佛跳牆
See also: 佛跳墙
Chinese
FWOTD – 28 December 2015
Buddha; Buddhism | jump; hop; skip (a grade) jump; hop; skip (a grade); to leap; to bounce; to beat | wall | ||
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trad. (佛跳牆) | 佛 | 跳 | 牆 | |
simp. (佛跳墙) | 佛 | 跳 | 墙 |
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
佛跳牆
- Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, a type of shark fin soup from Fujian cuisine
- 1978, 許冠傑, 黎彼得 (lyrics), “佛跳牆”, in 佛跳牆, performed by 許冠傑:
- 佛跳牆,炆得咁鬼香,見到佛跳牆,鬼都要裝香 [Cantonese, trad.]
- fat6 tiu3 coeng4, man1 dak1 gam3 gwai2 hoeng1, gin3 dou3-2 fat6 tiu3 coeng4, gwai2 dou1 jiu3 zong1 hoeng1 [Jyutping]
- Fotiaoqiang, stewed so darn aromatically; at the sight of fotiaoqiang, even the spirits want to burn incense
佛跳墙,炆得咁鬼香,见到佛跳墙,鬼都要装香 [Cantonese, simp.]
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Descendants
- Korean: 불도장 (buldojang)
- → Thai: พระกระโดดกำแพง (calque)