老火靓汤

老火靚湯
lǎohuǒliàngtāng
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 Cantonese slow-simmered soup

Examples

Guǎngdōng rén jīhū měi tiān dōu hē lǎohuǒ liàngtāng.
Cantonese people drink slow-simmered soup almost every day.
Zhè guō lǎohuǒ liàngtāng dùn le sì ge xiǎoshí.
This pot of lao huo liang tang has been simmering for four hours.

Tips

culture
Cantonese home-cooking tradition: meat and Chinese herbs simmered for hours until the flavor concentrates. (liàng, Cantonese leng) here means 'fine, beautiful' rather than the literal 'pretty'.

Stroke Order

lǎo
huǒ
liàng
tāng