Chicken soup noodle
鸡汤面
A Chinese light noodle dish with boiled noodles in fresh chicken soup, topped with chicken slices and green onions, fres...
Deep fried milk
炸牛奶
A Cantonese sweet snack made by solidifying milk with starch, cutting into strips, coating with batter and deep-frying, ...
Thousand layer pancake
千层饼
A Chinese flaky baked pancake made by layered dough, baked until golden and crispy, with multi-layer texture and salty f...
No door!
没门！
No way! Absolutely not! (literally: no door to enter)
Glutinous rice ball
汤圆
A traditional Chinese festival food made of glutinous rice flour wrapper with sweet fillings like sesame, peanut, red be...
Teach fish how to swim
班门弄斧 / 教鱼游泳
To teach someone something they already know well; to show off in front of an expert
Play house
过家家
Children pretending to be adults in a family setting; also used for immature relationships
Good thing many
好事多磨
Good things require patience and often face obstacles before success
Bone in egg
鸡蛋里挑骨头
To deliberately look for flaws or faults where none exist; to nitpick
Snow fungus soup
银耳汤
A traditional Chinese sweet soup 🍯, snow fungus boiled with rock sugar, red dates, etc., moist and sweet, a classic nour...
Bend finger count
屈指可数
A metaphor for a very small number of things or people, which can be counted by bending fingers.
Live see person die see corpse
活见人，死见尸
A metaphor for being desperate to confirm the safety or existence of someone, requiring to see the person alive or the c...
Smoke fire not share
烟火不共
A metaphor for being incompatible with others, unable to live together or get along harmoniously, like smoke and fire ca...
Wall grass swing both sides
墙头草，两边倒
A metaphor for a person who has no independent opinion, is fickle, and always sides with the stronger side.