荔枝肉

lìzhīròu
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 lychee pork (Fujian dish)
  2. 2 sweet-and-sour pork scored to resemble lychees

Examples

Lìzhīròu shì Fúzhōu de chuántǒng míngcài.
Lychee pork is a traditional famous dish of Fuzhou.
Zhè dào lìzhīròu zuò de xíng sè jù jiā.
This lychee pork is perfect in both shape and color.

Tips

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.

Stroke Order

zhī
ròu