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餐

Mandarin · pinyin cān

meal
to eat
classifier for meals

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餐: cān · eat, dine; meal; food

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to eat
meal
cuisine; (type of) food
Classifier for meals.
(Cantonese, Gan, Xiang) Classifier for beatings, scoldings, etc.
(Hong Kong Cantonese) short for 午餐肉 (“luncheon meat”)

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