| 韭菜盒子 |
jiǔ cài hé zi |
chive pocket, savory pan-fried turnover stuffed with garlic chives and other ingredients (usually contains scrambled eggs) |
| 韭 |
jiǔ |
leek |
| 韭 |
jiǔ |
variant of 韭 |
| 韭菜 |
jiǔ cài |
garlic chives (Allium tuberosum), aka Chinese chives / (fig.) retail investors who lose their money to more experienced operators (i.e. they are "harvested" like garlic chives) |
| 菜 |
cài |
vegetable; greens (CL:棵) / dish (of food) (CL:样,道,盘) / (of one's skills etc) weak; poor / (coll.) (one's) type |
| 盒 |
hé |
small box / case |
| 盒子 |
hé zi |
box; case / hezi – a savory turnover-like pie in northern Chinese and Mongolian cuisines |
| 子 |
zǐ |
son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub- |
| 子 |
zi |
noun suffix, as in 椅子 "chair" |