江瑤柱 (gong1 jiu4 cyu5 | jiang1 yao2 zhu3) : dried scallop

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江瑤柱

gong1 jiu4 cyu5

jiang1 yao2 zhu3

dried scallop
[literal] dried adductor (柱頭肉) of a pen shell (江珧)

[variant names] 江珧柱, 瑤柱, 乾瑤柱

Level: 3
This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

江瑤柱 / 江瑶柱

This word has been viewed 2050 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by tym on 30th May 2006 03:07 and last edited on 22nd Jul 2010 05:36

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江 gong1 - large river; Chinese surname
瑤 jiu4 - beautiful jade; precious; Yao ethnic group
柱 cyu5 - pillar, post

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