红萝卜炒辣椒
hóng​luó​bo​chǎo​là​jiāo

distinguishable upon tasting

  • created sense approved 红萝卜炒辣椒/紅蘿蔔炒辣椒 · hóng​luó​bo​chǎo​là​jiāo · distinguishable upon tasting — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    红萝卜炒辣椒 / 紅蘿蔔炒辣椒

    hóng​luó​bo​chǎo​là​jiāo

    distinguishable upon tasting

    (xiehouyu) looks the same but tastes different; carrots and chili peppers are both red and hard to distinguish when stir-fried together, but the difference is immediately clear upon tasting; used to mean that while two things look similar, their true nature is revealed through experience or closer inspection

    红萝卜 (literal) → 红萝卜/紅蘿蔔 · hóng​luó​bo · carrot 炒 (literal) → 炒 · chǎo · to stir-fry 辣椒 (literal) → 辣椒 · là​jiāo · chili pepper

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense