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Definition
The night-blooming cereus flower, commonly used in Cantonese soups.
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How it's used
Dried night-blooming cereus is a staple ingredient in Cantonese home-style soups, valued for its cooling properties. It is almost exclusively encountered in its dried form in markets, where it is sold in bundles. It is often paired with pork bones or lean meat to balance the flavor profile of the broth.
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The night-blooming cereus and pork bone soup tonight is very sweet and refreshing.
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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.
