晚餐
wǎn cān
Pinyin

Definition

晚餐
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wǎn cān
  1. evening meal
  2. dinner
  3. CL:份[fèn],頓|顿[dùn],次[cì]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

今晚
jīn wǎn
  1. 1 tonight
春晚
Chūn Wǎn
  1. 1 abbr. for 春節聯歡晚會|春节联欢晚会[Chūn jié Lián huān Wǎn huì]
昨晚
zuó wǎn
  1. 1 yesterday evening
  2. 2 last night
晚
wǎn
  1. 1 evening
  2. 2 night
  3. 3 late
晚上
wǎn shang
  1. 1 evening
  2. 2 night
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
  4. 4 in the evening
晚安
wǎn ān
  1. 1 Good night!
  2. 2 Good evening!
午餐
wǔ cān
  1. 1 lunch
  2. 2 luncheon
  3. 3 CL:份[fèn],頓|顿[dùn],次[cì]
夜晚
yè wǎn
  1. 1 night
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
大餐
dà cān
  1. 1 great meal
  2. 2 banquet
套餐
tào cān
  1. 1 set meal
  2. 2 product or service package (e.g. for a cell phone subscription)
早餐
zǎo cān
  1. 1 breakfast
  2. 2 CL:份[fèn],頓|顿[dùn],次[cì]
晚会
wǎn huì
  1. 1 evening party
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
晚饭
wǎn fàn
  1. 1 evening meal
  2. 2 dinner
  3. 3 supper
  4. 4 CL:份[fèn],頓|顿[dùn],次[cì],餐[cān]
晚餐
wǎn cān
  1. 1 evening meal
  2. 2 dinner
  3. 3 CL:份[fèn],頓|顿[dùn],次[cì]
晚点
wǎn diǎn
  1. 1 (of trains etc) late
  2. 2 delayed
  3. 3 behind schedule
  4. 4 light dinner
聚餐
jù cān
  1. 1 communal meal
  2. 2 formal dinner of club or group
餐
cān
  1. 1 meal
  2. 2 to eat
  3. 3 classifier for meals
餐厅
cān tīng
  1. 1 dining hall
  2. 2 dining room
  3. 3 restaurant
  4. 4 CL:間|间[jiān],家[jiā]
中餐
Zhōng cān
  1. 1 Chinese meal
  2. 2 Chinese food
  3. 3 CL:份[fèn],頓|顿[dùn]
中餐馆
Zhōng cān guǎn
  1. 1 Chinese restaurant

Idioms (12)

君子报仇，十年不晚
jūn zi bào chóu , shí nián bù wǎn
  1. 1 lit. for a nobleman to take revenge, ten years is not too long (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. revenge is a dish best served cold
大器晚成
dà qì wǎn chéng
  1. 1 lit. it takes a long time to make a big pot (idiom); fig. a great talent matures slowly
  2. 2 in the fullness of time a major figure will develop into a pillar of the state
  3. 3 Rome wasn't built in a day
尸位素餐
shī wèi sù cān
  1. 1 to hold a sinecure (idiom)
早出晚归
zǎo chū wǎn guī
  1. 1 to leave early and return late (idiom)
为时不晚
wéi shí bù wǎn
  1. 1 it is not too late (idiom)
为时未晚
wéi shí wèi wǎn
  1. 1 it is not too late (idiom)
犹未为晚
yóu wèi wéi wǎn
  1. 1 it is not too late (idiom)
相见恨晚
xiāng jiàn hèn wǎn
  1. 1 to regret not having met earlier (idiom); It is nice to meet you finally.
  2. 2 It feels like we have known each other all along.
秀色可餐
xiù sè kě cān
  1. 1 a feast for the eyes (idiom)
  2. 2 (of women) gorgeous
  3. 3 graceful
  4. 4 (of scenery) beautiful
丑媳妇早晚也得见公婆
chǒu xí fù zǎo wǎn yě děi jiàn gōng pó
  1. 1 lit. the ugly daughter-in-law must sooner or later meet her parents-in-law (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. it's not something you can avoid forever
饱餐战饭
bǎo cān zhàn fàn
  1. 1 to fill one's belly before the battle (idiom)
饕餮大餐
tāo tiè dà cān
  1. 1 great meal fit for dragon's son (idiom); sumptuous banquet

Sample Sentences

我昨天晚上看着旅游书就睡着了，谁叫你晚餐要吃火锅，吃到那么晚，我都没精神了。
wǒ zuótiān wǎnshang kàn zhe lǚyóu shū jiù shuìzháo le ，shéi jiào nǐ wǎncān yào chī huǒguō ，chīdào nàme wǎn ，wǒ dōu méi jīngshén le 。
Last night I fell asleep while reading the travel guide. Who suggested going to eat hot pot for dinner? With eating until so late, I didn't have any energy left.
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就说我不想过情人节了，妳还带我去吃情人节晚餐！
jiù shuō wǒ bù xiǎng guò qíngrénjié le ，nǐ hái dài wǒ qù chī qíngrénjié wǎncān ！
Didn't I just say that I didn't want to celebrate Valentine's Day! And you want to bring me to eat a Valentine's Day dinner!
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我刚刚从有机超市买了周末晚餐派对的食材，我上个礼拜就邀请你了，别忘了！
wǒ gānggāng cóng yǒujī chāoshì mǎi le zhōumò wǎncān pàiduì de shícái ，wǒ shàng gè lǐbài jiù yāoqǐng nǐ le ，bié wàng le ！
I just came from the organic supermarket to buy the ingredients for the dinner party at the weekend. I invited you last week, don't forget!
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小莉，晚餐吃什么？要不要跟我一起去吃个麻辣火锅啊？
Xiǎo Lì ，wǎncān chī shénme ？yào bù yào gēn wǒ yīqǐ qù chī gè málà huǒguō ā ？
Xiaoli, what are you eating for dinner? Do you want to go with me to eat spicy hotpot?
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都说要吃得健康一点了，你还净点那些多油的料理。晚餐是煮豆腐和水果沙拉，帮你清清肠胃。
dōu shuō yào chī de jiànkāng yīdiǎn le ，nǐ hái jìng diǎnr nàxiē duō yóu de liàolǐ 。wǎncān shì zhǔ dòufu hé shuǐguǒ shālā ，bāng nǐ qīng qīng chángwèi 。
Didn't we say that you should eat a little more healthily? And you only want to order oily foods. Dinner is boiled tofu and fruit salad, to flush out your digestive system.
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今天的晚餐真的是好吃得不得了。
jīntiān de wǎncān zhēnde shì hǎochī de bùdéliǎo 。
Today’s dinner is really delicious.
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我中午吃了牛肉饭了，晚餐不想再吃饭。
wǒ zhōngwǔ chī le niúròu fàn le ，wǎncān bùxiǎng zài chīfàn 。
I had beef and rice for lunch, so I don’t want to have rice again for dinner.
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你帮我省了很多钱呢。这样好了，星期六晚餐有空吗？
nǐ bāng wǒ shěng le hěn duō qián ne 。zhèyàng hǎo le ，xīngqīliù wǎncān yǒukòng ma ？
You saved me a lot of money. How about this? Are you free for dinner on Saturday night?
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那你有没有好好儿吃晚餐？
nà nǐ yǒumeiyǒu hǎohāo r chī wǎncān ？
Then did you have a proper dinner?
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没有，我晚餐只吃了一个三明治。
méiyǒu ，wǒ wǎncān zhǐ chī le yī gè sānmíngzhì 。
No, I only had a sandwich for dinner.
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