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水晶肴肉

水晶餚肉
shuǐjīng yáoròu
Also on menus as 肴肉, 镇江肴肉
noun Not spicy

Measure Word

一盘水晶肴肉 pán

Meanings

  1. 1 Zhenjiang crystal pork

About the dish

苏菜 Jiangsu · 凉菜 Cold dish

Salt-cured pork hock simmered and pressed into a block in its own clear jelly, sliced and served cold with black vinegar and shredded ginger. Salty and tender, with skin and fat. A Zhenjiang dish.

Examples

HSK 6
水晶肴肉是压成块的咸猪肉，肉皮周围是一层透明的肉冻。
Shuǐjīng yáoròu shì yāchéng kuài de xián zhūròu, ròupí zhōuwéi shì yì céng tòumíng de ròudòng.
Crystal pork is salted pork pressed into a block, with a layer of clear jelly around the skin.
HSK 7-9
在镇江吃早茶，水晶肴肉要蘸着香醋吃。
Zài Zhènjiāng chī zǎochá, shuǐjīng yáoròu yào zhàn zhe xiāngcù chī.
At breakfast teahouses in Zhenjiang, crystal pork is eaten dipped in black vinegar.

Tips

mistakes
肴 is yáo in standard Mandarin. Zhenjiang locals say something closer to xiáo, which is why menus there spell the dish Xiaorou.

Stroke Order

水 shuǐ
晶 jīng
肴 yáo
肉 ròu