Vocabulary for EzyChinese--Chinese Valentine's Day: Celebration Dinner

2009-08-18 10:43 BJT

 nónglì
1.农历  the lunar calendar

 Expansion:

 yīnlì 
 阴历  the lunar calendar

 gōnglì
 公历  the Gregorian calendar

 qíngrénjié
2. 情人节  Valentine’s Day

 cài dān
3. 菜单  menu

 tuányuánfàn
4. 团圆饭  reunion dinner

  là
5. 辣  spicy

 Expansion:

 tián
  甜  sweet

 xián
  咸  salty

 suān
  酸  sour

 diǎncài
6. 点菜  order food

 gōngbàojīdīng
7. 宫爆鸡丁   fried chicken with pepper and peanuts

 shuǐzhǔniúròu
8. 水煮牛肉   "water"(spicy oil) boiled beef

 fūqīfèipiàn
9. 夫妻肺片  sliced beef and tripe in spicy sauce

  mápódòufu
10. 麻婆豆腐  spicy sautéed bean curd with pepper

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