| 小菜一碟 |
xiǎo cài yī dié |
a small appetizer / a piece of cake; very easy (idiom) |
| 小 |
xiǎo |
small / tiny / few / young |
| 小菜 |
xiǎo cài |
appetizer / small side dish / easy job / piece of cake / see also 小菜一碟 |
| 菜 |
cài |
vegetable; greens (CL:棵) / dish (of food) (CL:样,道,盘) / (of one's skills etc) weak; poor / (coll.) (one's) type |
| 一 |
yī |
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit |
| 碟 |
dié |
dish / plate |