皮蛋
pí dàn
Pinyin

Definition

皮蛋
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pí dàn
  1. thousand-year old eggs
  2. preserved eggs

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

彩蛋
cǎi dàn
  1. 1 painted eggshell
  2. 2 Easter egg
  3. 3 (media) Easter egg (hidden feature in software or a movie etc)
  4. 4 post-credits scene
混蛋
hún dàn
  1. 1 scoundrel
  2. 2 bastard
  3. 3 hoodlum
  4. 4 wretch
皮
Pí
  1. 1 surname Pi
皮肤
pí fū
  1. 1 skin
  2. 2 CL:層|层[céng],塊|块[kuài]
笨蛋
bèn dàn
  1. 1 fool
  2. 2 idiot
蛋
Dàn
  1. 1 variant of 蜑[Dàn]
蛋糕
dàn gāo
  1. 1 cake
  2. 2 CL:塊|块[kuài],個|个[gè]
鸡蛋
jī dàn
  1. 1 (chicken) egg
  2. 2 hen's egg
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè],打[dá]
下蛋
xià dàn
  1. 1 to lay eggs
俏皮
qiào pi
  1. 1 smart
  2. 2 charming
  3. 3 attractive
  4. 4 witty
  5. 5 facetious
  6. 6 ironic
剥皮
bāo pí
  1. 1 to skin
  2. 2 to flay
  3. 3 to excoriate
  4. 4 to peel
  5. 5 to bark at sb
  6. 6 to physically punish sb
包皮
bāo pí
  1. 1 wrapping
  2. 2 wrapper
  3. 3 foreskin
厚脸皮
hòu liǎn pí
  1. 1 brazen
  2. 2 shameless
  3. 3 impudent
  4. 4 cheek
  5. 5 thick-skinned
去皮
qù pí
  1. 1 to peel
  2. 2 to remove the skin
  3. 3 to tare
单眼皮
dān yǎn pí
  1. 1 single eyelid
坏蛋
huài dàn
  1. 1 bad egg
  2. 2 scoundrel
  3. 3 bastard
外皮
wài pí
  1. 1 outer skin
  2. 2 carapace
完蛋
wán dàn
  1. 1 (coll.) to be done for
扯蛋
chě dàn
  1. 1 variant of 扯淡[chě dàn]
捣蛋
dǎo dàn
  1. 1 to cause trouble
  2. 2 to stir up trouble

Idioms (20)

三个臭皮匠，合成一个诸葛亮
sān gè chòu pí jiang , hé chéng yī gè Zhū gě Liàng
  1. 1 lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom
三个臭皮匠，赛过一个诸葛亮
sān gè chòu pí jiang , sài guò yī gè Zhū gě Liàng
  1. 1 lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom
  2. 2 wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual
三个臭皮匠，赛过诸葛亮
sān gè chòu pí jiang , sài guò Zhū gě Liàng
  1. 1 lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom
  2. 2 wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual
三个臭皮匠，顶个诸葛亮
sān gè chòu pí jiang , dǐng gè Zhū gě Liàng
  1. 1 lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom
  2. 2 wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual
人心隔肚皮
rén xīn gé dù pí
  1. 1 there is no knowing what is in a man's heart (idiom)
拉大旗作虎皮
lā dà qí zuò hǔ pí
  1. 1 lit. to wave a banner as if it were a tiger skin (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to borrow sb's prestige
  3. 3 to take the name of a great cause as a shield
死皮赖脸
sǐ pí lài liǎn
  1. 1 brazen faced (idiom); shameless
皮包骨头
pí bāo gǔ tóu
  1. 1 to be all skin and bones (idiom)
  2. 2 also written 皮包骨[pí bāo gǔ]
皮笑肉不笑
pí xiào ròu bù xiào
  1. 1 to put on a fake smile (idiom)
  2. 2 to smile insincerely
皮开肉绽
pí kāi ròu zhàn
  1. 1 flesh lacerated from corporal punishment (idiom)
眼皮哭肿
yǎn pí kū zhǒng
  1. 1 to have eyelids swollen from crying
  2. 2 very unhappy (idiom)
磨嘴皮子
mó zuǐ pí zi
  1. 1 to wear out the skin of one's teeth (idiom); pointlessly blather
  2. 2 to talk incessant nonsense
  3. 3 blah blah
磨破嘴皮子
mó pò zuǐ pí zi
  1. 1 to wear out one's lips (idiom)
  2. 2 to talk until one is blue in the face
  3. 3 to repeat again and again
粘皮带骨
nián pí dài gǔ
  1. 1 (old) (idiom) muddled
  2. 2 indecisive
  3. 3 plodding
细皮嫩肉
xì pí nèn ròu
  1. 1 soft skin and tender flesh (idiom)
  2. 2 smooth-skinned
羊质虎皮
yáng zhì hǔ pí
  1. 1 lit. the heart of a sheep in the skin of a tiger (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. impressive in appearance but lacking in substance
  3. 3 braggart
苍蝇不叮无缝蛋
cāng ying bù dīng wú fèng dàn
  1. 1 lit. flies do not attack an intact egg (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. no smoke without a fire
鸡毛蒜皮
jī máo suàn pí
  1. 1 lit. chicken feathers and garlic skins (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. trivial (matter)
鸡蛋碰石头
jī dàn pèng shí tou
  1. 1 lit. an egg colliding with a rock (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to attack sb stronger than oneself
  3. 3 to overrate one's abilities
鸡蛋里挑骨头
jī dàn li tiāo gǔ tou
  1. 1 to look for bones in an egg
  2. 2 to find fault
  3. 3 to nitpick (idiom)

Sample Sentences

我喜欢吃皮蛋，但是我的朋友不喜欢吃皮蛋。
wǒ xǐhuan chī pídàn ，dànshì wǒ de péngyou bù xǐhuan chī pídàn 。
I like to eat thousand-year-old egg, but my friends don't like them.
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你吃过皮蛋吗？
nǐ chī guò pídàn ma ？
Have you tried the hundred-year-old egg before?
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中国菜不全都是好吃的，大部分的菜都好吃，只有一种不好吃，那就是皮蛋。
Zhōngguó cài bù quándōu shì hǎochī de ，dàbùfen de cài dōu hǎochī ，zhǐ yǒu yīzhǒng bù hǎochī ，nà jiùshì pídàn 。
Not all Chinese dishes are tasty. Most of the dishes are delicious. There's only one kind that's not tasty, and that's century eggs.
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