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烧腊

shāo là

2-character word Traditional 燒臘

What 烧腊 means

1. siu mei ({烧味|shāo wèi}) made from cured meat {腊肉|là ròu}

The characters in 烧腊

• 烧shāoto burn; to set on fire; to heat (over a fire); to boil (water, tea etc); to braise
• 腊làancient practice of offering sacrifices to the gods in the 12th lunar month…

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