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乾煸豆角

简干煸豆角 · 繁乾煸豆角

Mandarin · pinyin gān biān dòu jiǎo

green beans in sauce, popular Beijing dish

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乾: qián · gān · dry; warming principle of the sun, penetrating and fertilizing, heavenly generative principle (male); trigram ☰; hexagram ䷀
煸: biān · to stir-fry before broiling or stewing
豆: dòu · beans, peas; bean-shaped; Kangxi radical 151
角: jiǎo · horn; angle, corner; point; Kangxi radical 148; 1st lunar mansion, determinative star Spica
干: gàn · oppose, offend; invade; dried

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1–1–4–3 · gan1 bian1 dou4 jiao3

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