陈皮
chén pí
Pinyin

Definition

陈皮
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chén pí
  1. orange peel
  2. tangerine peel
  3. dried orange peel used in Chinese medicine

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

皮
Pí
  1. 1 surname Pi
皮肤
pí fū
  1. 1 skin
  2. 2 CL:層|层[céng],塊|块[kuài]
上皮
shàng pí
  1. 1 epithelium
俏皮
qiào pi
  1. 1 smart
  2. 2 charming
  3. 3 attractive
  4. 4 witty
  5. 5 facetious
  6. 6 ironic
俏皮话
qiào pi huà
  1. 1 witticism
  2. 2 wisecrack
  3. 3 sarcastic remark
  4. 4 double entendre
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
地皮
dì pí
  1. 1 lot
  2. 2 section of land
  3. 3 ground
外皮
wài pí
  1. 1 outer skin
  2. 2 carapace
嬉皮
xī pí
  1. 1 hippie (loanword) (Tw)
扯皮
chě pí
  1. 1 to wrangle
  2. 2 wrangling
果皮
guǒ pí
  1. 1 (fruit) peel
桂皮
guì pí
  1. 1 Chinese cinnamon (Cinnamonum cassia)
  2. 2 cassia bark
橡皮
xiàng pí
  1. 1 rubber
  2. 2 an eraser
  3. 3 CL:塊|块[kuài]
橡皮擦
xiàng pí cā
  1. 1 eraser
  2. 2 rubber
  3. 3 CL:塊|块[kuài]
橡皮筋
xiàng pí jīn
  1. 1 rubber band
死皮赖脸
sǐ pí lài liǎn
  1. 1 brazen faced (idiom); shameless

Idioms (18)

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
鸡毛蒜皮
jī máo suàn pí
  1. 1 lit. chicken feathers and garlic skins (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. trivial (matter)
食肉寝皮
shí ròu qǐn pí
  1. 1 to eat sb's flesh and sleep on their hide (idiom); to swear revenge on sb
  2. 2 implacable hatred
  3. 3 to have sb's guts for garters

Sample Sentences

我也不知道，反正在美国流行的中国菜都是我在中国没见过的。什么陈皮牛啦、左将军鸡啦、蟹角啦……哦，对了，还有他们最爱的西兰花，什么菜里都要搁点儿西兰花，什么西兰花炒牛肉啦、西兰花炒鸡肉啦……
wǒ yě bù zhīdào ，fǎnzhèng zài Měiguó liúxíng de zhōngguó cài dōu shì wǒ zài Zhōngguó méi jiàn guo de 。shénme chénpíniú la 、Zuǒjiāngjūnjī la 、xièjiǎo la ……ò ，duìle ，háiyǒu tāmen zuìài de xīlánhuā ，shénme cài lǐ dōuyào gē diǎnr xīlánhuā ，shénme xīlánhuā chǎo niúròu la 、xīlánhuā chǎo jīròu la ……
I don't know. Anyway, popular American Chinese food is all stuff I've never seen in China. Stuff like Orange Chicken, General Tso's Chicken and Crab Rangoons. Oh, that's right, they also love broccoli. They put a bit of broccoli in every dish. Stuff like Beef with Broccoli, Chicken with Broccoli.
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