Meaning of kimchi | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A Korean dish made of vegetables, such as cabbage or radishes, that are salted, seasoned, and stored in sealed containers to undergo lactic acid fermentation.
   uncountable, usually
2. A Korean person.
   countable, derogatory, ethnic, slang, slur, usually

Equivalents

Examples

“"Yeah." He gestured to the kimchi. "Well, get it in ya, then." "It's better hot." she said.”

“Despite the stew’s debt to kimchi, you know it has come into its own when it’s served with kimchi as a side dish.”

“How did I know the kimchis were trying to smuggle the crate out of Japan?”

“In the United States, Germans are sometimes called "krauts" ... Koreans "kimchis," and poor white Southerners "crackers"...”

“... he doesn't know the difference between Ping-Pongs and Kimchis.”

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