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