| 招牌菜 |
zhāo pái cài |
signature dish / a restaurant’s most famous dish |
| 招 |
zhāo |
to recruit / to provoke / to beckon / to incur / to infect / contagious / a move (chess) / a maneuver / device / trick / to confess |
| 招牌 |
zhāo pai |
signboard / shop sign / reputation of a business |
| 牌 |
pái |
signboard; plaque; plate; tablet (CL:块) / brand; trademark (CL:个) / mahjong tile; domino; playing card (CL:张) / (bound form) fixed pattern for lyrics or set melody in classical poetry or music (used in 词牌 and 曲牌) |
| 菜 |
cài |
vegetable; greens (CL:棵) / dish (of food) (CL:样,道,盘) / (of one's skills etc) weak; poor / (coll.) (one's) type |