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熱乾麵

简热干面 · 繁熱乾麵

Mandarin · pinyin rè gān miàn

noodles served hot, with toppings including sesame paste and soy sauce – popular in Wuhan as a breakfast dish or late-night snack

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熱: rè · hot; heat; fever; restless; zeal
乾: qián · gān · dry; warming principle of the sun, penetrating and fertilizing, heavenly generative principle (male); trigram ☰; hexagram ䷀
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热: rè · hot; heat; fever; restless; zeal
干: gàn · oppose, offend; invade; dried
面: miàn · face; surface; plane; side, dimension; Kangxi radical 176

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4–1–4 · re4 gan1 mian4

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hot dry noodles (a traditional dish of Wuhan)

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