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have one's cake and eat it too (to seek to have two things which are mutually incompatible) verb | 又要馬兒好,又要馬兒不吃草verb 又要马儿好,又要马儿不吃草 /yòu yào mǎr hǎoverb |
icing on the cake (something that intensifies the appreciation of something else) noun | |
Jaffa cake (small, biscuit-like cake) noun | 佳发饼 /jiāfābǐng/noun 佳發蛋糕noun 佳發餅noun |
king cake (cake eaten on Epiphany) noun | |
lardy cake (richly spiced bread originating in southwest England) noun | 豬油蛋糕noun |
marble cake (cake with two or more colours) noun | |
mooncake (Chinese pastry usually eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival) noun | 月餅noun 月饼 /yuèbǐng/noun |
oil cake (solid residue) noun | 油餅noun 油饼 /yóubǐng/noun |
pancake [pancakes] (thin batter cake) noun [UK: ˈpænk.eɪk] [US: ˈpænˌkek] | 烤餅 /kǎobǐng/noun 薄烤餅noun 薄烤饼 /bókǎobǐng/noun 薄煎餅noun 薄煎饼 /bójiānbǐng/noun 鬆餅noun |
pancake ice (the ice that forms on water covered in slush) noun [UK: ˈpænk.eɪk aɪs] [US: ˈpænˌkek ˈaɪs] | 煎餅冰noun |
piece of cake (simple or easy job) noun [UK: piːs əv keɪk] [US: ˈpiːs əv ˈkeɪk] | |
pineapple cake (small sweet cake) noun | 凤梨酥 /fènglísū/noun 鳳梨酥noun |
pound cake (dense yellow cake made from equal quantities of butter, eggs, flour and sugar) noun [UK: paʊnd keɪk] [US: ˈpaʊnd ˈkeɪk] | |
rice cake (food item made from puffed rice) noun | 米餅noun 米饼 /mǐbǐng/noun |
rice cake (sticky food item made from rice flour) noun | 年糕 /niángāo/noun |
scallion pancake (a savory pancake folded with oil and green scallions) noun | 葱油饼noun |
sell like hot cakes (sell quickly) verb [UK: sel ˈlaɪk hɒt keɪks] [US: ˈsel ˈlaɪk hɑːt ˈkeɪks] | 大卖 /dàmài/verb 大賣verb 暢銷verb 热销 /rèxiāo/verb |