Idioms describing the appearance of dishes include "delicacies of mountains and seas", "delicacies of jade plates", "bone marrow and liver of chicken", "clear soup is hydrophobic" and "cooking gold with beautiful jade".

Mountain delicacies [shā n zhē n h m 4 i w è i]: all kinds of precious foods produced in Shan Ye and the sea. Generally refers to rich dishes. Out: Tang Wei Wu Ying's "Chang 'an Road" poem: "Mountain delicacies abandon obstacles; Boiling calves and frying lambs is like folding sunflowers. "

Jade dish delicacies [yù pán zhēn xiū]: gorgeous dishes and precious food.

Phoenix marrow dragon liver [fèng suǐ lóng gān]: a metaphor for delicacy. Ex: Ren Ru's Where Will I Love: "He is so good that he suffers from his phoenix marrow dragon liver;" I should chew my tongue, so I'm ashamed that I didn't leave two women. "

Clear water and little soup [qρng tāng guǐShuǐ]: describes a dish with too much water, which is rough and tasteless.

Jade cooking gold [zhà n yü chu j Ρ n]: cooking: cooking with fire; Eat, eat. Describe a hearty dish.