hot and sour soup

suan1 la4 tang1

sour spicy soup

 

so how come we don't call it sour hot soup?  huh?  how come?

icing (like for cake)

tang2 zhi1

literally:  sugar juice--sounds delicious, right?!

chattier

there's this preschooler who's been coming here for a while now but just recently we've been chatting.  today he told me he had 2 plums in his pockets.  one for him and one for his sister.  so far he's been a pretty sweet kid. 

slippers

tuo1 xie2

slip off shoes

bloomers

deng1 long2 ku4

literally:  lantern pants

pimple

qing1 chun1 dou4

literally:  young spring (like the season) bean

lentil

bian3 dou4

literally:  flat bean

sweater

mao2 xian4 yi1

literally:  fuzz thread clothes

uterus

zi3 gong1

literally:  son palace

vent (as in an air vent)
tong1 feng1 kuo3
literally: through wind mouth

teething ring

ya2 jiao1

literally:  tooth rubber

drunkard
jiu3 gui3
literally:  wine ghost

thing
dong1 xi1
literally:  east west

i have never understood why east west means thing.

chameleon
bian4 se4 long2
literall:  change color dragon