味蕾
wèi lěi
Pinyin

Definition

味蕾
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wèi lěi
  1. taste bud(s)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

kǒu wèi
  1. 1 a person's preferences
  2. 2 tastes (in food)
  3. 3 flavor
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
zī wèi
  1. 1 taste
  2. 2 flavor
  3. 3 feeling
měi wèi
  1. 1 delicious
  2. 2 delicious food
  3. 3 delicacy
yī wèi
  1. 1 blindly
  2. 2 invariably
fá wèi
  1. 1 tedious
rù wèi
  1. 1 tasty
  2. 2 to be absorbed in sth
  3. 3 interesting
yuán wèi
  1. 1 authentic taste
  2. 2 plain cooked
  3. 3 natural flavor (without spices and seasonings)
wèi r5
  1. 1 taste
wèi jīng
  1. 1 monosodium glutamate (MSG)
pǐn wèi
  1. 1 to sample
  2. 2 to taste
  3. 3 to appreciate
  4. 4 one's taste (i.e. in music, literature, fashion, food and drink etc)
  5. 5 good taste
huí wèi
  1. 1 to reflect on
  2. 2 to ponder over
  3. 3 aftertaste
nián wèi
  1. 1 Spring Festival atmosphere
  2. 2 festive ambiance of Chinese New Year
yì wèi
  1. 1 meaning
  2. 2 implication
  3. 3 flavor
  4. 4 overtone
  5. 5 to mean
  6. 6 to imply
  7. 7 (Tw) to get a sense of
yǒu wèi
  1. 1 tasty
qì wèi
  1. 1 odor
  2. 2 scent
wú wèi
  1. 1 tasteless
  2. 2 odorless
yì wèi
  1. 1 unpleasant odor
chòu wèi xiāng tóu
  1. 1 to share vile habits
  2. 2 partners in notoriety
  3. 3 birds of a feather

Idioms (10)

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)
味同嚼蜡
wèi tóng jiáo là
  1. 1 tastes as if one is chewing wax (idiom)
  2. 2 tasteless
  3. 3 insipid
单调乏味
dān diào fá wèi
  1. 1 monotonous
  2. 2 dull
  3. 3 tedious (idiom)
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
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

你不要把这两个混为一谈。人类吃那些动物已经有成百上千年的历史了,早就习惯了,不一样。人不能为了满足自己的味蕾,什么都吃。好多人就喜欢吃野味,把可爱的动物,还有珍稀动物都变成盘中餐了。我们什么时候能够用和平共存的观念对待动物呢?
nǐ bùyào bǎ zhè liǎng ge hùnwéiyītán 。rénlèi chī nàxiē dòngwù yǐjīng yǒu chéngbǎishàngqiān nián de lìshǐ le ,zǎo jiù xíguàn le ,bù yīyàng 。rén bùnéng wèile mǎnzú zìjǐ de wèilěi ,shénme dōu chī 。hǎo duō rén jiù xǐhuan chī yěwèi ,bǎ kě ài de dòngwù ,háiyǒu zhēnxī dòngwù dōu biànchéng pánzhōngcān le 。wǒmen shénmeshíhòu nénggòu yòng hépínggòngcún de guānniàn duìdài dòngwù ne ?
Don't mix these two things together. Humans have eaten those kinds of animals for thousands of years. We got used to it very early on. But dogs are different. People can't eat everything, just to satisfy our taste buds. A lot of people like to eat game animals. They turn cute and even protected animals into a meal! When will people be able to treat animals in the spirit of respect and mutual coexistence?
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