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涮鍋子

简涮锅子 · 繁涮鍋子

Mandarin · pinyin shuàn guō zi

to eat hot pot; to cook thinly sliced meat briefly in boiling broth at the table

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涮: shuàn · rinse; cook or boil in juice
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子: zǐ · offspring, child; fruit, seed of; first earthly branch
锅: guō · cooking-pot, saucepan

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4–1–5 · shuan4 guo1 zi5

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saan3 wo1 zi2

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verb

(verb-object) to have hot pot (communal meal in China)

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