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北京烤鸭

Běi jīng kǎo yā

4-character word Traditional 北京烤鴨

What 北京烤鸭 means

1. Peking Duck

The characters in 北京烤鸭

• 北běinorth; (classical) to be defeated
• 京jīngcapital city of a country; big; algebraic term for a large number (old)
• 烤kǎoto roast; to grill; to broil; to bake; to toast (bread); to warm oneself by a fire
• 鸭yāduck; (slang) male prostitute

Example sentences

• 我们在中餐厅吃了北京烤鸭。
  We ate Peking duck in the Chinese restaurant.
• 我们吃北京烤鸭在中国餐厅了。
  Wǒmen chī Běijīngkǎoyā zài Zhōngguó cāntīng le.
  We ate Peking duck in the Chinese restaurant.

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