Small dish (小菜一碟) — Chinglish Slang

Slang Name：Small dish

Chinese：小菜一碟

Type：Food & Drink / Chinglish Slang

English：
A Chinglish idiom meaning "a piece of cake" or "very easy." Literally "a small dish" — something so simple it's like preparing a small appetizer. The Chinese phrase uses food (small dish) to describe ease, and the Chinglish version preserves this delicious metaphor.

中文：
一个意为"小菜一碟"的中式英语习语。字面意思是"一小碟菜"——简单得像准备一小碟凉菜。中文短语用食物（小菜）来描述容易，中式英语版保留了这个美味的比喻。

Chinese uses "小菜一碟" (xiǎo cài yī dié, literally "a small dish") to mean "very easy" — as easy as preparing a simple cold dish. The metaphor is that some tasks are so simple they're like making a small appetizer, nothing compared to cooking a full feast. The Chinglish version "small dish" shortened the full idiom but kept the food metaphor intact.

中文：中文用"小菜一碟"来形容"非常容易"——就像准备一个简单的小菜一样容易。这个比喻是说某些任务太简单了，就像做个小凉菜，跟做一桌大餐没法比。中式英语版"small dish"缩短了完整习语但保留了食物的比喻。