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荤粥

Xūn yù

2-character word Traditional 葷粥

What 荤粥 means

1. Xunyu, an ethnic group of northern China in ancient times

The characters in 荤粥

• 荤hūnstrong-smelling vegetable (garlic etc); non-vegetarian food (meat, fish etc); vulgar
• 粥zhōucongee; gruel; porridge

Sounds the same

Read Xūn yù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 獯鬻variant of 荤粥

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read Xūn yù correctly.
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