油桃 (yóutáo) · nectarine

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一个油桃 gè

HSK 6

夏天的油桃又脆又甜，洗干净就能连皮吃。

Xiàtiān de yóutáo yòu cuì yòu tián, xǐ gānjing jiù néng lián pí chī.

Summer nectarines are crisp and sweet; give them a wash and you can eat them skin and all.

HSK 7-9

油桃的皮很光滑，没有毛。

Yóutáo de pí hěn guānghuá, méiyǒu máo.

A nectarine has smooth skin with no fuzz.

memory

油 "oil" describes the glossy skin, as if it had been oiled. A nectarine is a peach without the fuzz of 毛桃, literally "hairy peach".

油 yóu

桃 táo