金包银

金包銀

jīnbāoyín

noun

Measure Word

一份金包银 fèn

Meanings

1 gold-wrapped-silver (fried rice dish with egg-coated grains)
2 egg-fried rice where each grain is coated in yolk

Characters

Examples

金包银的每一粒饭都裹着金黄的蛋液。

Jīnbāoyín de měi yī lì fàn dōu guǒzhe jīnhuáng de dànyè.

Every grain of gold-wrapped-silver rice is coated in golden yolk.

这道金包银炒饭看起来金灿灿的。

Zhè dào jīnbāoyín chǎofàn kàn qǐlái jīncàncàn de.

This gold-wrapped-silver fried rice looks glittering gold.

Tips

usage

A Cantonese fried-rice technique: egg yolk is mixed into rice before stir-frying so each white (silver) grain ends up coated in gold. The name refers only to the cooking method, not a brand or region.

Stroke Order

金 jīn

包 bāo

银 yín