lung4 gon1 fung6 seoi5龍肝鳳髓龙肝凤髓
Jyutpinglung4 gon1 fung6 seoi5
Yalelùhng gōn fuhng séuih
Definition
Rare and precious delicacies; sumptuous food.
colloquialfood
How it's used
This idiom is used to describe extremely rare or luxurious food items that are difficult to obtain. It carries a sense of extravagance and is often used hyperbolically to contrast with everyday, simple meals. It is rarely used to describe actual ingredients, but rather to emphasize the rarity or high cost of a dining experience.
Examples
These rare delicacies are really hard to come by usually.
Related words
Common mistake
Learners often mistake this for a literal description of food, but it is purely idiomatic and should not be used to describe common expensive ingredients like abalone or bird's nest.
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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.
