底汁

dǐzhī
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 stock (cooking)
  2. 2 base liquid for a sauce or gravy

Examples

Yòng jī gútou áo yī guō dǐzhī bèiyòng.
Simmer a pot of stock from chicken bones to have on hand.
Hǎo de hóngshāoròu guānjiàn zàiyú dǐzhī de wèidào.
Good red-braised pork comes down to the flavor of the base sauce.

Tips

memory
(dǐ) = 'bottom / base', (zhī) = 'juice / liquid' — literally 'base liquid', i.e. what sits at the bottom of the pot and underpins the dish's flavor.

Stroke Order

zhī