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油条
yóutiáo
Description
油条是一种长长的油炸面食，中国人早上常常吃。
You tiao is a long fried dough food that Chinese people often eat in the morning.
很多人喜欢一边喝豆浆，一边吃油条。
Many people like to eat you tiao while drinking soy milk.
Meanings
油条yóutiáo
deep-fried dough stick, a Chinese breakfast food
我早饭吃了两根油条。
I ate two fried dough sticks for breakfast.
老油条lǎo yóutiáo
a slick, overly experienced and glib person
他是个老油条，什么话都会说。
He is a slick old hand who can say anything.
Related words
Notes
- Etymology
油 (oil) + 条 (long strip), literally an oil-fried strip of dough.
- Nuance
老油条 is figurative slang for someone worldly-wise and evasive.
In videos
“很久都没有吃到这么好吃的油条”
“包子和油条都是很常见的早饭”
Images