鹹菜燒豆腐
Chinese edit
salted vegetable; pickle; pickled mustard greens | to burn; to cook; to stew to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; fever |
tofu; bean curd; any food with tofu-like physical quality | ||
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trad. (鹹菜燒豆腐) | 鹹菜 | 燒 | 豆腐 | |
simp. (咸菜烧豆腐) | 咸菜 | 烧 | 豆腐 |
Etymology edit
For the idiom, it is short for 鹹菜燒豆腐,有鹽在先/咸菜烧豆腐,有盐在先 (“salted vegetables and tofu, have the salted one first”), a wordplay on 有言在先 (yǒuyán zàixiān).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
鹹菜燒豆腐
- salted vegetables and tofu (dish)
Idiom edit
鹹菜燒豆腐
- (xiehouyu) to make it clear beforehand; to forewarn