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炒田螺

chǎotiánluó
noun Spice varies

Measure Word

一盘炒田螺 pán

Meanings

  1. 1 stir-fried river snails

About the dish

粤菜 Cantonese · 热菜 Hot dish

River snails stir-fried in their shells with chili, garlic, perilla and often fermented black beans. The tip of each shell is cut off so you can suck the meat out. Messy, salty and usually hot.

Usually contains shellfish

Examples

HSK 4
炒田螺要用嘴吸着吃。
Chǎotiánluó yào yòng zuǐ xī zhe chī.
You eat stir-fried river snails by sucking them out of their shells.
HSK 7-9
夏天的晚上，大家坐在大排档吃炒田螺、喝啤酒。
Xiàtiān de wǎnshang, dàjiā zuò zài dàpáidàng chī chǎotiánluó, hē píjiǔ.
On summer nights people sit at open-air food stalls, eating stir-fried river snails and drinking beer.

Tips

culture
Before cooking, the tip of each shell is snipped off, so the snail comes out easily when you suck from the open end.

Stroke Order

炒 chǎo
田 tián
螺 luó