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松鼠桂鱼
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Walter Grassroot
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Suzhou Squirrel fish 松鼠鱖魚 - img 01
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得月楼的松鼠桂鱼
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向史公哲曰
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松鼠桂鱼

松鼠桂魚
sōngshǔ guìyú
Also on menus as 松鼠鳜鱼, 松鼠鱼
noun Not spicy

Measure Word

一道松鼠桂鱼 dào

Meanings

  1. 1 squirrel mandarin fish

About the dish

苏菜 Jiangsu · 热菜 Hot dish

A whole mandarin fish, boned and scored so the flesh opens into spiky tufts when deep-fried, served with head and tail under a bright red sweet and sour sauce. Crisp and very sweet; most bones are removed. A Suzhou dish.

Usually contains fish

Examples

HSK 2
松鼠桂鱼是苏州名菜。
Sōngshǔ guìyú shì Sūzhōu míngcài.
Squirrel mandarin fish is a famous Suzhou dish.
HSK 7-9
服务员把热糖醋汁浇在松鼠桂鱼上，发出滋滋的声音。
Fúwùyuán bǎ rè tángcùzhī jiāo zài sōngshǔ guìyú shàng, fāchū zīzī de shēngyīn.
The waiter poured hot sweet-and-sour sauce over the squirrel fish, and it sizzled.

Tips

culture
Classic Suzhou dish. The fish is scored in a crosshatch pattern so that deep-frying makes the flesh bloom outward like a squirrel's tail.

Stroke Order

松 sōng
鼠 shǔ
桂 guì
鱼 yú