Definition
杂烩 literally means a dish of mixed ingredients cooked together (like a hodgepodge stew). It's also used figuratively to describe any mixture or motley collection of things, often with a slightly negative tone.
noun
mixed dishhodgepodge (of food)mixturemiscellanyhotchpotch
Examples
- 杂烩、，。Zhè dào zá huì lǐ yǒu ròu, dòufu hé shūcài, wèidào hěn xiāng.This mixed dish has meat, tofu, and vegetables — it smells delicious.
- ，杂烩。Tā de yǎnjiǎng dōng lā xī chě, jiǎnzhí chéng le nèiróng de zá huì.His speech jumped all over the place — it became a real hodgepodge of topics.
- 杂烩。Zhè jiā cānguǎn de zhāopái cài shì hǎixiān zá huì.This restaurant's signature dish is a seafood medley.
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