cooking garnish; performance highlight
Meanings
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garnish; decorative ingredients added to enhance flavor or appearance
Refers to supplementary ingredients such as coriander, garlic, wood ear mushrooms, or chili peppers that are added to a dish primarily for visual appeal, aroma, or taste enhancement rather than as the main component.
Adding some cilantro as a garnish makes this dish look more appealing.
Wood ear mushrooms and garlic sprouts are commonly used garnishes.
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What are the garnishes for this soup?
noun
crowd-pleasing element; appealing act or dialogue (in traditional opera or storytelling)
technicalIn the context of traditional Chinese opera (xiqu) or storytelling (pingshu), this refers to the particularly entertaining gestures, spoken lines, or interpolations that are designed to delight the audience and showcase the performer's skill.
This spoken segment is the highlight of the entire play.
Storytellers must be skilled at adding crowd-pleasing elements to attract the audience.
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His body movements are the highlight of this opera.