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Definition
Peking duck, a famous Beijing dish of roast duck wrapped in thin pancakes with scallions, cucumber, and sweet sauce.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to the classic dish where the crispy skin is the highlight. While many restaurants serve it, the quality is often judged by how thinly the skin is sliced and the crispness of the wrap. It is a celebratory dish often ordered for large family gatherings or banquets.
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zek3隻jekExamples
Let's go to the restaurant to eat Peking duck tonight.
Do you like eating Peking duck?
Related words
Common phrases
to eat Peking duck
one Peking duck
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
