Laba porridge

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A kind of congee traditionally made with 8 variable vegetarian flavorings and consumed during the Laba Festival. uncountable
    — In China, festivals are important occasions, when edibles and other gifts are presented and exchanged. In the few years of its existence, the factory has made it a practice to present at various festival times to each worker 10 dumplings, ½ catty of "mid-Autumn cake," ¼ catty of dried plums, ½ catty of sugar, [and] 10 cents for making "la-pa" porridge, a food to be taken on the eighth day of the last month in the year.

词形变化

laba porridge alternative

词源

A partial calque of the Mandarin form of Chinese 臘八粥 /腊八粥 (làbāzhōu), named for its association with the Laba Festival.
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