秘 mì
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 禾 — cereal, grain, rice
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
秘方
mìfāng
secret recipe; secret formula
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Example phrases
- 这家老字号从不公开祖传秘方，只愿透露选料必须极其讲究。 Zhè jiā lǎozìhào cóng bù gōngkāi zǔchuán mìfāng, zhǐ yuàn tòulù xuǎnliào bìxū jíqí jiǎngjiu. This time-honoured shop never reveals its ancestral secret recipe, only saying that the ingredients must be selected with great care.
- 奶奶有一个治咳嗽的秘方，用梨和蜂蜜做成。 Nǎinai yǒu yí ge zhì késou de mìfāng, yòng lí hé fēngmì zuò chéng. Grandma has a secret remedy for coughs, made from pear and honey.
- 这家饭馆的汤特别好喝，老板说秘方绝不外传。 Zhè jiā fànguǎn de tāng tèbié hǎohē, lǎobǎn shuō mìfāng jué bù wàichuán. The soup at this restaurant is especially delicious, and the owner says the secret recipe is never passed on.