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擔擔麵

简担担面 · 繁擔擔麵

Mandarin · pinyin dàn dàn miàn

Sichuan noodles with a spicy and numbing sauce

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担: dān · carry, bear, undertake
面: miàn · face; surface; plane; side, dimension; Kangxi radical 176

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4–4–4 · dan4 dan4 mian4

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noun

dan dan noodles (a type of noodles in Sichuanese cuisine)
ta-a noodles (a type of noodles found in Tainan, Taiwan)

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