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义大利面

yì dà lì miàn

4-character word Traditional 義大利麵

What 义大利面 means

1. Taiwanspaghetti; pasta

The characters in 义大利面

• 义yìjustice; righteousness; meaning
• 大dàbig; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐
• 利lìsharp; favorable; advantage
• 面miànface; side; surface

Example sentences

• 他第一次约会就选了义大利餐厅，点了海鲜义大利面，希望留下浪漫印象。
  For his first date, he chose an Italian restaurant and ordered seafood pasta, hoping to leave a romantic impression.
• 怀特说，人们会带给工人路易斯安那风格的美食——鹿肉义大利面和当地特色菜什锦饭，来表达他们的感激之情。
  White says people have been showing their appreciation by bringing comfort food to the workers, Louisiana-style — spaghetti with venison and the local specialty, jambalaya.

Sounds the same

Read yì dà lì miàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 意大利面spaghetti; pasta