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蒸饺

zhēng jiǎo

2-character word Traditional 蒸餃

What 蒸饺 means

1. steamed dumpling

The characters in 蒸饺

• 蒸zhēngto evaporate; (of cooking) to steam; torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old)
• 饺jiǎodumplings with meat filling

Sounds the same

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