肉夾饃
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See also: 肉夹馍
Chinese[edit]
meat; flesh | |||
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trad. (肉夾饃) | 肉 | 夾饃 | |
simp. (肉夹馍) | 肉 | 夹馍 | |
Literally: “meat sandwich”. |
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
肉夾饃
- roujiamo (sliced meat sandwich popular in northern China)
Usage notes[edit]
Many erroneously interpret this term as 肉 (ròu, “meat”) + 夾/夹 (jiā, “to sandwich; to press from both sides”) + 饃/馍 (mó, “bun”), i.e. “the meat sandwiches the bun”, which is obviously the opposite of reality.
Descendants[edit]
- → English: roujiamo
See also[edit]
- 割包 (gēbāo)