xiǎo cài

小菜 (xiǎo cài) is a Chinese word meaning “appetizer; small side dish; easy job”.

Meanings

  1. 1appetizer
  2. 2small side dish
  3. 3easy job
  4. 4piece of cake
  5. 5see also 小菜一碟[xiao3 cai4 yi1 die2]

Characters in 小菜

小xiǎo · small菜cài · vegetable; greens (CL:棵[ke1])

Related words

小small小时hour小姐young lady小心to be careful小子(literary) youngster小子(coll.) boy小孩child菜vegetable; greens (CL:棵[ke1])小伙子young man小组group小时候in one's childhood小丑clown

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