盐水鸭 (yánshuǐyā) · salt-water duck, Nanjing brine-cured duck

Measure Word

一只盐水鸭 zhī

Meanings

1 salt-water duck
2 Nanjing brine-cured duck

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About the dish

苏菜 Jiangsu · 凉菜 Cold dish

Duck cured with salt and Sichuan pepper, then gently poached and served cold, chopped into pieces on the bone. Pale, tender and lightly salty, with a layer of fat under the skin. A Nanjing dish.

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Examples

HSK 3

来南京一定要尝尝盐水鸭。

Lái Nánjīng yídìng yào chángchang yánshuǐyā.

When you come to Nanjing you must try salt-water duck.

HSK 7-9

中秋节前的桂花鸭就是盐水鸭。

Zhōngqiūjié qián de guìhuā yā jiùshì yánshuǐyā.

The 'osmanthus duck' sold before Mid-Autumn Festival is salt-water duck.

Tips

culture

Nanjing's civic dish. Duck is dry-rubbed with salt and Sichuan pepper, brined, then poached. Pale, tender and subtly aromatic rather than smoked or roasted. The Mid-Autumn version (osmanthus season) is called 桂花鸭.