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tofu / bean curd
HSK 4
bean vermicelli; mung bean starch noodles; cellophane noodles / fan; enthusiast for sb or sth (loanword from "fans")
HSK 7-9
bean / pea / CL: 顆|颗
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *豆* | 豆* | *豆
legume; pulse; bean; pea (CL:顆|颗,) / (old) stemmed cup or bowl
lit. Sow melon and you get melon, sow beans and you get beans (idiom); fig. As you sow, so shall you reap. / One must live with the consequences of one's actions. / You've made your bed, now must lie on it.
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鴻* | 鴻* | *鴻
eastern bean goose / great / large
mung bean
azuki bean; red bean
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *薰* | 薰* | *薰
sweet-smelling grass / Coumarouna odorata / tonka beans / coumarin
sweetened bean paste
a great blessing / daifuku, a traditional Japanese sweet consisting of a soft, chewy outer layer made of glutinous rice (mochi) and a sweet filling, commonly red bean paste (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 大福 "daifuku")
kidney bean
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蓉* | 蓉* | *蓉
paste made by mashing beans or seeds etc / used in 芙蓉, lotus
five crops, e.g. millet , soybean , sesame , barley 麥|麦, rice or other variants / all crops / all grains / oats, peas, beans and barley
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *豉* | 豉* | *豉
salted fermented beans
jellied tofu / soft bean curd
cotyledon of a bean or pea (i.e. either of the halves of a bean or pea) / thick bean sauce (abbr. for 豆瓣醬|豆瓣酱)
soybean milk / fermented bean curd
sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) / yam bean (Pachyrhizus erosus) / (TCM) digua fig (Ficus tikoua Bur.)
lit. to count on a narrow abacus (idiom); petty and scheming selfishly / concerned with petty interests / selfish and uncaring of the interests of others / bean counter
to leak / to expose (sb's secret) / to spill the beans / to let the cat out of the bag
bean sprouts
lit. small abacus / fig. selfish calculations / bean-counting
hyacinth bean / haricot
vermicelli made from mung bean starch etc
sticky chili bean sauce / doubanjiang
broad bean (Vicia faba); fava bean
green bean / French bean / runner bean
fermented bean curd
smoked bean curd
jellied tofu / soft bean curd
(bird species of China) taiga bean goose (Anser fabalis)
sweetened bean paste
rice congee made with red beans, lotus seeds, longan, red dates, nuts etc
immature green soy beans, either still in the pod (edamame) or removed from the pod
a small-minded person / a bean-counter
soy bean oil / (dialect) soy sauce
pea shoots / bean seedling
lit. cannot tell beans from wheat (idiom); fig. ignorant of practical matters
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蓽* | 蓽* | *蓽
bean / pulse
star anise-flavored fava beans (snack from Shaoxing, Zhejiang province)
food grains (rice, wheat, barley, beans, soybeans, sesame)
bean sprout
cowpea / black-eyed bean
amanattō, traditional Japanese sweets made from azuki or other beans
yam bean (Pachyrhizus erosus), a vine with sweet edible root
jellied tofu / soft bean curd
broad bean (Vicia faba); fava bean
to reveal the truth / to spill the beans
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *豇* | 豇* | *豇
cowpeas / black-eyed beans
string bean / snap bean / green bean
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *藿* | 藿* | *藿
Lophanthus rugosus / beans
black bean / black bean sauce
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *荳* | 荳* | *荳
legume; pulse; bean; pea (variant of )
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *菽* | 菽* | *菽
legumes (peas and beans)
taiyaki, Japanese-style waffle made with a fish-shaped mold, typically filled with a sweet bean paste
cloth, silk, beans and grain / food and clothing / daily necessities
yōkan, gelatin dessert typically made from red bean paste, agar, and sugar, sold in block form
baked beans
burning beanstalks to cook the beans (idiom); to cause internecine strife
douzhi, fermented drink made from ground mung beans / soy milk
broad bean (Vicia faba); fava bean
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *豏* | 豏* | *豏
half-grown beans / variant of 餡|馅
coffee beans
seed / grain / kernel / bean
(Tw) cellophane noodles; mung bean vermicelli
kidney bean
chickpea (Cicer arietinum) / garbanzo bean
typhoon shelter (a cove where boats shelter from strong winds and rough seas, esp. in Hong Kong) / (attributive) typhoon shelter-style, a cooking method associated with those who lived on boats in the coves, where crab, prawn or other meat is fried and flavored with spices and black beans
fried beans, Sichuan style
bean
dragon bean / long bean
bean paste bun
black bean sauce
lima bean, aka butter bean (Phaseolus lunatus)
red bean paste
loafers (the name comes from the rubber "pebbles", which resemble beans, on the sole of some loafers)
imagawayaki (sweet snack made of batter cooked in the shape of a car wheel, stuffed with azuki bean paste or other fillings)
a kind of flat cake made from bean flour, often cut up and fried
(orthography) consistent words (e.g. "dean", "bean", and "lean", where "-ean" is pronounced the same in each case) / consistent characters (e.g. 搖|摇, 遙|遥 and 謠|谣, which share a phonetic component that reliably indicates that the pronunciation of the character is yáo)
green beans in sauce, popular Beijing dish
lit. knife mouth but heart of bean curd; sharp tongue concealing a caring heart
bean bag round
Mr. Bean (TV)
variable glycine (Glycine tabacina), a scrambling plant in the bean family
white kidney beans
(bird species of China) tundra bean goose (Anser serrirostris)
to pour beans out of a bamboo tube / (fig.) to come clean; to make a clean breast of things
mung bean cake (pastry with a rounded top, containing a sweet or savory filling made with cooked mung beans)
castor beans
pea or bean (dialect)
bean paste bun
yam bean / Pachyrhizus genus
bean bag round
"kopi luwak" or civet coffee, made from coffee beans plucked from Asian palm civet's feces
tamarind (Tamarindus indica) tropical tree with bean-like fruit / pickled caper
large metal plate for making bean curd / metal pot for warming wine
the God of Thunder strikes bean curd / fig. to bully the weakest person / to pick on an easy target
the God of Thunder strikes bean curd, a bully picks the weakest person / to pick on an easy target


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