荔枝肉 (lìzhīròu) · lychee pork

Measure Word

一道荔枝肉 dào

Meanings

1 lychee pork

Made with

猪肉 zhūròu 荸荠 bíqí 红曲 hóngqū 白糖 báitáng 香醋 xiāngcù

About the dish

闽菜 Fujian · 热菜 Hot dish

Pieces of lean pork scored in a crisscross, coated in starch and deep-fried so they curl up like lychees, then glazed in a bright red sweet and sour sauce, often with water chestnut. There is usually no lychee.

Characters

Examples

HSK 6

荔枝肉是福州的传统名菜。

Lìzhīròu shì Fúzhōu de chuántǒng míngcài.

Lychee pork is a traditional famous dish of Fuzhou.

HSK 7-9

这道荔枝肉做得形色俱佳。

Zhè dào lìzhīròu zuò de xíng sè jùjiā.

This lychee pork is perfect in both shape and color.

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culture

A Fuzhou (Fujian) dish. Pork cubes are cross-hatched so they curl open when fried, resembling peeled lychees, then glazed in a sweet-sour sauce. The dish contains no actual lychee - the name is about appearance.