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擔擔麵
  daam3 daam3 min6   jyutping
  dan4 dan4 mian4   pinyin
Dan dan noodles, a hot spicy noodle as originated in Chongqing, China, 材料麵條大頭菜芝麻豬油味精醬油花生

The name refers to a type of carrying pole (a dan dan) that was used by walking vendors who sold the dish on the streets.
noun

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
擔擔麵 / 担担面

This word has been viewed 1700 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 4th Nov 2005 18:56 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03
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Characters in this word:

 daam1 daam3  -  carry; shoulder; load; burden
 daam1 daam3  -  carry; shoulder; load; burden
 min6  -  noodles; flour; dough
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