congee; gruel; porridge; CL:碗[wan3]

plain rice congee

water gruel; thin porridge

congee

Xunyu, an ethnic group of northern China in ancient times

(lit.) a pot of porridge; (fig.) a complete mess

rice congee made with red beans, lotus seeds, longan, red dates, nuts etc

oatmeal; porridge

Laba congee, ceremonial rice porridge dish eaten on the 8th day of the 12th month in the Chinese calendar

pea gruel

gruel made from ground maize; corn grit congee

to talk endlessly on the phone

lit. one pellet of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of congee (idiom); fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch

see 一粒老鼠屎壞了一鍋粥|一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥[yi1 li4 lao3 shu3 shi3 huai4 le5 yi1 guo1 zhou1]