century egg
A Chinese delicacy made by preserving a duck, chicken or quail egg in a mixture of…A Chinese delicacy made by preserving a duck, chicken or quail egg in a mixture of clay, ash, salt, quicklime and rice hulls for several weeks to several months.
» I will eat century egg.
Meaning
1 sensesA Chinese delicacy made by preserving a duck, chicken or quail egg in a mixture of clay, ash, salt, quicklime and rice hulls for several weeks to several months.
hundertjähriges Ei, tausendjähriges Ei
столе́тнее яйцо́stolétneje jajcó, тысячеле́тнее яйцо́tysjačelétneje jajcó, пида́ньpidánʹ
Examples
3 sentencesI will eat century egg.
When foreign friends first see century eggs, they all think they're rotten eggs.
When foreign friends see century eggs for the first time, they all think they are spoiled eggs.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Forms
plural: century eggs| Singular | century egg |
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