Explanation of hodgepodge [hodgepodge; big mishmash] A dish made of many dishes. Metaphor: a mixture of many things with different properties. Detailed explanation: A dish made by combining a variety of dishes. It is often used as a metaphor to mix various different things into one, sometimes with a derogatory meaning. Wu Han's "The Biography of Zhu Yuanzhang" Chapter 1 2: "This religion is a hodgepodge, mixing Christianity, Zoroastrianism, and Buddhism to become a new religion." Chen Yi's "Conversations at Chinese and Foreign Press Conferences": "If this is not the case, but It is to pull all aspects together and make it a hodgepodge, so it is better to postpone it until the conditions are mature." The word "big" means that the area, volume, capacity, quantity, intensity, and power exceed the average or exceed all. The object of comparison, as opposed to "small": the hall. Big policy. Big climate. Yelang is arrogant. Potbellied. Refers to the comparison of sizes: this room is twice as big as that one. Wide in scale, deep in extent, and important in nature: overall situation. Popular explanation of chowder: a vegetable chowder made of various vegetables stewed together: a metaphor for a collection of various things. Detailed explanation. A dish made with a mixture of several raw materials. Lu Xun's "Collected Letters to Zeng Tianshe": "Chowder is a mixture of * raw materials stir-fried." It is a metaphor for things made of a mixture. Guo Moruo's "Hong Bo Qu" Chapter Six Six: