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青糰

简青团 · 繁青糰

Mandarin · pinyin qīng tuán

qingtuan, green-colored dumpling originating from Jiangnan, traditionally made with glutinous rice mixed with mugwort and filled with sweet bean paste, usually eaten around Qingming Festival 清明節 Qīng míng jié

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青: qīng · blue, green; young; Kangxi radical 174
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团: tuán · sphere, ball, circle; mass, lump

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1–2 · qing1 tuan2

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Qingtuan, a sweet rice-flour ball, usually filled with red bean paste, traditionally consumed on Tomb Sweeping Day in China

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