡 mà (arch.) religious ritual on setting out for war
三茶六饭 三茶六飯 sān chá liù fàn lit. to offer three kinds of tea and six different dishes / to be extremely considerate towards guests (idiom)
荮 葤 zhòu (dialect) to wrap with straw / classifier for a bundle (of bowls, dishes etc) tied with straw syn
汤类 湯類 tāng lèi soup dishes (on menu)
盘碗 盤碗 pán wǎn dishes / crockery / plates and cups
盘飧 盤飧 pán sūn dishes / the food in a 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
荤辛 葷辛 hūn xīn very pungent and spicy vegetable dishes (a common Buddhist term)
集餐 jí cān communal dining where one takes one's food from dishes served to everyone at the table (contrasted with 分餐[fen1can1])
饭类 飯類 fàn lèi rice dishes (on menu)
饭餸 飯餸 fàn sòng dishes (of food) (Cantonese)
面类 麵類 miàn lèi noodle dishes (on menu)
大鱼大肉 大魚大肉 dà yú dà ròu dishes with generous amounts of meat and fish / lavish meal
拼餐 pīn cān (of people with tight budget) to enjoy various dishes at the restaurant by ordering the food together and then sharing the costs
黄花菜都凉了 黃花菜都涼了 huáng huā cài dōu liáng le lit. the dishes are cold (idiom) / fig. to arrive late / to take one's sweet time
打抛 打拋 dǎ pāo holy basil (Ocimum tenuiflorum) (loanword from Thai "kaphrao") (used as an attributive in the names of Thai-style "phat kaphrao" dishes to indicate that the main ingredient is stir-fried with basil, as in 打拋豬|打抛猪[da3pao1zhu1], stir-fried pork with basil)
莼羹鲈脍 蓴羹鱸膾 chún gēng - lú kuài (idiom) the dishes from one's hometown / (idiom) homesickness
槱 yǒu ritual bonfire
祝发 祝髮 zhù fà to cut one's hair (as part of a minority ritual or in order to become a monk)
礼器 禮器 lǐ qì ritual object / sacrificial vessel
纸人纸马 紙人紙馬 zhǐ rén zhǐ mǎ paper dolls for ritual use in the shape of people or animals
纸马 紙馬 zhǐ mǎ paper dolls for ritual use in the shape of people or animals
金刚杵 金剛杵 jīn gāng chǔ vajra scepter (ritual object of Buddhism)
行礼如仪 行禮如儀 xíng lǐ rú yì to perform the ritual bows / to follow the customary ceremonies
观落阴 觀落陰 guān luò yīn a ritual whereby the living soul is brought to the nether world for a spiritual journey
行礼如仪 行禮如儀 xíng lǐ rú yí to perform the ritual bows / to follow the customary ceremonies
祓除 fú chú to exorcize (evil spirits) / to purify through ritual / to rid oneself of (a bad habit)
居丧 居喪 jū sāng to observe the ritual mourning
拨浪鼓 撥浪鼓 bō lang gǔ rattle drum / pellet drum – a hand drum with two pellets attached to strings on either side, mounted on a rod that is twirled to make the pellets strike the drum (used in ritual music, as a children's toy or as a street vendor's noisemaker) syn
科仪 科儀 kē yí ritual (Daoism) / scientific instrument (abbr. for 科學儀器|科学仪器[ke1 xue2 yi2 qi4])
冠礼 冠禮 guàn lǐ the capping ceremony, a Confucian coming of age ceremony for males dating from pre-Qin times, performed when a boy reaches the age of 20, involving the ritual placing of caps on the head of the young man
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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