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"sense": "a Chinese dish consisting of finely cut strips of raw fish or meat",
"word": "生魚片"
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"roman": "shēngyúpiàn",
"sense": "a Chinese dish consisting of finely cut strips of raw fish or meat",
"word": "生鱼片"
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"sense": "a Chinese dish consisting of finely cut strips of raw fish or meat",
"word": "魚生"
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"sense": "a Chinese dish consisting of finely cut strips of raw fish or meat",
"word": "鱼生"
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"sense": "a Chinese dish consisting of finely cut strips of raw fish or meat",
"word": "魚膾"
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"sense": "a Chinese dish consisting of finely cut strips of raw fish or meat",
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"sense": "a Chinese dish consisting of finely cut strips of raw fish or meat",
"word": "膾"
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"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "kuài",
"sense": "a Chinese dish consisting of finely cut strips of raw fish or meat",
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"sense": "a Chinese dish consisting of finely cut strips of raw fish or meat",
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"sense": "a Chinese dish consisting of finely cut strips of raw fish or meat",
"word": "鲙"
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"text": "Many Chinese people never cook at home because the range of options is endless, from 10-Kuai eats, to 1,000-Kuai feasts.https://www.expatden.com/china/cost-of-living-china/",
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"sense": "a Chinese dish consisting of finely cut strips of raw fish or meat",
"word": "生魚片"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shēngyúpiàn",
"sense": "a Chinese dish consisting of finely cut strips of raw fish or meat",
"word": "生鱼片"
},
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "a Chinese dish consisting of finely cut strips of raw fish or meat",
"word": "魚生"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yúshēng",
"sense": "a Chinese dish consisting of finely cut strips of raw fish or meat",
"word": "鱼生"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "a Chinese dish consisting of finely cut strips of raw fish or meat",
"word": "魚膾"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yúkuài",
"sense": "a Chinese dish consisting of finely cut strips of raw fish or meat",
"word": "鱼脍"
},
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "a Chinese dish consisting of finely cut strips of raw fish or meat",
"word": "膾"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "kuài",
"sense": "a Chinese dish consisting of finely cut strips of raw fish or meat",
"word": "脍"
},
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "a Chinese dish consisting of finely cut strips of raw fish or meat",
"word": "鱠"
},
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "kuài",
"sense": "a Chinese dish consisting of finely cut strips of raw fish or meat",
"word": "鲙"
},
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"sense": "a Chinese dish consisting of finely cut strips of raw fish or meat",
"word": "膾"
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"alt": "なます",
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"word": "鱠"
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"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Mandarin 塊／块 (kuài).",
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"text": "Many Chinese people never cook at home because the range of options is endless, from 10-Kuai eats, to 1,000-Kuai feasts.https://www.expatden.com/china/cost-of-living-china/",
"type": "quotation"
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"yuan (Chinese unit of currency)"
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