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卤水

滷水
lǔshuǐ
noun #63,887

Meanings

  1. 1 spiced braising liquid; master stock
  2. 2 bittern (for setting tofu)
  3. 3 brine

Examples

HSK 5
北豆腐是用卤水点的，比较硬。
Běidòufu shì yòng lǔshuǐ diǎn de, bǐjiào yìng.
Northern-style tofu is set with bittern, so it's fairly firm.
HSK 6
在自贡，人们很早就从盐井里取卤水制盐。
Zài Zìgòng, rénmen hěn zǎo jiù cóng yánjǐng lǐ qǔ lǔshuǐ zhì yán.
In Zigong, people have long drawn brine from salt wells to make salt.
HSK 7-9
这家店的卤水鹅很有名。
Zhè jiā diàn de lǔshuǐ é hěn yǒumíng.
This shop's goose braised in master stock is famous.

Tips

culture
A Cantonese or Chaozhou 卤水 is soy sauce, rock sugar and spices such as star anise. Kept going for years as a 老卤 'old stock', it gets richer every time meat is braised in it.
usage
As a coagulant it gives firm 北豆腐, while gypsum 石膏 gives soft 南豆腐. Hence the saying 卤水点豆腐，一物降一物 'bittern sets tofu: everything has something that masters it'.

Stroke Order

卤 lǔ
水 shuǐ