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大腸包小腸

简大肠包小肠 · 繁大腸包小腸

Mandarin · pinyin dà cháng bāo xiǎo cháng

small sausage in large sausage (pork sausage stuffed inside a glutinous rice sausage, a Taiwanese street food specialty)

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大: dà · big, great, vast, large, high
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包: bāo · wrap, pack, bundle; package
小: xiǎo · small, tiny, insignificant
肠: cháng · intestines; emotions; sausage

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4–2–1–3–2 · da4 chang2 bao1 xiao3 chang2

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(Taiwan) small sausage in large sausage (Taiwanese street food)

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