大杂烩

大雜燴
dàzáhuì
noun #20,696

Meanings

  1. 1 hodgepodge
  2. 2 mishmash
  3. 3 jumble
  4. 4 everything thrown together

Examples

Zhè bù diànyǐng shì dòngzuò, àiqíng hé xǐjù de dàzáhuì.
This film is a hodgepodge of action, romance, and comedy.
Zhè běn shū nèiróng shì dàzáhuì, shénme huàtí dōu yǒu.
The content of this book is a mishmash — it covers every topic imaginable.
Bīngxiāng lǐ shèng xià de cài còuchéngle yī guō dàzáhuì.
The leftover vegetables in the fridge were thrown together into a pot of hodgepodge.

Tips

memory
大杂烩 literally means 'big mixed stew' — (miscellaneous/mixed) + (to braise/cook together in a pot). A dish made from whatever is left over. Hence figuratively: any messy mixture of unrelated things.

Stroke Order

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