The meaning of delicacies is rare and expensive food.

1. Pronunciation

zhēn, xiū.

2. Definition

It refers to rare and expensive food, and can also be interpreted as beauty. It can also refer to something that is better or more beautiful.

3. Source

Laozi's "Wen Yi Fu": "The building is thousands of hectares, and the body of seven feet sleeps, and the delicious food is only full."

4. Synonyms

Dishes: refer to dishes cooked with vegetables, eggs, meat, fish and other ingredients. Cooked meat and vegetable dishes: exquisite dishes. The common ones include home-cooked rice, soup, and stir-fry dishes, as well as delicious and rare foods.

From Mao Dun's "Miscellaneous Notes on Escape from Danger" 11: "Finally the meal came, and three or four women carried rice baskets and dishes, as well as two large buckets of boiling water."

5. Antonyms

Leftovers: food left over that cannot be finished. In the old days, rich families often gave alms to beggars or provided food for their servants.

6. Quotes

Li Bai of the Tang Dynasty's "Traveling is Difficult": "Golden bottles of wine cost ten thousand, and jade plates of delicacies are worth tens of thousands."

Zhu Bolu's " "Zhu Xi's Household Governance Motto": "The utensils are pure and clean, and the earthenware and pots with a small mouth are better than gold and jade; the food is simple but refined, and the garden is sparse and the delicacies are delicious." At the beginning of the town's construction, public and private affairs were exhausted, and every time I got a piece of meat, I thought it was a delicacy."

Examples of delicacies:

1. After a while, I arrived at Bao Pavilion and saw dragon liver in the hall of Yaochi. The phoenix marrow and delicacies are all delicious. Several boys and strong men are making fine wine and jade liquid. The aroma of the wine is astonishing.

2. The bright moon casts soft light in the front garden, and the fragrant osmanthus flowers in the back garden are fragrant. Celebrate reunion with sweet and crispy mooncakes, accompanied by delicacies and hot soup. Mid-Autumn Festival blessings are hidden in the heart, and the blessing bells are woven into ringing. Floating clouds and autumn water last forever, flowers bloom and the moon blooms, people are healthy. Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!

3. It is better to be prepared before it rains and not to dig a well when thirsty. You must be frugal in showing yourself off, and do not linger over banquets. The utensils are clean and earthenware, and the earthenware pot and pot are better than gold and jade; the food is simple and refined, and the vegetables in the garden are more delicious. Do not build luxurious houses or seek fertile land.

4. Naba delicacies, boil a pot of porridge, what is hot is emotion, what is boiling is happiness, what is deposited is happiness, what is floating is joy. On Laba Festival, drink Laba porridge and be a happy person.

5. In front of each of the immortals is a multicolored gold-painted table. In addition to thousand-year-old peaches, there are also dragon liver and phoenix marrow, nectar and jade liquid, exotic fruits and delicacies, and hundreds of delicacies.

6. A number of Chinese-style and exotic Asian and Western-style restaurants are stationed in the hotel, using high-quality raw materials to prepare all kinds of delicacies.