油炸鬼
Meanings
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- 1.(coll.) youtiao (deep-fried breadstick)
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Wiktionary
- 1.youtiao (a type of deep-fried dough stick eaten in China and other East and Southeast Asian cuisines) (Classifier: 條／条)
- 2.someone dirty all over the body
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Etymology
鬼 (guǐ) is possibly from Hokkien 粿 (kóe). According to legends, this kind of food was originally named 油炸檜 /油炸桧 (yóuzháhuì, literally “oil-fried Qin Hui”), which was named after Qin Hui, one of the most loathed traitor to the Chinese nation in history. This kind of food was created as a protest, as the two dough sticks symbolized him and his wife, and was later renamed to similar-sounding 油炸鬼 (yóuzháguǐ).
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