小菜一碟 meaning in English
a small appetizer; a piece of cake; very easy (idiom)
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Meaning of 小菜一碟
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
xiǎocàiyīdié
- a small appetizer
- a piece of cake; very easy (idiom)
小菜一碟 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
小菜一碟。
It's a piece of cake.
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小 xiǎo · small · 3 strokes
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菜 cài · vegetable · 11 strokes
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一 yī · one · 1 strokes
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碟 dié · plate · 14 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 小菜一碟.
| 一起 | yīqǐ | (in) the same place; together; in company (with) |
| 一样 | yīyàng | same; like |
| 一些 | yīxiē | some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er |
| 小姐 | xiǎojiě | young lady; miss |
| 小时 | xiǎoshí | hour |
| 一会儿 | yīhuìr | a moment; a while |
| 一半 | yībàn | half |
| 一边 | yībiān | one side; either side |
| 小朋友 | xiǎopéngyǒu | child; kid (used to refer to a child, or by an adult to address a child, or, in Taiwan, to |
| 一点儿 | yīdiǎnr | erhua variant of 一點|一点[yi1 dian3] |
| 小学 | xiǎoxué | elementary school; primary school |
| 一块儿 | yīkuàir | erhua variant of 一塊|一块[yi1 kuai4] |
Questions about 小菜一碟
What does 小菜一碟 mean?
小菜一碟 (xiǎocàiyīdié) means "a small appetizer; a piece of cake; very easy (idiom)".
How do you write 小菜一碟?
小菜一碟 is made of 4 characters: 小 (3 strokes), 菜 (11 strokes), 一 (1 strokes), 碟 (14 strokes). That is 29 strokes in total.