ancient cooking cauldron with two looped handles and three or four legs / pot (dialect) / to enter upon a period of (classical) / Kangxi radical 206 / one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes
lit. it takes a long time to make a big pot (idiom) / fig. a great talent matures slowly / in the fullness of time a major figure will develop into a pillar of the state / Rome wasn't built in a day
破罐破摔
pò guàn pò shuāi
lit. to smash a pot just because it has a crack (idiom) / fig. to give up altogether after a setback / to throw one's hands up in frustration and let it all go to hell
鼎铛玉石
dǐng chēng yù shí
lit. to use a sacred tripod as cooking pot and jade as ordinary stone (idiom) / fig. a waste of precious material / casting pearls before swine
请君入瓮
qǐng jūn rù wèng
lit. please Sir, get into the boiling pot (idiom) / fig. to give sb a taste of his own medicine
釜底游鱼
jǐn dǐ yóu yú
a fish at the bottom of the pot (idiom) / in a desperate situation
釜底游鱼
fǔ dǐ yóu yú
a fish at the bottom of the pot (idiom) / in a desperate situation
every potter praises his own pot (idiom) / all one's geese are swans
第一桶金
dì yī tǒng jīn
the first pot of gold / the initial profits from an economic endeavour
老王卖瓜,自卖自夸
lǎo wáng mài guā , zì mài zì kuā
every potter praises his own pot (idiom) / all one's geese are swans
暗煅
àn duàn
sealed pot calcination (TCM)
水盂
shuǐ yú
water pot or goblet (for Chinese calligraphy)
一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥
yī lì lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō zhōu
lit. one pellet of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of congee (idiom) / fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅汤
yī kē lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō tāng
lit. one pellet of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of soup (idiom) / fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
吃着碗里,看着锅里
chī zhe wǎn lǐ , kàn zhe guō lǐ
lit. eyeing what's in the pot as one eats from one's bowl (idiom) / not content with what one already has / (of men, typically) to have the wandering eye
ancient banquet game of throwing arrows into a pot, the winner determined by the number of arrows thrown in, and the loser required to drink as punishment
paper hot pot (hot pot using a single-use pot made of Japanese washi paper with a special coating to prevent burning and leaking, used for cooking at the dining table)
龟笑鳖无尾
guī xiào biē wú wěi
lit. a tortoise laughing at a soft-shelled turtle for having no tail (idiom) / fig. the pot calling the kettle black
茶垢
chá gòu
tea stain (on the inside of a tea pot, tea cup etc)
茶锈
chá xiù
tea stain (on the inside of a tea pot, tea cup etc)
臭臭锅
chòu chòu guō
hot pot containing stinky tofu and other ingredients (Taiwanese dish)
𫗧
sù
pot of cooked rice
飞叶子
fēi yè zi
(slang) to smoke pot
海底捞
Hǎi dǐ lāo
Haidilao (aka Hai Di Lao), hot pot restaurant chain founded in Sichuan in 1994
吃大锅饭
chī dà guō fàn
lit. to eat from the common pot (idiom) / fig. to be rewarded the same, regardless of performance
敲锣边儿
qiāo luó biān er
to strike the edge of the gong / (fig.) to stir the pot (i.e. cause or exacerbate a dispute)
肉烂在锅里
ròu làn zài guō lǐ
lit. the meat falls apart as it stews, but it all stays in the pot (idiom) / fig. some of us may lose or gain, but in any case the benefits don't go to outsiders