salted egg
salted egg · salted eggs
A Chinese preserved food consisting of a duck egg that has been soaked in brine or…A Chinese preserved food consisting of a duck egg that has been soaked in brine or packed in damp, salted charcoal.
/ˈsɒltɪd ɛɡ/
Meaning
1 sensesA Chinese preserved food consisting of a duck egg that has been soaked in brine or packed in damp, salted charcoal.
Origin
Calque from Chinese 鹹蛋／咸蛋 (xiándàn), from salted + egg.Calque from Chinese 鹹蛋／咸蛋 (xiándàn), from salted + egg.
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Forms
plural: salted eggs| Singular | salted egg |
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Synonyms
1 synonymssalted duck egg