leoi4 daa2 gwan2驢打滾驴打滚
Jyutpingleoi4 daa2 gwan2
Yalelèuih dá gwán
Definition
Lüdagun, a traditional Beijing sweet roll made of glutinous rice and soybean flour; also refers to snowballing usury.
- lüdagun; a sweet glutinous rice roll coated in soybean flour
- figurativesnowballing usury; compound interest on a loan
colloquialfood
How it's used
Refers specifically to a traditional Beijing snack made of glutinous rice flour rolled in soybean powder, resembling a donkey rolling in dirt. While the term can metaphorically describe snowballing debt in financial contexts, it is primarily recognized by most speakers as a food item. It is not a native Cantonese snack, so it is usually found in specialty northern Chinese restaurants.
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The soybean flour cakes sold at this shop are delicious.
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Common phrases
Beijing-style soybean flour cake
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
