| 黄花菜都凉了 |
huáng huā cài dōu liáng le |
lit. the dishes are cold (idiom) / fig. to arrive late; to take one's sweet time |
| 黄 |
Huáng |
surname Huang or Hwang |
| 黄 |
huáng |
yellow / pornographic / to fall through |
| 黄花 |
huáng huā |
yellow flowers (of various types) / chrysanthemum / cauliflower / (yellow) daylily / a young virgin (boy or girl) |
| 黄花菜 |
huáng huā cài |
citron daylily (Hemerocallis citrina Baroni); golden needles (its edible flower) |
| 花 |
Huā |
surname Hua |
| 花 |
huā |
flower / blossom / CL:朵,支,束,把,盆,簇 / fancy pattern / florid / to spend (money, time) / (coll.) lecherous / lustful |
| 花 |
huā |
old variant of 花 |
| 花 |
huā |
variant of 花 / flower / blossom / also pr. [wei3] |
| 花菜 |
huā cài |
cauliflower |
| 菜 |
cài |
vegetable; greens (CL:棵) / dish (of food) (CL:样,道,盘) / (of one's skills etc) weak; poor / (coll.) (one's) type |
| 都 |
Dū |
surname Du |
| 都 |
dōu |
all; both; entirely / (used for emphasis) even / already / (not) at all |
| 都 |
dū |
capital city / metropolis |
| 凉 |
Liáng |
the five Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Liang 前凉 (314-376), Later Liang 后凉 (386-403), Northern Liang 北凉 (398-439), Southern Liang 南凉 (397-414), Western Liang 西凉 (400-421) |
| 凉 |
liáng |
cool / cold |
| 凉 |
liàng |
to let sth cool down |
| 了 |
le |
(completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) / (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) |
| 了 |
liǎo |
to finish / (used with 得 or 不 after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 "cannot forget") / (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 无 or 不) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least / to understand clearly (variant of 了) |
| 了 |
liǎo |
(of eyes) bright / clear-sighted / to understand clearly |
| 了 |
liào |
unofficial variant of 瞭 |