蒜
suàn
Pinyin

Definition

蒜
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suàn
  1. garlic
  2. CL:頭|头[tóu],瓣[bàn]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (12)

蒜
suàn
  1. 1 garlic
  2. 2 CL:頭|头[tóu],瓣[bàn]
大蒜
dà suàn
  1. 1 garlic
  2. 2 CL:瓣[bàn],頭|头[tóu]
蒜苗
suàn miáo
  1. 1 garlic shoot
  2. 2 garlic sprouts
蒜蓉
suàn róng
  1. 1 minced garlic
  2. 2 garlic paste
压蒜器
yā suàn qì
  1. 1 garlic press
拌蒜
bàn suàn
  1. 1 to stagger (walk unsteadily)
蒜味
suàn wèi
  1. 1 garlic odor
蒜苔
suàn tái
  1. 1 see 蒜薹[suàn tái]
蒜茸
suàn róng
  1. 1 crushed garlic
  2. 2 also written 蒜蓉
蒜薹
suàn tái
  1. 1 garlic shoots (cookery)
装蒜
zhuāng suàn
  1. 1 to act stupid
  2. 2 to play dumb
  3. 3 to pretend to not know
青蒜
qīng suàn
  1. 1 garlic shoots and leaves

Idioms (2)

磕头如捣蒜
kè tóu rú dǎo suàn
  1. 1 lit. to kowtow like grinding garlic (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to pound the ground with one's head
鸡毛蒜皮
jī máo suàn pí
  1. 1 lit. chicken feathers and garlic skins (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. trivial (matter)

Sample Sentences

老板，家里蒜头刚好用完了，送点蒜嘛。
lǎobǎn ，jiālǐ suàntou gānghǎo yòng wán le ，sòng diǎnr suàn ma 。
Mister, it happens I've run out of garlic at home, could you throw in a bit of garlic for me.
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好吧，给你两瓣蒜。
hǎoba ，gěi nǐ liǎng bàn suàn 。
OK, I'll give you two cloves of garlic.
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别呀，你不能让我亏本吧，做生意总要长长久久，看在你是老顾客的份上，我多送你一点蒜头，行吧？
bié ya ，nǐ bù néng ràng wǒ kuīběn ba ，zuò shēngyi zǒngyào chángchángjiǔjiǔ ，kànzài nǐ shì lǎo gùkè de fènshàng ，wǒ duō sòng nǐ yīdiǎn suàntou ，xíng ba ？
No way, you can't force me to make a loss, but when you do business you have to think of the long term. Seeing as you're an old customer, I'll give you a little more garlic, OK?
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蒜头五粒
suàntou wǔ lì
Five cloves of garlic
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放入蒜头炒至颜色呈现金黄色
fàng rù suàntou chǎo zhì yánsè chéngxiàn jīnhuángsè
Add the garlic and fry until it appears golden brown
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服务员，这个素炒面里头怎么有葱蒜啊？
fúwùyuán ，zhè ge sù chǎomiàn lǐtou zěnme yǒu cōngsuàn ā ？
Waiter, why is there spring onion and garlic in this vegetarian fried noodles?
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葱蒜是荤的吗？我没听说过，那你要换一盘吗？
cōngsuàn shì hūn de ma ？wǒ méi tīngshuō guo ，nà nǐ yào huàn yīpán ma ？
Are spring onion and garlic non-vegetarian? I never heard that before. Do you want me to give you a new one?
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这鸡汤真香，里头还有蒜头和香菇呢...咦？这是什么？
zhè jītāng zhēn xiāng ，lǐtou háiyǒu suàntou hé xiānggū ne ...yí ？zhè shì shénme ？
This chicken soup smells great. There is garlic and mushrooms in it too... Huh? What's this?
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哎，月薪那么低。再说，工作环境又不好，每天做的还都是一些鸡毛蒜皮的小事，一点成就感也没有。这离我的预期差距也太大了。
āi ，yuèxīn nàme dī 。zàishuō ，gōngzuò huánjìng yòu bù hǎo ，měitiān zuò de hái dōu shì yīxiē jīmáosuànpí de xiǎoshì ，yīdiǎn chéngjiùgǎn yě méiyǒu 。zhè lí wǒde yùqī chājù yě tài dà le 。
Why, the monthly income is so low. Besides, the work environment is also not good. Everyday I just do insignificant little jobs and there is no sense of accomplishment. This is too far from what I expected.
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我也不太清楚，一毕业我就来中国工作了。还没来得及加入美国工会呢。我觉得美国工会不太管这些鸡毛蒜皮的小事。主要工作是将工人联合起来，为工人争取权益。
wǒ yě bùtài qīngchǔ ，yī bìyè wǒ jiù lái Zhōngguó gōngzuò le 。hái méi láidejí jiārù Měiguó gōnghuì ne 。wǒ juéde Měiguó gōnghuì bùtài guǎn zhèxiē jīmáosuànpí de xiǎoshì 。zhǔyào gōngzuò shì jiāng gōngrén liánhé qǐlai ，wèi gōngrén zhēngqǔ quányì 。
I don't really know. As soon as I graduated, I came to China to work. I didn't have enough time to join an American union. I think that American unions don't really take care of these small kind of things. Their most important job is to bring workers together and fight for their rights and their benefits.
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