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清cing1淡daam6

cing1 daam6qīng dàn

English

  1. light (of food, not greasy or strongly flavored)
  2. insipid
  3. slack (sales)
  4. (of food) light; plain; not greasy

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 味道輕盈、簡單、唔油膩

Examples

  • 我想食啲清淡嘅嘢。

    I'd like to eat something light.

    Tatoeba · fercheung CC BY

  • 我早餐通常吃得很清淡。

    I usually have a light breakfast.

    Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

  • 今天想吃清淡的食物呢。

    Today I want to eat something light.

    Tatoeba · rickjiang CC BY

  • 而家香港人都鍾意食得清淡啲,因為比較健康。

    Nowadays, Hong Kong people like non-greasy food more, because it is relatively more healthy.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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