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"specialty dishes" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
名菜 míng cài famous dishes / specialty dishes
Chinese Pinyin Translation
专业 專業 zhuān yè specialty / specialized field / main field of study (at university) / major / CL:門|门[men2],個|个[ge4] / professional syn
专长 專長 zhuān cháng specialty / special knowledge or ability syn
强项 強項 qiáng xiàng key strength / strong suit / specialty syn
点菜 點菜 diǎn cài to order dishes (in a restaurant)
专卖店 專賣店 zhuān mài diàn specialty store
绝活 絕活 jué huó specialty / unique skill syn
特产 特產 tè chǎn special local product / (regional) specialty
菜肴 菜餚 cài yáo vegetable and meat dishes / dish syn
攻读 攻讀 gōng dú to major (in a field) / to study a specialty to obtain a higher degree syn
土特产 土特產 tǔ tè chǎn local specialty syn
刀削面 刀削麵 dāo xiāo miàn knife-shaved noodles (pared or shaved into strips), a Shanxi specialty syn
洗碗 xǐ wǎn to wash the dishes
反串 fǎn chuàn (Chinese opera) to play a role outside of one's specialty / (modern) to play a transvestite role / to masquerade as an opponent
奶汁 nǎi zhī milk from a woman's breast / milk (used in the names of dishes to indicate white sauce)
祭器 jì qì ritual dishes / sacrificial vessels
拿手菜 ná shǒu cài specialty (dish)
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
餚 yáo variant of 殽|肴, meat dishes / mixed viands
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
国菜 國菜 guó cài national food specialty
海陆煲 海陸煲 hǎi lù bāo sea and land hotpot (Jiangsu specialty)
军事职业专业 軍事職業專業 jūn shì zhí yè zhuān yè Military occupation specialty (MOS, US military term)
特产作物 特產作物 specialty crop
专用焊机 專用焊機 specialty welding machine
特定规则 特定規則 rule of specialty
羊肉泡馍 羊肉泡饃 yáng ròu pào mó mutton and bread soup (a specialty of Shaanxi cuisine)
生煎 shēng jiān shengjian, a pan-fried bun filled with meat and juices, a Shanghai specialty
泡馍 泡饃 pào mó meat and bread soup (a specialty of Shaanxi cuisine)
伴手礼 伴手禮 bàn shǒu lǐ gift given when visiting sb (esp. a local specialty brought back from one's travels, or a special product of one's own country taken overseas) (Tw)
欧咪呀给 歐咪呀給 ōu mī yā gěi (Tw) gift given when visiting sb (esp. a local specialty brought back from one's travels, or a special product of one's own country taken overseas) (loanword from Japanese "omiyage")
拿手好戏 拿手好戲 ná shǒu hǎo xì the role an actor plays best (idiom) / (fig.) one's specialty / one's forte syn
大肠包小肠 大腸包小腸 dà cháng bāo xiǎo cháng small sausage in large sausage (pork sausage stuffed inside a glutinous rice sausage, a Taiwanese street food specialty)
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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