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筒子米糕

Mandarin · pinyin tǒng zǐ mǐ gāo

rice tube pudding, a single-serve column of glutinous rice topped with a sauce and garnished (Taiwanese dish, originally prepared by stuffing rice into bamboo tubes and steaming them)

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筒: tǒng · thick piece of bamboo; pipe
子: zǐ · offspring, child; fruit, seed of; first earthly branch
米: mǐ · hulled or husked uncooked rice
糕: gāo · cakes, pastry

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3–3–3–1 · tong3 zi3 mi3 gao1

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