面皮 (miàn pí) — dumpling wrapper; thin sheet of dough used for jiaozi, wonton, etc.; face; skin of the face (often used in reference to thinness or thickness of skin)
Definition
Literally 'face-skin': the dough sense is a thin wheat sheet for dumplings/wontons. The figurative sense (often 脸皮 liǎnpí) means 'thickness of skin' — being thick- or thin-skinned in social situations.
noun
dumpling wrapperthin sheet of dough used for jiaoziwontonetc.faceskin of the face (often used in reference to thinness or thickness of skin)
Measure word · 张
Examples
- 面皮，。Tā zhèng zài gǎn miàn pí, zhǔn bèi bāo jiǎo zi.She is rolling out the wrappers to make dumplings.
- 面皮，。Tā miàn pí hěn báo, yì pī píng jiù liǎn hóng.He is thin-skinned; he blushes at any criticism.
- 面皮，。Zhè zhǒng miàn pí hěn yǒu rèn xìng, bù róng yì pò.This type of wrapper is very resilient and not easy to tear.
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