Boiled beef in chili sauce
水煮牛肉
A classic Sichuan dish featuring thinly sliced beef poached in spicy chili oil soup, with tender beef and rich numbing-s...
Braised eggplant
烧茄子
A Chinese home-style dish where eggplant is braised with soy sauce, garlic and green onions, soft and glutinous in textu...
BBQ pork / Char siu
叉烧肉
A classic Cantonese roasted meat made by marinating pork with honey, soy sauce and rose wine, then roasting, with red gl...
Braised pork knuckle
红烧猪蹄
A Chinese nourishing dish made by braising pig knuckles with soy sauce, rock sugar and spices, soft and glutinous, rich ...
Stuffed pancake
馅饼
A Chinese baked snack with dough wrapper stuffed with meat or vegetable fillings, baked until golden, crispy outside and...
Chinese sausage
腊肠
A traditional Chinese cured meat made of pork marinated with soy sauce, sugar, wine, air-dried or smoked, sweet and savo...
Hong Kong
香港
A special administrative region of the People's Republic of China, located in southern China.
Yuan
元(人民币)
The official currency of the People's Republic of China, also known as Renminbi (RMB), the basic unit of RMB.
Pickled cabbage fish
酸菜鱼
A famous Sichuan-Chongqing dish with boiled fish slices and pickled cabbage, sour and spicy, fresh and tender fish meat.
Egg and tomato stir fry
西红柿炒鸡蛋
The most classic Chinese home-style dish made by stir-frying tomatoes and eggs together, sweet and sour, fresh and easy ...
Chive box
韭菜盒子
A northern Chinese fried snack made of dough wrapper stuffed with chive, egg and vermicelli, fried until golden, crispy ...
Duck blood vermicelli soup
鸭血粉丝汤
A famous Nanjing snack soup with duck blood, vermicelli, duck offal, tofu and green onions, fresh and fragrant, smooth i...
Marinated egg
卤蛋
A Chinese snack made by boiling eggs, removing shells and marinating in soy sauce, star anise, cinnamon and other brine,...
One word dont
一言不合
At the slightest disagreement.
You this person is really something
你这人真是的
You are really something (mild frustration).
This is not a joke
这不是开玩笑
This is serious, no kidding.
One car come one car go
一车来一车走
One car comes, one car goes (describing traffic).
You go first I with money
你先走我带钱
You go first, I have money to pay.
Sleep sleep get up
睡睡起
Go to sleep, then wake up.
Think think again think
再想想再想想
A Chinglish expression directly translated from Chinese "zài xiǎng zài xiǎng", used to urge someone to think repeatedly ...
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