烧腊
shāo là
Pinyin

Definition

烧腊
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shāo là
  1. barbecue (Cantonese style)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

燃烧
rán shāo
  1. 1 to ignite
  2. 2 to combust
  3. 3 to burn
  4. 4 combustion
  5. 5 flaming
烧
shāo
  1. 1 to burn
  2. 2 to cook
  3. 3 to stew
  4. 4 to bake
  5. 5 to roast
  6. 6 to heat
  7. 7 to boil (tea, water etc)
  8. 8 fever
  9. 9 to run a temperature
  10. 10 (coll.) to let things go to one's head
烧烤
shāo kǎo
  1. 1 barbecue
  2. 2 to roast
发烧
fā shāo
  1. 1 to have a high temperature (from illness)
  2. 2 to have a fever
腊月
Là yuè
  1. 1 twelfth lunar month
串烧
chuàn shāo
  1. 1 to cook on a skewer
  2. 2 barbecued food on a skewer
  3. 3 shish kebab
低烧
dī shāo
  1. 1 a low fever (up to 38°C)
叉烧
chā shāo
  1. 1 char siu
  2. 2 barbecued pork
希腊
Xī là
  1. 1 Greece
火烧
huǒ shāo
  1. 1 to set fire to
  2. 2 to burn down
  3. 3 burning hot
  4. 4 baked cake
烧伤
shāo shāng
  1. 1 burn (injury)
烧水
shāo shuǐ
  1. 1 to heat water
  2. 2 to boil water
烧火
shāo huǒ
  1. 1 to light a fire for cooking
烧纸
shāo zhǐ
  1. 1 to burn paper offerings (as part of religious ceremony)
烧菜
shāo cài
  1. 1 to cook
烧卖
shāo mài
  1. 1 shumai (shao mai) steamed dumpling
  2. 2 also written 燒麥|烧麦[shāo mài]
烧酒
shāo jiǔ
  1. 1 name of a famous Tang dynasty wine
  2. 2 same as 白酒[bái jiǔ]
烧开
shāo kāi
  1. 1 to boil
烧饼
shāo bing
  1. 1 baked sesame seed-coated cake
烧香
shāo xiāng
  1. 1 to burn incense

Idioms (6)

平时不烧香，临时抱佛脚
píng shí bù shāo xiāng , lín shí bào fó jiǎo
  1. 1 lit. to clasp the Buddha's feet when danger arises (idiom); fig. to profess devotion only when in trouble
  2. 2 doing things at the last minute
  3. 3 to make a hasty last-minute effort (often refers to cramming for exams)
惹火烧身
rě huǒ shāo shēn
  1. 1 stir up the fire and you get burnt (idiom); to get one's fingers burnt
  2. 2 fig. to suffer on account of one's own meddling
拣佛烧香
jiǎn fó shāo xiāng
  1. 1 to choose which Buddha to burn incense to (idiom); fig. to curry favor from the right person
火烧眉毛
huǒ shāo méi mao
  1. 1 lit. the fire burns one's eyebrows (idiom); fig. desperate situation
  2. 2 extreme emergency
留得青山在，不怕没柴烧
liú de qīng shān zài , bù pà méi chái shāo
  1. 1 While the green hills last, there'll be wood to burn (idiom). Where there's life there's hope.
蜡烛两头烧
là zhú liǎng tóu shāo
  1. 1 to burn the candle at both ends (idiom)
  2. 2 to labor under a double burden

Sample Sentences

烧腊！烧鸭、烤乳鸽、腊肠都是名菜。
shāolà ！shāoyā 、kǎorǔgē 、làcháng dōu shì míngcài 。
Roasted and cured! Roast duck, roast squab and sausage are all famous dishes.
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