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Jiuqu dachang 2009 03
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Rolfmueller
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Homemade Braised Intestines in Brown Sauce
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Jiqing 0127
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CC BY-SA 4.0
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Wikimedia Commons
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Braised Intestines in Brown Sauce
By
Jiqing 0127
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CC BY-SA 4.0
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Wikimedia Commons
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Cropped and resized

九转大肠

九轉大腸
jiǔzhuǎn dàcháng
noun Mild

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 nine-turn intestines

About the dish

鲁菜 Shandong · 热菜 Hot dish

Pieces of pork large intestine boiled, fried and then braised in a glossy sauce that is sweet, sour, salty and peppery. Soft and chewy, with a noticeable intestine taste. A Shandong dish.

Examples

HSK 3
Dào le Jǐnán, hěnduō yóukè dōu xiǎng cháng yíxià jiǔzhuǎn dàcháng.
Many visitors to Jinan want to try nine-turn intestines.
HSK 6
Jiǔzhuǎn dàcháng shì yòng zhūdàcháng zuò de, tián zhōng dài suān.
Nine-turn intestines are made from pork large intestine and taste sweet with a sour edge.

Tips

usage
九转, "nine turns", is a term from Daoist alchemy for an elixir refined nine times. In the dish name it stands for the many steps of cooking.

Stroke Order

九 jiǔ
转 zhuǎn
大 dà
肠 cháng