| ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | PlainPY | English Definition | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | PlainPY | English Definition | ||
| 1 | 萝卜 | 蘿蔔 | luó bo | luo2 bo5 | radish (Raphanus sativus), esp. white radish 白萝卜 | ||
| 2 | 卜 | 蔔 | bo | bo5 | see 萝卜 | ||
| 3 | 胡萝卜 | 胡蘿蔔 | hú luó bo | hu2 luo2 bo5 | carrot | ||
| 4 | 萝卜快了不洗泥 | 蘿蔔快了不洗泥 | luó bo kuài le bù xǐ ní | luo2 bo5 kuai4 le5 bu4 xi3 ni2 | when radishes are selling fast, one doesn't take the time to wash the soil off them (idiom); fig. when business is booming, merchants tend to offer goods of inferior quality | ||
| 5 | 樱桃萝卜 | 櫻桃蘿蔔 | yīng táo luó bo | ying1 tao2 luo2 bo5 | summer radish (the small red kind) | ||
| 6 | 白萝卜 | 白蘿蔔 | bái luó bo | bai2 luo2 bo5 | white radish; daikon; Raphanus sativus longipinnatus | ||
| 7 | 一个萝卜一个坑 | 一個蘿蔔一個坑 | yī gè luó bo yī gè kēng | yi1 ge4 luo2 bo5 yi1 ge4 keng1 | lit. every turnip to its hole (idiom); fig. each person has his own position; each to his own; horses for courses; every kettle has its lid | ||
| 8 | 野胡萝卜 | 野胡蘿蔔 | yě hú luó bo | ye3 hu2 luo2 bo5 | carrot (Daucus carota) | ||
| 9 | 心里美萝卜 | 心裡美蘿蔔 | xīn li měi luó bo | xin1 li5 mei3 luo2 bo5 | Chinese roseheart radish (shinrimei radish), green on the outside, purple-red on the inside, a favorite Beijing vegetable | ||
| 10 | 小萝卜头 | 小蘿蔔頭 | xiǎo luó bo tou | xiao3 luo2 bo5 tou5 | (coll.) little kid | ||
| 11 | 小红萝卜 | 小紅蘿蔔 | xiǎo hóng luó bo | xiao3 hong2 luo2 bo5 | summer radish (the small red kind) | ||
| 12 | 水萝卜 | 水蘿蔔 | shuǐ luó bo | shui3 luo2 bo5 | summer radish (the small red kind) | ||
| 13 | 萝卜青菜，各有所爱 | 蘿蔔青菜，各有所愛 | luó bo qīng cài , gè yǒu suǒ ài | luo2 bo5 qing1 cai4 , ge4 you3 suo3 ai4 | see 蘿蔔白菜 ，萝卜白菜 ，各有所爱 | ||
| 14 | 萝卜糕 | 蘿蔔糕 | luó bo gāo | luo2 bo5 gao1 | fried radish cake (a type of dim sum, commonly called "turnip cake") | ||
| 15 | 萝卜白菜，各有所爱 | 蘿蔔白菜，各有所愛 | luó bo bái cài , gè yǒu suǒ ài | luo2 bo5 bai2 cai4 , ge4 you3 suo3 ai4 | one man's meat is another man's poison (idiom); to each his own | ||
| 16 | 李卜克内西 | 李卜克內西 | lǐ bo kè nèi xī | Li3 bo5 ke4 nei4 xi1 | Wilhelm Liebknecht (1826-1900), political activist and founding member of the German Socialist Party SPD | ||
| 17 | 空心萝卜 | 空心蘿蔔 | kōng xīn luó bo | kong1 xin1 luo2 bo5 | useless person | ||
| 18 | 花心大萝卜 | 花心大蘿蔔 | huā xīn dà luó bo | hua1 xin1 da4 luo2 bo5 | (coll.) womanizer; skirt-chaser | ||
| 19 | 胡萝卜素 | 胡蘿蔔素 | hú luó bo sù | hu2 luo2 bo5 su4 | carotene | ||
| 20 | 红萝卜 | 紅蘿蔔 | hóng luó bo | hong2 luo2 bo5 | carrot; radish | ||
| 21 | 大萝卜 | 大蘿蔔 | dà luó bo | da4 luo2 bo5 | see 白萝卜 | ||
| 22 | 卜卜米 | 卜卜米 | bo bo mǐ | Bo5 bo5 mi3 | Rice Krispies |
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