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萝卜

luó bo
HSK 3.0 Level 7

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Definitions

  1. 1. radish (Raphanus sativus), esp. white radish 白蘿蔔|白萝卜[bái luó bo]

Words Containing 萝卜

萝卜青菜,各有所爱
luó bo qīng cài , gè yǒu suǒ ài

see 蘿蔔白菜,各有所愛|萝卜白菜,各有所爱[luó bo bái cài , gè yǒu suǒ ài]

萝卜糕
luó bo gāo

fried radish cake (a type of dim sum, commonly called \turnip cake\)

心里美萝卜
xīn li měi luó bo

Chinese roseheart radish (shinrimei radish), green on the outside, purple-red on the inside, a favorite Beijing vegetable

野胡萝卜
yě hú luó bo

carrot (Daucus carota)

樱桃萝卜
yīng táo luó bo

summer radish (the small red kind)

胡萝卜素
hú luó bo sù

carotene

花心大萝卜
huā xīn dà luó bo

(coll.) womanizer

一个萝卜一个坑
yī gè luó bo yī gè kēng

lit. every turnip to its hole (idiom)

空心萝卜
kōng xīn luó bo

useless person

小红萝卜
xiǎo hóng luó bo

summer radish (the small red kind)

红萝卜
hóng luó bo

carrot

胡萝卜
hú luó bo

carrot

小萝卜头
xiǎo luó bo tou

(coll.) little kid

拔出萝卜带出泥
bá chū luó bo dài chū ní

lit. when you pull a radish out of the ground, some dirt comes up with it (idiom)

大萝卜
dà luó bo

see 白蘿蔔|白萝卜[bái luó bo]

萝卜快了不洗泥
luó bo kuài le bù xǐ ní

when radishes are selling fast, one doesn't take the time to wash the soil off them (idiom)

萝卜白菜,各有所爱
luó bo bái cài , gè yǒu suǒ ài

(idiom) one man's meat is another man's poison; to each his own

白萝卜
bái luó bo

white radish

水萝卜
shuǐ luó bo

summer radish (the small red kind)