原味
yuán wèi
Pinyin

Definition

原味
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yuán wèi
  1. authentic taste
  2. plain cooked
  3. natural flavor (without spices and seasonings)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

Yuán
  1. 1 Hara (Japanese surname)
yuán lái
  1. 1 original
  2. 2 former
  3. 3 originally
  4. 4 formerly
  5. 5 at first
  6. 6 so, actually, as it turns out
yuán yīn
  1. 1 cause
  2. 2 origin
  3. 3 root cause
  4. 4 reason
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè]
yuán wén
  1. 1 original text
yuán liàng
  1. 1 to excuse
  2. 2 to forgive
  3. 3 to pardon
wèi
  1. 1 taste
  2. 2 smell
  3. 3 classifier for drugs (in TCM)
wèi dao
  1. 1 flavor
  2. 2 smell
  3. 3 hint of
měi wèi
  1. 1 delicious
  2. 2 delicious food
  3. 3 delicacy
yī wèi
  1. 1 blindly
  2. 2 invariably
Zhōng yuán
  1. 1 Central Plain, the middle and lower regions of the Yellow river, including Henan, western Shandong, southern Shanxi and Hebei
fá wèi
  1. 1 tedious
rù wèi
  1. 1 tasty
  2. 2 to be absorbed in sth
  3. 3 interesting
yuán xiān
  1. 1 originally
  2. 2 original
  3. 3 former
yuán zé
  1. 1 principle
  2. 2 doctrine
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
yuán chuàng
  1. 1 originality
  2. 2 creativity
  3. 3 innovation
yuán wèi
  1. 1 authentic taste
  2. 2 plain cooked
  3. 3 natural flavor (without spices and seasonings)
yuán dì
  1. 1 (in) the original place
  2. 2 the place where one currently is
  3. 3 place of origin
  4. 4 local (product)
yuán xíng
  1. 1 model
  2. 2 prototype
  3. 3 archetype
yuán shǐ
  1. 1 first
  2. 2 original
  3. 3 primitive
  4. 4 original (document etc)
yuán liào
  1. 1 raw material
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]

Idioms (16)

五味俱全
wǔ wèi jù quán
  1. 1 a complete gamut of all five flavors (idiom); every flavor under the sun
五味杂陈
wǔ wèi zá chén
  1. 1 with complex feelings (idiom)
原封不动
yuán fēng bù dòng
  1. 1 sticking unmoving to the original (idiom); not an iota changed
  2. 2 untouched
原形毕露
yuán xíng bì lù
  1. 1 original identity fully revealed (idiom); fig. to unmask and expose the whole truth
味同嚼蜡
wèi tóng jiáo là
  1. 1 tastes as if one is chewing wax (idiom)
  2. 2 tasteless
  3. 3 insipid
问鼎中原
wèn dǐng Zhōng yuán
  1. 1 to plan to seize power of the whole country (idiom)
单调乏味
dān diào fá wèi
  1. 1 monotonous
  2. 2 dull
  3. 3 tedious (idiom)
星星之火,可以燎原
xīng xing zhī huǒ , kě yǐ liáo yuán
  1. 1 a single spark can start a huge blaze (idiom); an insignificant cause can have a massive effect
津津有味
jīn jīn yǒu wèi
  1. 1 with keen interest (idiom)
  2. 2 with great pleasure
  3. 3 with gusto
  4. 4 eagerly
淡泊寡味
dàn bó guǎ wèi
  1. 1 insipid and tasteless (idiom)
珍馐美味
zhēn xiū měi wèi
  1. 1 delicacy and fine taste (idiom); a wonderful treat
略迹原情
lu:è jì yuán qíng
  1. 1 to overlook past faults (idiom); to forgive and forget
逐鹿中原
zhú lù Zhōng yuán
  1. 1 lit. hunting deer in the Central Plain (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to attempt to seize the throne
食不知味
shí bù zhī wèi
  1. 1 lit. to eat without tasting the food
  2. 2 worried or downhearted (idiom)
食之无味,弃之可惜
shí zhī wú wèi , qì zhī kě xī
  1. 1 lit. to be hardly worth eating, but it would still be a pity to discard it (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. some things have little to no value, yet one is still reluctant to part with them
香味扑鼻
xiāng wèi pū bí
  1. 1 exotic odors assail the nostrils (idiom)

Sample Sentences

将小说拍成电影,如何做到保持原汁原味又让人耳目一新,可能是每个导演的难题。
jiāng xiǎoshuō pāi chéng diànyǐng ,rúhé zuòdào bǎochí yuánzhīyuánwèi yòu ràng rén ěrmùyīxīn ,kěnéng shì měigè dǎoyǎn de nántí 。
It is probably a challenge faced by film directors who have to consider how they can let viewers have a fresh view while keeping the original when making a film from a novel.
萝卜青菜各有所爱吧,总之我还是爱吃原汁原味的中国菜。
luóboqīngcàigèyǒusuǒài ba ,zǒngzhī wǒ háishi ài chī yuánzhīyuánwèi de Zhōngguó cài 。
To each his own, for me I still love truly authentic Chinese food.
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好的,那请问您要原味的还是加辣的?
hǎo de ,nà qǐngwèn nín yào yuánwèi de háishì jiā là de ?
OK. Do you want original or spicy?
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原汁原味
yuánzhīyuánwèi
Authentic.
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我们要看的就是你们原汁原味的生活。像你们这种建在河边的房子就很有特色,外面看起来是传统的吊脚楼。晚上睡在里面,听着潺潺的流水声,看着河两岸的灯火,这感觉真棒。
wǒmen yào kàn de jiùshì nǐmen yuánzhīyuánwèi de shēnghuó 。xiàng nǐmen zhèzhǒng jiàn zài hébiān de fángzi jiù hěn yǒu tèsè ,wàimian kàn qǐlai shì chuántǒng de diàojiǎolóu 。wǎnshang shuì zài lǐmiàn ,tīng zhe chánchán de liúshuǐshēng ,kàn zhe hé liǎng\'àn de dēnghuǒ ,zhè gǎnjué zhēn bàng 。
What we want to see is what your lives were really like. Like these buildings that you build on the riverside – they're so distinctive. From the outside, they look like the traditional stilt-houses. Sleeping inside at night, listening to the babbling sounds of flowing water, watching the lights on both sides of the river – it's such a great feeling.
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本来我们过圣诞节就只是想借这么一个节日的名义来好好放松一下,和朋友们交流交流嘛,是不是原汁原味并不重要,享受圣诞节那种温馨热闹的气氛才是真的。
běnlái wǒmen guò shèngdànjié jiù zhǐshì xiǎng jiè zhème yī ge jiérì de míngyì lái hǎohāo fàngsōng yīxià ,hé péngyǒumen jiāoliú jiāoliú ma ,shì bu shì yuánzhīyuánwèi bìng bù zhòngyào ,xiǎngshòu shèngdànjié nàzhǒng wēnxīn rènao de qìfēn cái shì zhēnde 。