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Open the tool →淡饭黄齑 (dàn fàn huáng jī) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “Simple”.
淡饭黄齑 is pronounced dàn fàn huáng jī in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 淡饭黄齑 means “Plain rice and yellow pickled vegetables”. It is used to mean “Simple”.
泛指很差的饭菜。