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小菜一碟

xiǎo cài yī dié

4-character word

What 小菜一碟 means

1. a small appetizer
2. a piece of cake; very easy (idiom)

The characters in 小菜一碟

• 小xiǎosmall; tiny; few
• 菜càivegetable; greens; dish (of food); (of one's skills etc) weak; poor
• 一yīone; single; a (article)
• 碟diédish; plate

Example sentences

• 小菜一碟。
  Xiǎocàiyīdié.
  It's a piece of cake.