Definition
大杂烩 literally means 'big mixed stew', a dish from northern Chinese cuisine with many ingredients cooked together. Figuratively, it refers to any random mixture or hodgepodge — a collection of diverse things with no clear order.
n.
hodgepodgemixed assortment(literal) mixed stew
Examples
- ，大杂烩。Zhège zhǎnlǎn shénme dōu yǒu, zhēn shì dà zá huì.This exhibition has everything — it's a real hodgepodge.
- 大杂烩。Zhè dào cài jiù shì gè zhǒng shūcài de dà zá huì.This dish is just a mixed stew of various vegetables.
- ，大杂烩。Tā de wénzhāng nèiróng tài zá, xiàng gè dà zá huì yíyàng.His article's content is too mixed, like a hodgepodge.
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