黄花菜都凉了
huáng huā cài dōu liáng le
lit. the dishes are cold (idiom)
fig. to arrive late; to take one's sweet time
黄
huáng
yellow
花
huā
variant of 花[hua1]
菜
cài
vegetable; greens (CL:棵[ke1])
都
dōu
all; both; entirely
凉
liáng
the five Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Liang 前涼|前凉 (314-376), Later Liang 後涼|后凉 (386-403), Northern Liang 北涼|北凉 (398-439), Southern Liang 南涼|南凉[Nan2 Liang2] (397-414), Western Liang 西涼|西凉 (400-421)
了
le
(completed action marker)