杂碎 (zá suì) — chop suey; a dish of chopped entrails or stir-fry; (figurative) trifles; odds and ends; trivial matters
Definition
A noun with two unrelated senses: a stir-fry of chopped entrails (the food 'chop suey'), and a figurative use for trivial matters / odds and ends that clutter your work or life.
noun
chop sueya dish of chopped entrails or stir-fry(figurative) triflesodds and endstrivial matters
Examples
- 杂碎，。Wǒ diǎn le yì pán zá suì, wèi dào bú cuò.I ordered a plate of chop suey, and it tasted good.
- 杂碎。Zhè xiē zá suì de shì qing jiù bié tí le.Don't even mention these trivial matters.
- 杂碎。Tā měi tiān chǔ lǐ hěn duō gōng zuò shàng de zá suì.He deals with a lot of odds and ends at work every day.
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