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饌

简馔 · 繁饌

Mandarin · pinyin zhuàn

food
delicacies

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馔: zhuàn · to feed, support, provide for; food

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4 · zhuan4

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syun2 · zaan6

Cantonese word readings for 饌. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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(literary) food; meal
(literary) to eat and drink
(literary) to prepare food; to display food

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(historical) synonym of 鍰 /锾 (huán, “a unit of weight”)

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