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蜜汁火方

mìzhī huǒfāng
noun Not spicy

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 honey-glazed ham

About the dish

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A square block of cured Jinhua ham steamed with rock sugar until tender, served in a sweet honey and osmanthus glaze, often with lotus seeds. Salty and sweet at once. A Hangzhou dish.

Usually contains tree nuts

Examples

HSK 4
Mìzhī huǒfāng shì yòng Jīnhuá huǒtuǐ zuò de, yòu xián yòu tián.
Honey-glazed ham is made with Jinhua ham and is both salty and sweet.
HSK 7-9
Zhè dào mìzhī huǒfāng yào zhēng sān ge xiǎoshí, huǒtuǐ cái huì ruǎn.
This honey-glazed ham has to steam for three hours before the ham turns soft.

Tips

usage
火方 is a square block cut from the middle of a cured ham: 火 from 火腿 "ham" and 方 "square".

Stroke Order

蜜 mì
汁 zhī
火 huǒ
方 fāng