驴打滚 (lǘdǎgǔn): lüdagun ('rolling donkey'), a Beijing snack of glutinous rice cake rolled in soybean flour with sweet bean paste filling

Measure Word

一块驴打滚 kuài

Meanings

1 lüdagun ('rolling donkey'), a Beijing snack of glutinous rice cake rolled in soybean flour with sweet bean paste filling
2 (figurative) compound-interest loan that doubles when overdue

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Examples

驴打滚是北京老字号小吃。

Lǘdǎgǔn shì Běijīng lǎozìhào xiǎochī.

Lüdagun is a traditional Beijing snack.

孩子们最爱吃豆沙馅的驴打滚。

Háizimen zuì ài chī dòushā xiàn de lǘdǎgǔn.

The kids love lüdagun with sweet red-bean filling best.

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culture

Named because the final coating step — rolling the sticky cake in yellow soybean flour — looks like a donkey kicking up dust as it rolls on the ground. A staple of Beijing's old Muslim-quarter snack stalls.