大头菜 (dà) — rutabaga (a type of root vegetable); salted turnip (a pickled vegetable often used as a side dish)
Definition
Refers to both rutabaga (the Western root vegetable) and Chinese salted/pickled turnip. The exact referent depends on region and context — in northern China it usually means the pickled turnip used as a side dish or cooking ingredient.
noun
rutabaga (a type of root vegetable)salted turnip (a pickled vegetable often used as a side dish)
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Examples
- 大头菜，。Zhè dào cài lǐ fàng le qiē suì de dà, wèi dào hěn tè bié.This dish has chopped salted turnip in it, and the flavor is very special.
- 大头菜，。Chāo shì xīn dào le yì pī dà, nǐ kě yǐ mǎi lái shì shì.The supermarket just got a new batch of rutabaga; you can buy some to try.
- 大头菜，。Tā xiǎo shí hou jiā lǐ cháng yān dà, xiàn zài xiǎng qǐ lái hái hěn huái niàn.His family often pickled salted turnips when he was young, and now he still feels nostalgic when he thinks about it.
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