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回鍋肉

简回锅肉 · 繁回鍋肉

Mandarin · pinyin huí guō ròu

twice-cooked pork

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回: huí · return, turn around; a time
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肉: ròu · flesh; meat; Kangxi radical 130
锅: guō · cooking-pot, saucepan

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2–1–4 · hui2 guo1 rou4

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noun

twice-cooked pork (a Chinese dish)
(figurative) one who returns to the same state, place, person, position, etc. after a period away

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